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Top 10 films of our lifetime #9: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Movie Feature | Matt Looker | 16th September 2014

I think if I ever met Shane Black my love for him would be so overwhelmingly physical I'd probably end up getting him pregnant - and it's terrible lines like that which prove I'm not worthy. It seems bonkers that Black was ever off the boil, but pre-Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - and certainly pre Iron Man 3, the best Marvel movie to date bar none - he was considered as big a risk as his star, Robert Downey Jr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was a roaring success and one of the funniest movies I've ever seen; so good, but I can't help but think what classics we were denied during both Black and Downey Jr's fallow periods - Ali.

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Top 10 films of our lifetime #10: The Cabin In The Woods

Movie Feature | Matt Looker | 15th September 2014

In case you missed the sensational social media event of last Friday, TheShiznit.co.uk turned 10 years old. We launched on September 12th, 2004, and we've been getting worse ever since. However, the movies we've seen along the way have been amazing, so we decided to mark the occasion by ranking our 10 favourite films released since we went online. The debate was fierce. Arguments raged. Tempers frayed. Plates were thrown. Then I decided to see if the other guys wanted to chip in. You can read the results over the next 10 weekdays, culminating with our #1 favourite movie of TheShiznit.co.uk's lifetime on Friday 26th September. Until then...

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Happy birthday to us: The Shiznit is ten years old today

Movie Feature | Ali Gray | 12th September 2014

Ten years ago today – back when we were all going mad for space hoppers and rocket lollies – I posted the first article on this very website. I bet a decade ago no one would have predicted that the site would still be going ~~strong~~ or that kids would still be using the popular slang word 'shiznit' in their everyday vocabulary.

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Review round-up: Five films which I couldn't be arsed to see

Movie Feature | Ali Gray | 22nd September 2013

Here's my deal. I'm 32 years old so my body hurts all the time. I have a wife and baby son. I have a full-time job and I write freelance and I keep a blog which I update irregularly that you are currently reading. I love going to see movies, but I also love sitting still or lying down with my eyes closed, dreaming of the last day I didn't ache. This means I don't end up seeing all the films I'm supposed to, but damn it, I'll be buggered if that's going to stop me from updating this website. So, here are five films which I had arranged to go and see in the last two weeks along with the reasons why I welched on them. I figure I owe you that much.

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TheShiznit.co.uk presents: True Lies

Movie Feature | Ali | 25th January 2013

True: TheShiznit.co.uk are hosting a screening of James Cameron's underrated action epic True Lies on Weds 3rd April, 8.30pm, at the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square. Lie: it will not be awesome.

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Interview: TheShiznit.co.uk's new writer, Neil aka The Incredible Suit

Movie Feature | Ali | 18th January 2013

Exciting times, site fans: we've just gone done hazing our latest site contributor. So, Neil Alcock, formerly known as The Incredible Suit, wipe off the shaving foam, cover up the hickeys and introduce yourself.

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TheShiznit.co.uk presents... Swingers: the whole swingin' shindig

Movie Feature | Ali | 2nd July 2012

As I think I may have previously mentioned, we hosted our very own screening of Swingers on Thursday last week, and now we'd like to tell you all about it, because this is our website and we can do whatever we want with it, so there.

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Back later, out swinging

Movie News | Ali | 28th June 2012

Although it's not too late to swing by...

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A poster for a thing we're doing

Movie News | Ali | 18th June 2012

Pretty sure I've mentioned it. (Details here, full size poster here).

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TheShiznit.co.uk presents: Swingers

Movie Feature | Ali | 7th June 2012

First came Fight Club, now it's time for the Swingers among you to assemble. Come one come all to The Shiznit's second screening, Doug Liman's Swingers, at the Stratford East Picturehouse.

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