Gavin Hood

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  • Prepare for the most ridiculously sincere blockbuster of the year

    Movie Feature | Ali Gray | 21st October 2013

    Remember when movies about chosen ones and intergalactic wars and space aliens used to be fun? Everyone in Ender's Game is desperately trying not to laugh at Ben Kingsley's face. Cheer up you miserable shits.

  • Trailer breakdown: Ender's Game ain't hella lame

    Movie Trailer | Ali | 8th May 2013

    Up until now, Ender's Game only existed as a best-selling book, as words written in ink on paper, stored on shelves. No longer! It's a proper film now and it has a trailer, so you can learn to read another day! Enjoy our trailer breakdown, in which we tell you what to think.

  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine

    Movie Review | Ali | 27th April 2009

    Straight off the bat: this movie features more shots of muscle-bound men looking up at the camera and yelling "RAAWWWRGH!" than any other I can remember. It's the shoutiest film of the year: guaranteed. But in the X-Men Origins universe, cursing skywards is short-hand for tragedy - it's emotion, spelled out in capital letters in...