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Rejected logos for Red 2

Movie Feature | Matt | 30th April 2013

These ex-agents may be suffering from old age, but their shrewd marketing department clearly has its finger on the pulse of today's youth. #ROFL #YOLO #TheseAreAllThingsThatYoungPeopleSay

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Hitchcock

Movie Review | Matt | 9th February 2013

No one can deny that Psycho is one of the most groundbreaking, evocative horror movies ever made, so just think of the exciting story behind the business decisions involved in filming it. All that dramatic paperwork, all those engrossing lighting set-ups, the thrilling process of rewriting script drafts. And imagine that incredible, never-saw-it-coming twist ending when the movie definitely gets made.

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Pacino Phil Spector HBO biopic to be totally serious thing

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 29th January 2013

"No Al, we know the hair's consistent with Spector's. And ... yes, no, we know it's an outward indicator of his fractured psyche, and ... yes, we ... uh-huh, but we ... no, but the thing ... no, but Al? You know LittleBigPicture? And you know how their standard banner images are 145 pixels high? It's just ... I mean, how are they going to fit the ... Hello? Al?"

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Arthur

Movie Review | Rob | 22nd April 2011

How you choose to take this remake of Dudley Moore's 1981 classic hinges entirely on your tolerance for a certain Russell Brand. Granted, his Arthur 2.0 is a slightly toned-down version of himself, and the pelvic thrusts, sex-mad antics, swearing and prank calls to aging comedians are at a minimum, but if you outright don't like the bloke, a top hat, tails and a cane is hardly going to change that.

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Brighton Rock

Movie Review | Anna | 2nd February 2011

There has to be a very good reason for taking on an adaptation of a beloved book or remaking a classic film - the Coen Brothers doing True Grit makes perfect sense - but I can't fathom the reason for Rowan Joffe reviving Brighton Rock. By any measure it's going to come off badly when compared to Graham Greene's novel or John Boulting's 1947 film. But let's shelve the comparisons for a couple of paragraphs.

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RED

Movie Review | Rob | 25th October 2010

Think back to The A-Team's tagline: "There is no Plan B". Seeing as RED is the fourth movie this year that features a group of highly-skilled heroes who enjoy banter between gunfights, after The A-Team The Losers, and The Expendables, it would seem that not only is there is a Plan B, there's a Plan C and a Plan D as well.

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Movie trailer: The Debt, starring Sam Worthington

Movie Trailer | Ali | 21st July 2010

It's a movie about terrorists and Jews, so it's a bit like Munich, only no one has daddy issues and the Hulk isn't in it.

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State Of Play

Movie Review | Kirsty | 26th April 2009

Let's say for argument's sake that Paul Abbott's 2003 mini-series State Of Play wasn't watched by everyone, and that many people will be coming to Kevin Macdonald's complex thriller completely cold, with no prior knowledge. Sitting comfortably? Let's begin. Cal McAfferey (Crowe), an old school investigative journalist for the...

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