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Pirates-related Paul McCartney puns that should have been taglines

Movie Feature | Matt Looker, Ali Gray, Ed Williamson | 28th June 2017

With all the fuss about Wonder Woman being an important step forward for feminism in cinema, and the current question of Disney curbing creative authorship on big studio projects, I really feel like some finer movie news is passing us by without enough comment. Like PAUL MCCARTNEY WAS IN PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, GUYS.

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Black Mass

Movie Review | Ed Williamson | 4th December 2015

There are a couple of premises on which Black Mass relies in lieu of a unique selling point. One is the idea, mainly established by marketing over the years, that a radical physical transformation for a role equals a daring and probably great performance. The other is that the audience's familiarity with the structure of the real-life gangster movie is enough to justify doing it all over again. Both are fallacies, and neither is enough to make it sparkle.

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Ross and Chandler correctly predict the existence of Transcendence

Movie News | Ali Gray | 23rd April 2014

You know what we're doing right now? We're interfacing.

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The Lone Ranger

Movie Review | Ali | 7th August 2013

Historically, the Western is a genre that requires patience. Typically, teenagers are not the most patient of people. Therefore, it stands to reason that Gore Verbinski must have been spectacularly drunk when he pitched The Lone Ranger: a 149-minute Western aimed at kids, smack bang in the middle of blockbuster season. That it flopped to the tune of $190 million is not a surprise; the fact that it is not nearly the disaster US critics heralded it as, however, is something of a welcome revelation.

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Can critics really kill a movie? Don't make me laugh

Movie Feature | Ali | 6th August 2013

Like dogs responding to a high-pitched whistle, film critics around the world pricked up their ears today when the stars of The Lone Ranger effectively blamed scathing reviews for its dismal failure at the box-office. As I'm technically a critic because I have a website and spare time and delusions of grandeur, I felt obligated to throw my hat into the ring. Then pick it up, dust it off and remove it from the ring, because the ring is stupid and even just having my hat in it for a second makes me a bit stupid too.

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Movie Feature | Ali | 9th April 2013

If there's anyone out there who actually thinks Disney's $250m blockbuster The Lone Ranger will turn a profit, be sure to vote with your wallet. You know, like how you all did with John Carter. (New poster from IMP).

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Dark Shadows

Movie Review | Matt | 10th May 2012

Time to break out the Tim Burton checklist then. Comedy-horror with supernatural elements? Check. Johnny Depp? Obvs. Score by Danny Elfman? Yuh-huh. Helena Bonham Carter? Of course. Pop culture retread? Yes. The time has long passed when one of Hollywood's most original directors has become a parody of himself. And as his once twisted gothic visuals have now given way to colourful cartoonish CGI, you have to ask "Damn - why didn't you make a vampire movie 15 years ago?"

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Dark Shadows character posters given kooky face-swap makeover

Movie Feature | Ali | 27th March 2012

It's easy to make a poster for a Tim Burton film. Whack up the contrast, choose your gaudy neon colour highlight and let the PosterTron 6000 software do the rest. We thought the characters for Tim Burton's Dark Shadows were lacking something. So we made them better.

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Watch Johnny Depp on Life's Too Short a week after everyone else

TV Video | Ed Williamson | 2nd November 2011

Nope: still not bored of Life's Too Short preview clips.

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Films on TV round-up: milk and cookies. Human flesh cookies.

TV Feature | Kirsty Harrison | 9th October 2011

This weekend was a brilliant weekend for films on TV; next week is a flaming bag of reheated turds! So what should you be watching tonight? Well, let me tell you, it's a tough battle between a grown-up proper film and Johnny Depp in a fright wig.

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