Cinema
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Paul Bettany reteams with LEGION director Scott Stewart for this post-apocalyptic vampire saga, which again proves a cool idea alone doesn’t make a good film. Based on a popular comic… Read More
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It’s hardly surprising FAST & FURIOUS 5 (a.k.a. FAST FIVE) topped the US charts when it opened last week. The way it fetishises high performance sports cars and illegal street… Read More
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When the newly formed Marvel studios announced their ambitious plan to build a new superhero franchise around THE AVENGERS, giving each character their own individual movie ahead of the first… Read More
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SOURCE CODE is but the latest example of an encouraging resurgence in intelligent science fiction cinema. Arriving in Hong Kong mere days after SARFT advised Chinese filmmakers to refrain from… Read More
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It’s clear from watching RED RIDING HOOD that Catherine Hardwicke doesn’t understand what made her previous film, TWILIGHT, so successful. She positions her beautiful young heroine (Amanda Seyfried) in a… Read More
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After a decade spent remaking every horror film that helped fashion Wes Craven’s original post-modern slasher, the only real surprise is that SCRE4M is a sequel rather than a reboot.… Read More
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It is unsurprising that Pixar head honcho John Lasseter shut down production of GNOMEO & JULIET after the acquisition of Walt Disney Animation Studios. The script contains glaring similarities with… Read More
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