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The parallels between The Beaver and that of its star Mel Gibson are almost too uncanny to be true. The film arrives at a very difficult time for Gibson, with… Read More
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The Tree of Life is a film with some seriously big ideas. Only the fifth offering from one of American Cinema’s most highly regarded auteurs, Terrence Malick’s latest continues his… Read More
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After acknowledging he dropped the ball with the diabolical train wreck that was TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN, director Michael Bay promised audiences something darker and more coherent for the… Read More
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It has been a quiet couple of years for Keanu Reeves, who has produced nothing of note since 2008’s lacklustre THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL. In HENRY’S CRIME he… Read More
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Initial high hopes for Warners’ adaptation of DC Comics’ GREEN LANTERN wavered when the first trailer was released, although subsequent offerings have shown improvement, culminating in a 30-minute sneak peak… Read More
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In much the same way Steven Spielberg and George Lucas drew from old TV adventure serials when making the Indiana Jones and Star Wars sagas, LOST creator JJ Abrams has… Read More
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There was plenty of initial skepticism to Fox’s announcement that director Matthew Vaughn (KICK-ASS) would be rebooting the struggling X-MEN series, taking the action back to the early days of… Read More
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The last thing I wanted to see was another PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN film, after struggling through two-and-a-half hours of thankless set-up in DEAD MAN’S CHEST and actively hating the… Read More
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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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The seventh entry in this hugely successful horror franchise makes no qualms about conceding it’s all about the spectacle. While being the first installment to succumb to Hollywood’s own torturous… Read More
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Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and his trusty companion, Dr. Watson (Jude Law) discover the menacing Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong) about to sacrifice a young virgin in a satanic ritual. They… Read More
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In 2154, paraplegic marine Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) is enlisted into a special scientific project on the distant planet of Pandora. Jake’s mission is to integrate himself into the indigenous… Read More
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