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Movie Review: The Expendables
by terminaljunkie on September 01st, 2010

The last few Sylvester Stallone movies has seen him in something of a renaissance as he performed as Rambo and Rocky, both of which were better efforts than I would have considered him capable of,…..

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Movie Review: Four Lions
by terminaljunkie on August 31st, 2010

Where does the intrepid Chris Morris draw the line when it comes to comedy? His highly-controversial sorties on the boundaries of good taste in the world of comedy have been seen in the likes of…..

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Movie Review: SALT
by terminaljunkie on August 23rd, 2010

I would imagine that the studio heads wanted another Bourne for the summer, a huge chunk of action packed and stunt laden escapism with a heavy hitting star in place who could carry the movie…..

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Movie Review: District 9
by terminaljunkie on September 06th, 2009

What do you get if you mix ‘Predator’ like aliens, with ‘Starship Troopers’ like gore, throw in ‘The Fly’ some shaky camera-work (don’t worry we are not talking ‘Cloverfield’ here) and then give it a…..

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Movie Review: State of Play
by terminaljunkie on August 15th, 2009

The TV series was very good indeed but part of that was down to the well balanced cast, good character definition, and exceptional attention to storyline detail. However, this all took half a dozen hor…..

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Movie Review: The Boat That Rocked
by terminaljunkie on August 13th, 2009

Challenges around the home (new kitchen & Utility room), plus a rush on completing vocational exams means I just got around to watching some movies again, so I think I’ll put a personal view on…..

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Movie Review: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
by terminaljunkie on February 16th, 2009

Both written and directed by Woody Allen, this is described as a frothy spoof on Don Juan, but Allen’s recent work has been shot through with unevenness and in some cases guilty of being just…..

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Movie Review: RocknRolla
by terminaljunkie on February 11th, 2009

Directed by Guy Ritchie, and after a number of poor efforts, and I’m thinking about the mind boggling ‘Revolver’, and its abysmal predecessor (starring his then wife Madonna) ‘Swept Away’, we have another ‘mockney’ gangster…..

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Movie Review: Quantum of Solace
by terminaljunkie on November 29th, 2008

Directed by Marc Forster whose only film prior to this that I can recall off the top of my head was ‘Stranger than Fiction’, Quantum of Solace begins immediately after the ‘Casino Royale’ timeline, with…..

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Movie Review: Taken
by terminaljunkie on November 08th, 2008

Directed by Pierre Morel best remembered for ‘The Transporter’ and written by Luc Beeson (he of ‘Leon’ fame), this is a contemporary action film based on a slave-trader kidnap scenario. First based in the USA,…..

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