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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…..
Read more...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…..
Read more...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…..
Read more...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…..
Read more...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…..
Read more...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…..
Read more...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,…..
Read more...Anyone remember the original with David Caradine and Sly Stallone? This is billed as a remake, but it is so loose a remake that you have in effect a different take on the whole premise……
Read more...The Coen Brothers have a history of bringing movies with an immediate impact to the screen, drama being their forte, with a lower number of comedy capers. If you count early hits such as ‘Blood…..
Read more...Another in the long list of Adam Sandler farces; this time out a rude trip into the land of hair stylists and parody, with particular references to the Travolta moves, crude Jewish / Palestinian references,…..
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