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[12 Nov 2009 | Written by Adem Djemil | No Comment | 275 views]
Terminator Salvation - Release Date 16/11/09

Even though Arnold Schwarzenegger is not starring in this sequence, Terminator Salvation is more than worth watching. The film presents the dark future of year 2018 that Kyle Reese was talking about in Terminator (1984). It tracks out the events leading to the first movie and reveals a lot of unknown facts from previous sequences.
John Conner (Christian Bail) has been the leader of the human resistance for years and although everybody is convinced in the prophecy that he will win the war against Skynet the chances for success are not …

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[17 Mar 2009 | Written by Wil Corkrey | No Comment | 309 views]
Friday 13th Review

The Friday 13th has always been an amusing franchise which never ceases to shock with all the creative ways to kill people. It’s the type of film you can stick on, shut out the lights, and sink into the sofa cushions; all the time feeling totally safe that no matter how stupid you are, you would never go upstairs, you would always be able to outrun someone walking slower than a crawling baby, and most importantly, would never visit Camp Crystal Lake.
So how would you feel if all those comforts …

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[15 Mar 2009 | Written by Wil Corkrey | No Comment | 278 views]
Se7en Review

Gluttony, greed, sloth, envy, wrath, pride, and lust. Seven deadly sins we are all guilty of to some extent, and after watching this film, making you quite glad you are nowhere near the sadistic killer from this epic David Fincher masterpiece. Se7en is a film which follows two detectives (Pitt and Freeman) on their hunt to bring a psychotic serial killer, who tortures and murders, to justice.
This is a film you must own. No two words about it. The twists and turns will keep you gripped in suspense throughout the …

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[12 Mar 2009 | Written by Adem Djemil | No Comment | 279 views]
The Wrestler

It’s often the case that films so often hyped-up beyond belief fall drastically short upon viewing but I can tell you now that The Wrestler does not fall into this category.
It would be easy for the film to drift into the sports movie stereotype of burnt-out one-time champ meets aging stripper, who then proceed to get their lives on track and end up happily ever after just like the countless other films we’ve all seen before, and perhaps with other actors and a different director it would have. The film …

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[5 Mar 2009 | Written by Wil Corkrey | No Comment | 219 views]
The Hurricane Review

This is the film which should have won Denzel Washington his Best Actor Oscar. Washington portrays Rubin ‘The Hurricane’ Carter, an American Middleweight boxer who was wrongly accused of murder and wrongly imprisoned for 20 years. Before you think I’ve ruined the film for you, it’s all based on true events.
The film takes you deep into the unstable mindset of The Hurricane, and shows the bond he makes with a young male (Vicellous Reon Shannon), and his Canadian teachers, and their fight against a racist establishment profiting on Carter being …

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[20 Jan 2009 | Written by James Gordon | No Comment | 217 views]
Role Models

Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott star in ‘Role Models’ as Danny and Wheeler, two salesmen who trash a company truck on an energy drink-fuelled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: Jail, or spend 150 hours with a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, however, jail doesn’t look half bad. Once the center’s ex-con director (Jane Lynch) gives them an ultimatum, Danny and Wheeler are forced to tailor their brand of immature wisdom to their charges, Augie (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) and Ronnie (Bobb’e J. Thompson). …

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[10 Dec 2008 | Written by Caroline Elvin | No Comment | 231 views]
Four Christmases Review

Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn team up for a festive comedy about a couple that have to visit four different parents as a result of divorce. The director, Seth Gordon is well known for films such as ‘The King of Kong: A Fistful of quarters’ but has chosen to move into a more narrative territory with this film.
After couple Brad and Kate’s holiday plans were changed due to airline trouble, they were forced to see all of their parents over Christmas. However, in the process of doing so, they find …

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[25 Oct 2008 | Written by Caroline Elvin | No Comment | 234 views]
Burn After Reading Review

The Coen brothers – Joel and Ethan are known for making classics, such as ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘Fargo’ and although this film is of an acceptable effort, it has some funny jokes and has big stars such as George Clooney and Brad Pitt staring in it – I cannot imagine it will be up for any awards any time soon.
The plot is very basic – two gormless gym instructors (Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand) come across some ex CIA memoirs, after this event takes place, many quite …

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[25 Oct 2008 | Written by Caroline Elvin | No Comment | 206 views]
The House Bunny Review

Anna Faris goes from mediocre teenage actress in ‘Scary Movie’ to talented young woman in ‘The House Bunny’. Directed quite obviously by Adam Sandler, if you enjoy naked women and half-hearted jokes – you will love this film.
Although this film was nothing short of an attempt to recreate the success of ‘Legally Blonde’ and other mindless comedies. Anna Faris made the character her own and was looking in very good shape whilst doing so.
The plotline is extremely basic – At twenty-seven years old, the playboy bunny Shelly (played by Faris) …

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[25 Oct 2008 | Written by Aneeka Katelia | No Comment | 247 views]
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Review

19 Years after the release of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Steven Spielberg directed the fourth instalment, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Once you get past the initial reintroduction, it’s obvious that this fourth film in the Indy series really has no idea where to go. Except for the opening - which literally starts the film off with a bang - and a couple of dazzling chase sequences, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” is about as unfocused and meandering as the title …