Reviews

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INVICTUS reviews are in…

... and maybe it isn't the Eastwood/Freeman/Damon/Mandela Oscar knockout we were expecting.

 
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Knives are out for THE LOVELY BONES

The first big wave of Lovely Bones reviews are in and the verdict is hit and miss. Mostly miss actually.

 
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Matt does what Neil Armstrong didn’t… he makes a return trip to MOON!

The best isolation movie I've seen in a long, long while, and possibly the best movie of 2009 to deal with the human condition, comes to Blu-Ray DVD.

 
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Simon visits ZOMBIELAND!!

The verdict: a dead good addition to a reborn genre.

 
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Mike revels in WASTING AWAY

Some of you might remember my bitter (if somewhat naive) disappointment with Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus. Far from being the B-movie cheese-fest I wanted,…

 
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Mike heads THREE MILES NORTH OF MOLKOM

What goes on three miles north of a small Swedish town called Molkom? Well,  it's a rural area in lush countryside so you'd expect the…

 
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Mike is underwhelmed by THE FIRM

Another remake (I continue, unapologetically, to hate them) is coming our way this week, now in the form of eighties TV play The Firm. A…

 

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Gritty council estate dramas are becoming a big thing for UK cinema. They provide a simple, accessible set, social commentary and, most importantly, suit the…

 

Moon Review

Moon is a bit of a space oddity in this climate of brash big-budgeted blockbusters. It’s a mesmerizing, slow burning, modest sci-fi drama that marks…

 
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Simon Says THE DAMNED UNITED is a Lesson in Character Acting, but not in Adaptation…

It was always going to be an enthralling prospect- a cinematic take on David Peace's astounding and controversial non-linear novel charting Brian Clough's disastrous…