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Source Code – Gyllenhaal’s Groundhog Day
6th April 2011 | 1 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
What if you had eight minutes to save the world?
Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) is an air force pilot involved an experimental programme known as Source Code, which allows him to transport into the body of a train bombing victim eight minutes before their death. Can...
What if you had eight minutes to live?
What if it these eight minutes were your mind in someone else’s body?
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Submarine – Sparkling debut from British film’s new IT man
23rd March 2011 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Best known from the IT Crowd, Richard Ayoade makes his writing/directing debut with a coming of age comedy that marks him and his young stars as talents to watch out for in the future.
Growing up in an 80's seaside town, teenage outsider Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) develops a burgeoning relationship with Jordana (Yasmin Paige) while trying to prevent his mother from starting an affair with an ex-lover, who is now... -
The Adjustment Bureau – Someone to watch over you
8th March 2011 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Fair play to Matt Damon. After breaking through with an Oscar nominated performance in Good Will Hunting, a clutch of disappointing follow ups nearly relegated him to unbankable status and a hilarious parody in Team America (Matt Damonnnnnnn!) may have been the death knell. Yet his ability to take on a clutch of different roles has transformed him into an ‘everyman’ quality, being able to create a number of believable...
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Paul – Terrible trailer, good film
23rd February 2011 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
After the quintessentially British feel of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost expand their horizons as they court a more international crowd. The results are mixed, but after a terrible looking trailer which suggested a foul mouthed gross out comedy, Paul is actually a more gentle but nevertheless good night’s entertainment.
Two British comic book fans Clive and Graeme are travelling around famous UFO sites... -
Black Swan – Rosemary’s Ballet
24th January 2011 | 0 comments | 2 people like this
Director Darren Aronofsky follows up The Wrestler with another story of obsession and dedication to an art but this time verges off the mainstream map. Natalie Portman bares her soul in a psycho-sexual descent into madness. But don’t let that put you off – it’s stunning.
A young ballet dancer Nina Sayers (Portman)with an overbearing mother wins the coveted lead role in Swan Lake, but slowly loses her grip on reality... -
127 hours – Danny Boyle goes out on a limb
10th January 2011 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Danny Boyle doesn’t like to make things easy for himself. Coming off the back of Slumdog Millionaire’s multi-Oscar winning success, the British Director could have had his pick of high profile big budget projects, but instead chose an intimate story of a man trapped down a cavern for five days. It is very daring move yet an utterly beguiling movie.
Climber Aron Raltson (James Franco) is hiking through an isolated Utah... -
Tron Legacy – The Dude goes digital
4th January 2011 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
It’s been nearly three decades since Jeff Bridges’ Kevin Flynn ventured into a virtual world of what were then space age special effects. The Disney curio has aged badly but technology has advanced sufficiently for us to return to the grid in startling 3-D. Sadly narrative, script and characters have failed to evolve in that time.
Years after his computer genius father went missing, Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) finds himself transported... -
Monsters – Late entry for best film of the year
15th December 2010 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Gareth Edwards’ recent Best Director win at the BIFA’s is both thoroughly deserved and a fitting end to a great year for British independent film, which featured the likes of Kick Ass, Four Lions and the King’s Speech. With rave reviews coming in from the great and good of film critics , there was a fear that Monsters could suffer hyperbole overload, with expectations being raised so high. Have no...
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Unstoppable – Runaway train maybe coming back
1st December 2010 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Denzel Washington must really love working with director Tony Scott. This is the fifth time the double Oscar winner has teamed up with the Englishman and although the style continues to resemble more high octane than high art, the results continue to yield entertainment.
When an unmanned freight train goes out of a control careering towards populated areas, a veteran engineer (Washington) and a young conductor (Chris Pine) race against time... -
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows – Part 1 – Unfinished symphony
23rd November 2010 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this
The countdown has begun. After seven movies and 10 years, Warner Bros’ multi-billion dollar franchise is nearly at an end and nearly is the operative word. The film’s biggest problem is that is exists merely as a set-up for the finale. You are likely to exit the cinema feeling full of anticipation and yet a little short-changed.
With the evil Lord Voldermort’s (Ralph Fiennes) power spreading to all parts of the...
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