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Seth Gordon famously gave us King of Kong, before blundering spectacularly with the car-crash of a film that was Four Christmases. Now he returns with a brand new comedy in the guise of Horrible Bosses, an adventurous tale of 3 best friends who collectively decide that their respective bosses must [...]

A review of Source Code, the new sci-fi thriller by director Duncan Jones, and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monahan, Vera Farmiga, and Jeffrey Wright.

A review of Gore Verbinski's new animated adventure Rango, starring Johnny Depp.

When I first heard that there was a new movie out about a tire that becomes a serial killer I was intrigued. When I learned that it is the work of French director Quentin Dupieux, I decided it was bound to be rubbish…until I discovered that Quentin Dupieux is better [...]

It has been years in the gestation, it has one of the most acclaimed international film-makers on the planet in the directors chair, the source material spawned a hit TV series that starred Bruce Lee, and it has Christopher Waltz as the main villain, but for many people The Green [...]

Back in the middle of 2009 the idea for a Facebook movie emerged and everybody was very sceptical about the idea. Questions were asked as to who would pay to see a movie about a website that is dedicated to sharing information amongst friends. It seemed nonsensical. Then Aaron Sorkin [...]

The story-telling of the movies, more so than the quality of the animation, are what mark Pixar animated movies apart from all the pretenders to the throne. But the opposition are catching on quick, with this year seeing the delightful How to Train Your Dragon from Dreamworks Animation. Not to [...]

It’s been twenty three years since Gordon Gekko stood tall and proud and announced to the world that greed, for want of a better word, is good. Oliver Stone’s expertly crafted portrayal of the 1980s Wall Street culture was meant to shock and show the world the dark underbelly of [...]

9 months in and 2010 is not going down as a bumper year for comedy. We’ve had the odd hit here and there with Dinner for Schmucks and Get Him to the Greek, but these have been tempered by the aberrations that were Grown Ups and well…Grown Ups. That movie [...]

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away Adam Sandler used to be funny. 6 years ago he starred in 50 First Dates and the bitter-sweet Spanglish, which were decent films. Since then however he has been a star on the wane, living off his past glory days [...]

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