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Son of a Gun movie review: wholesale cinematic heist

Thu, Jan 29, 2015
21 comments

Misogynistic, predictable, crammed with tonal shifts, and devoid of likable characters. Another young filmmaker has taken all the wrong cues from Hollywood.

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Mortdecai movie review: stinking mishap

Thu, Jan 22, 2015
7 comments

This painfully unfunny spoof of teddibly British nonsense couldn’t be less amusing if it were actually calculated to be totally laugh-free.

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Jack the Giant Slayer (review)

Fri, Mar 22, 2013
8 comments

Keeps trying to fly off into potentially fascinating directions and then getting yanked back into a mushy mediocrity…

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Jack the Giant Slayer (trailer)

Mon, Feb 11, 2013
2 comments

I guess we’re in for a slew of “reimagined fairy tale” flicks.

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The Impossible (review)

Wed, Jan 16, 2013
7 comments

It’s a disaster movie, but not as we know it…

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The Impossible (trailer)

Wed, Nov 07, 2012
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Well, this looks absolutely heartbreaking.

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question of the day: Should films be altered for international release?

Thu, May 03, 2012
3 comments

Why alter away what makes it different from what you’d see at home? Isn’t part of the charm of seeing a foreign film the taste of another culture you get from it?

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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (review)

Wed, Apr 25, 2012
1 comment

See! This is how you do romantic comedy!

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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (trailer)

Thu, Feb 16, 2012
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Can salmon fishing save the world? Can salmon fishing bring diverse cultures together?

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Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 3D movie review: escape to the past

Mon, Feb 13, 2012
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It’s still a not very good movie. But… it’s still Star Wars.

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