I have to admit, it was with a certain degree of trepidation that I toddled along to Bollywood blockbuster Ek Tha Tiger on Saturday night. I’d never seen one before but they’re all singing and dancing and that kind of thing aren’t they?
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After the drubbing Donald Clarke gave it on Cinerama the other week, I obviously ran straight out to the cinema to see The Expendables 2. I’d really enjoyed the first one and I had to know if they’d caused a car crash by trying the same joke twice. Nope.
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The Bourne Legacy is in a bit of a conundrum. Basically it was a sequel that no-one wanted but most were still optimistic about.
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So. Four years and five movies and it’s all been leading up to this. (If you ignore all the planned sequels of course.)
moreWhether or not you’ll like Battleship will be very much predicated on your ability to ignore rubbish. Your tolerance for nonsense, if you will… … Because, my oh my, is there a lot of rubbish in Battleship. If you can get past that then it’s all smooth sailing. Or not, as the case may be.
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See here for clips and trailers of The Hunger Games. If you’ve read my clips and trailers post for The Hunger Games, then you’ll already know I was really looking forward to this film. If you didn’t then… I was really looking forward to this film.
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As part of the jury panel for the Dublin Film Critics Awards, I thought it only appropriate to start my reviews of the festival films with the winner of Best Film… The Raid.
moreIt’s Spy vs. Spy when Chris Pine and Tom Hardy find themselves fighting for the affections of Reese Witherspoon… This Means War. Apparently.
moreFinally, someone gave Neveldine & Taylor a real budget. Not that they need one, they seem to do a fine job with what they have. Crank and Crank: High Voltage are two of some of my favourite films of the last 10 years.
moreThere was a plethora of new film releases this week, from a raft of genres, but on paper, this is the one I was most interested in.
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