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LATEST ARTICLES ( 39 )

• At Home: The Change-Up

  

  Is it weird I miss your penis? Comedies are a difficult thing to execute. Not only do they have to be funny on the first watch but they have to hold up on repea... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• At Home: Super 8

  

  Stop talking about production value, the Air Force is going to kill us. I enjoyed Super 8 when I saw it back in August but I had a few problems with it:... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• At Home: Drive

  

  I don’t sit in while you’re running it down. I don’t carry a gun. I drive. Inspired (you would think) by Michael Mann’s crime opuses, Drive is economical in... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• In Cinemas: This Means War

  

  May the best man win Critically pilloried upon its release in the US, This Means War should come with a note that says ‘I’m not as bad as you think’ because... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Rewatch: X-Men: First Class

  

  My fellow Mutants! The real enemy is out there. X-Men: First Class received a lot of cred from the online community upon its release last summer. Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• At Home: Arrietty

  

  Human beings are dangerous. If we’re seen, we have to leave. My parents said so.Arrietty is the latest film from Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli and... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• In Cinemas: Chronicle

  

  There’s something wrong with Andrew. Showing no signs of abating, the found-footage trend continues to find new ways to stay alive whether it’s ludicrously... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• In Cinemas: Rampart

  

  I don’t cheat on my taxes… you can’t cheat on something you never committed to.Two years after their last collaboration, writer/director Oren Moverman and... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• At Home: Beastly

  

  What can I say, I’m substance over style. With news in the last few weeks of Beauty and The Beast remake/re-imaginings appearing in the not too distant future,... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• MyFilmViews Movie Products Blogathon

  

  Nostra at MyFilmViews has started a blog-a-thon. In movie history there are these products everyone would like to get their hands on and try them out. Well,... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• At Home: Crazy, Stupid, Love

  

  I’m going to help you rediscover your manhood. Do you have any idea where you could have lost it? Just in time for Valentine’s Day Crazy, Stupid, Love aims to... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• In Cinemas: The Grey

  

  Once more into the fray. Into the last good fight I’ll ever know. Live and die on this day. Live and die on this day. Initially billed as Liam Neeson... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• In Cinemas: Haywire

  

  You shouldn’t think of her as being a woman. That would be a mistake. A fair amount of criticism has been laid at Haywire’s door, taking aim at Carano’s acting... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• At Home: The Guard

  

  I’m Irish. Racism is part of my culture. John Michael McDonagh’s The Guard opens with teenagers drinking and driving, ending up as another road statistic when... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• At Home: Win Win

  

  I wanna go to Ohio and beat the crap out of his mom. Thomas McCarthy’s on a bit of a hot streak, both writing and directing two little seen films in The... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• At Home: Blue Valentine

  

  Tell me how I should be. Just tell me. I’ll do it. What happens when the love is gone? According to Blue Valentine it’s filled with arguments, breakdowns in... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• At Home: Colombiana

  

  I want to be a killer. Can you help me? There was talk of Luc Besson’s latest project Colombiana being a Leon 2: Mathilda – Assassin for Hire. Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• On the Net: James Bond is Back

  

  Another photo was revealed from the Skyfall set showing Daniel Craig’s Bond holding a gun.Much debate ensued.Most of it was over that stubble. Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• At Home: To Kill a Mockingbird

  

  There’s a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep ‘em all away from you. That’s never possible. Cinema is filled with virtuous role models an... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES