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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Jul 27th 2008
(Richard) Ferris Bueller's Day Off is one of the most memorable movies of the 80's, and a defining moment for Matthew Broderick. I've written before about the genius of J...

Sex and the City
Jul 27th 2008
(Richard) There's a lot of love and a lot of hate for Sex and the City, and I know men and women who fall on both sides of the divide. Me, I've always been agnostic, the ...

Iron Man
Jul 14th 2008
(Richard) Iron Man was almost designed to be my perfect movie. I've always thought that Robert Downey Jr. was awesome, although I'm not sure when this started. Not eve...

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
May 26th 2008
(Richard) It's probably fair to say that when it comes to movie expectations, nobody knows the pressure they put on a film more than George Lucas. After apparently destro...

Shoot 'Em Up
Oct 13th 2007
(Richard) I've always liked Clive Owen, in whatever role he's in I always find that he creates a very compelling, watchable character. He's capable of playing both suave ...

Superbad
Oct 10th 2007
(Richard) Judd Apatow has managed to have quite the film career over the past few years, not only has he managed to write and direct The 40 Year Old Virgin, one of the be...

Hallam Foe
Sep 11th 2007
(Mark C) If you've seen any of David Mackenzie's previous work you'll know what to expect from this low-budget drama: an off-kilter, gritty storyline that pulls no punch...

Blades of Glory
Apr 27th 2007
(Richard) It’s become an almost yearly thing at this point, the Will Ferrell career comedy, whether it’s Anchorman (successful news man suffers setback, overcomes adversi...

Premonition
Apr 15th 2007
(Richard) It would be a cheap start to say that I had a premonition that this film was going to be awful, but I don’t think this film actually deserves anything better. S...

Shooter
Apr 15th 2007
(Richard) After discovering a potential presidential assassination attempt involving a gunshot taken from over a mile away, a slightly ambiguous government agency hunts o...

Hot Fuzz
Mar 18th 2007
(Richard) I was lucky enough to go and see this film before it was even premiered, scoring free tickets to a showing in Glasgow at which Simon Pegg and Nick Frost were go...

V For Vendetta
Mar 14th 2007
(Richard) In the near future, Great Britain stands as one of the last remaining countries not to have fallen to total anarchy. It has achieved this through the removal of...

Rocky Balboa
Feb 25th 2007
(Richard) Sports films are filled with clichés, they’re often predictable and trite and not often something I sit down to watch. Everybody always wins, the football team ...

Music and Lyrics
Feb 18th 2007
(Andrea) It's not a good sign that when starting to write this I had to look up the film's website to find out the characters names. This is an indication as to how I ha...

The Pursuit Of Happyness
Jan 24th 2007
(Richard) When I originally saw the trailers for this film I was hesitant to go and see it. Not because I thought it didn’t look good, but because I’m one of those guys t...