review | the uninvited (2009)

Now this, I liked. Yes, it’s a very western remake of a South Korean horror film, but it’s apparently pretty different from the original, which is nice because I plan on watching the original – A Tale of Two Sisters/장화, 홍련 – at some point soon. It stars Emily Browning, off of Lemony Snicket, and [...]

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review | thr3e (2006)

This is one of those films, like many I’ve come across of late, where I’ve essentially watched it so you don’t have to. Really. Don’t watch it. From the unsettling use of Times New Roman-esque font in the opening credits to the appalling scripting, acting and ripping-off-of-all-the-Saw-films, and a shameless attempt – and subsequent fail [...]

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review | sugar (2008)

After writing rather gushingly about Avatar I felt I needed to give myself a Hollywood detox and so last night I went with my friend Maz to see Sugar at the arts centre where we live. The film focuses on a Dominican baseball player, Miguel ‘Sugar’ Santos (played by Perez Soto) and his journey to [...]

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review | avatar (2009)

Before I start, I’d like to caveat my review by stating that I never wanted to watch Avatar. I refused to see it in 3D despite being told it was well worth it, particularly at the IMAX, and I let the hype pass me by quite happily. My reasoning for giving it such a wide [...]

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review | pontypool (2008)

So recently Steve has been on a bit of a horror film rampage on Amazon, buying all the DVDs he hasn’t seen that pop up in his ‘recommend’ list. And now we’ve watched them all and it turns out Amazon doesn’t really know what it’s talking about in most cases. But in the case of [...]

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review | the fourth kind (2009)

I had high hopes for The Fourth Kind, I really did, on account of I love alien conspiracy stuff, and the X Files and E.T. and all that jazz. High hopes, like I said. But to say they were dashed doesn’t really cut it. They were chucked on the ground, stomped on and then smeared [...]

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review | how to lose friends and alienate people (2008)

I love SofaCinema (which is actually LoveFilm but via The Guardian, as they were offering me £20 worth of M&S vouchers if I signed up that way instead). I love it because it allows me to add films to my rental list then promptly forget all about them until they land, with a plop, on [...]

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ten films | john candy

It’s getting close to Christmas, which means that I start thinking about all the Christmassy films that it feels wrong to watch over the rest of the year, like Home Alone and stuff. So here are some John Candy fillums because he was pretty cool. 1) Uncle Buck 2) Spaceballs 3) Blues Brothers 4) Home [...]

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review | mamma mia! (2008)

I know.  Appalling hypocrisy isn’t it? Less than two weeks after committing to never watching this film, I found myself cat-sitting for the parentals with slim pickings on Sky Movies, no energy to get myself off the sofa to the DVD rental place, and a copy of Mamma Mia! on the TV stand. What would [...]

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review | julie & julia (2009)

I went to the cinema on my own for the first time ever yesterday, and it was a mixture of sad (as in saddo) and liberating, and I think I might overcome the sad (as in saddo) element and do it again in future. I’m on this mailing list where I get an email every [...]

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