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Robin Hare on Jul 26th, 2010 |
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Pandorum is a mess. Nothing that transpires carries any sense of consistency or coherence. The plot is a random jumble of sci-fi story threads, directionless and vague at best. The characters are shallow and generic, spouting outrageous movie-isms at the drop of a hat. The conclusion is foregone, obvious from the first act, and the tension is noticeable by its absence.
The setup is effective enough, using the...
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Robin Hare on Jul 22nd, 2010 |
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You’ve got to love a good old-fashioned rug. Perhaps a woollen one, faded with age, covering the long cold hall and preventing you from freezing your toes off on the way to the bathroom in the middle of the night. It’s not hard to become attached to rugs, especially such ancient, familiar ones; a good rug can be as comforting in the long dark tea-time of the soul as a good towel.
Christopher Nolan is not a...
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Jason Stringer on Jul 14th, 2010 |
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SPOILER WARNING for those who haven’t seen the original Karate Kid
(and shame on you…)
Like many who cherish their childhood films from the 80s, I was bemused to hear there would be a remake of the 1984 classic The Karate Kid, starring Will Smith’s son Jaden Smith in the lead role, and Jackie Chan playing the Mr. Miyagi character.
Arriving at the cinema I was quickly reminded of it being school break...
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Robin Hare on Jul 8th, 2010 |
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Predators is a movie about a diverse bunch of assholes (one of them is even a woman – how inclusive!) getting their butts kicked by giant dreadlocked lizard men from space. It comes with Oscar-worthy pedigree in tow – in the form of Adrien Brody and Laurence Fishburne – and was produced under the auspices of cult hero / filmmaker Robert Rodriguez. So is it any good?
The short answer is “yes.” The...
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Jason Stringer on Jun 25th, 2010 |
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Toy Story 3 is simply another Pixar movie. Which means it’s so undeniably enjoyable that, regardless of flaws, attempting to be critical of it for the pure sake of going against the grain would be nothing more than posturing. Toy Story 3 is one of the best releases of the year– and that’s without delving into technical stuff like the quality of the animation (brilliant) or the seamlessness of...
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Robin Hare on Jun 11th, 2010 |
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The A-Team is a movie about blokes killing other blokes. It’s got explosions, macho posturing, silly antagonists and only one token female character. It’s based on the 80s TV show of the same name, and it mixes such established actors as Liam Neeson and, er, Jessica Biel, with relative newcomers like Sharlto Copley (District 9) and “Rampage” Jackson, a big, intimidating wrestler-type....
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Robin Hare on Jun 3rd, 2010 |
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If you’ve ever been out on the town, and someone’s pointed out a scantily-clad woman in high heels and said “She’s asking for it,” and you’ve laughed or agreed, then you are some degree of evil (or, hopefully, just ignorant). The flipside of this unsavoury coin is that some women are asking for it – asking to be seen as blow-up sex dolls ready to be used by any dude with a popped collar,...
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Robin Hare on Jun 1st, 2010 |
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It’s winter again. I can tell because I have a cold, my cats look more woolly than your average sheep, and it’s starting to rain every time I go to put the washing out. That can mean only one thing: the dreary cinematic graveyard season of autumn is finally passing. And what a mixed season it was!
Autumn heralded some of the most (and some of the least) anticipated flicks of the year. We got Iron...
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Robin Hare on May 13th, 2010 |
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Where should I begin? I walked into Robin Hood with low expecations. I haven’t enjoyed a single Ridley Scott film made in the last decade: Gladiator was empty and hollow if you removed the action scenes, Kingdom Of Heaven was a confused cop-out of a war flick, and … okay, so I didn’t see A Good Year or American Gangster, but can you blame me? On top of that, I was starting to worry about...
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Robin Hare on Apr 29th, 2010 |
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Julie Andrews suggests I start the very beginning (which is apparently a very good place to start), so I’ll do that:
Iron Man 2 starts off bad.
There’s an awkward opening scene establishing Mickey Rourke’s “Whiplash” character that comes off hideously awkward and unnecessary, which plunges quickly into a vomit-inducingly sexist scene involving various swooping close-ups of...
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