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Posted by Robin Hare on Mar 1st, 2010 | View Comments

Summer review round-up: the good, the bad and the ugly

Way back in the beginning of December, in our first week of existence, I posted a list of the five most anticipated films of the summer. Now that it is officially autumn (even if the weather obstinately refuses to accept this incontravertible truth), it’s the perfect time to look back over the past three months and put the summer releases in perspective. There were a few surprises, some hits and some...
Posted by Robin Hare on Feb 20th, 2010 | View Comments

FROM PARIS WITH LOVE review: return to sender

From Paris With Love reeks of squandered potential. Charlie Wax could have been an iconic, entertaining character in his own right, and John Travolta’s performance is desperately trying to push the character in the direction of success, but something about the film’s script and direction really drags the otherwise entertaining character into the inescapable realm of mediocrity. How does this...
Posted by Robin Hare on Feb 19th, 2010 | View Comments

SHUTTER ISLAND review: let me off the island

Shutter Island is a strange movie, but not in the way it intends to be: it’s strange because it’s bad. Martin Scorsese isn’t the critical and commercial king he is today because he makes movies that suck. But he’s managed the impossible here — he’s made a bad film. ”But the trailer is awesome,” you say, tears running down your trembling face in denial....
Posted by Jason Stringer on Feb 10th, 2010 | View Comments

The Super Bowl movie TV spots of 2010

For an American-only event, the worldwide reception of the NFL Super Bowl, now in its 44th year, is remarkably impressive. This is thanks to the attention it receives reaching far beyond the game itself and into the spectacle that surrounds it, particularly the half-time entertainment and the lucrative advertising opportunities. If you have a few million sitting around and you have a product you want to push,...
Posted by Jason Stringer on Jan 18th, 2010 | View Comments

Keeping the 2010 Golden Globes in perspective

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that James Cameron and his 3D epic fantasy adventure film Avatar (or, as Arnold Schwarzenegger pronounced it, ‘Avada’) won some big ones at the Golden Globes this year. Given the worldwide box office and general-audience reaction to Avatar being so jaw-droppingly mammoth, it was to be expected. But I still had a glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe it could...
Posted by Robin Hare on Dec 2nd, 2009 | View Comments

Top 5 films to be released this summer: best and worst

It’s that time of year again: it’s sweltering hot, you’re putting the tree up, and you’re grudgingly contacting the rellies to discuss plans for Christmas and Boxing Day–summer is upon us once again. Soon the schools will open their floodgates and unleash a shrieking horde of children upon us, and TV channels are going to stop caring what you watch, resulting in some seriously...
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