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Review of Open Season (1974)

By Mark B (2,206) on 18 Jun 2011

If you've ever wanted see Billy Connolly being a pissed off celtic squirrell then look no further…

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Review of Open Season (2006)

By Mark B (2,206) on 18 Jun 2011

If you've ever wanted see Billy Connolly being a pissed off celtic squirrell then look no further…

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Review of Street Kings (2008)

By Mark B (2,206) on 17 Jun 2011

Certainly neither the best or the bravest of the contemporary LA crime sagas this still possesses a certain gritty charm, by way of its terrific…

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Review of Babylon A.D. (2008)

By Mark B (2,206) on 17 Jun 2011

A desperately troubled production takes an obvious toll on this actually pretty ok science fiction actioner, whilst it lacks a strong sense…

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Review of Eastern Promises (2007)

By Mark B (2,206) on 17 Jun 2011

Cronenbergs beloved modern crime masterpiece, it's as dark and unconventional as it is exhilarating and enveloping…

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Review of Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)

By Mark B (2,206) on 15 Jun 2011

A bit of a letdown it's basically yojimbo/fistful of dollars with touches of django and tarantino's big chin hamming it up as usual…

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Review of Rendition (2007)

By Mark B (2,206) on 15 Jun 2011

This movie wasn't at all interesting. Before I watched it, I thought that the storyline was good…

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Review of Jarhead (2005)

By Mark B (2,206) on 15 Jun 2011

Mendes' anti-war adaptation may not have the raw power of, say, the 'Nam movies but it does have a level of guts that goes beyond many if not…

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Review of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

By Mark B (2,206) on 15 Jun 2011

Guns and geezers, this redefined what the world (and maybe the nation itself) thought small-budget British cinema was capable of in a gunpowder…

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Review of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)

By Mark B (2,206) on 15 Jun 2011

Deeply, DEEPLY unpleasant. Maybe that's to it's credit, maybe it's not. It's hard to tell…

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Review of The Last King of Scotland (2006)

By Mark B (2,206) on 15 Jun 2011

Not as powerful or engaging as a Spielberg historical examination, and it feels a little too over-dramatized, but this is ultimately a terrifying…

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Review of Babel (2006)

By Mark B (2,206) on 15 Jun 2011

A good film about the world, race divisions, and language barriers…

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Review of Atonement (1971)

By Mark B (2,206) on 15 Jun 2011

Joe Wrights masterful adaptation brings an air of production class back to British cinema, it's compelling, kinetic and wholly absorbing…

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Review of Rush Hour 3 (2007)

By Mark B (2,206) on 15 Jun 2011

Simple yet effective comedy, this feels classical somehow and you can't help but smile at a chemistry that's come to work very well…

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Review of Lady in the Water (2006)

By Mark B (2,206) on 15 Jun 2011

Although it comes off most of the time as a convoluted fairy-tale, Shyamalans bed-time story (adapted from actual bed-time story created by…

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Review of Lethal Weapon (1987)

By Mark B (2,206) on 15 Jun 2011

The origins of perhaps 90% of all cop movie and cop show cliches…

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Review of A History of Violence (2005)

By Mark B (2,206) on 15 Jun 2011

As you would expect this is a stark and unafraid portrayal of violence and redemption, like the westerns of yester years this is a tough road…

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Review of Atonement (2007)

By Mark B (2,206) on 15 Jun 2011

Joe Wrights masterful adaptation brings an air of production class back to British cinema, it's compelling, kinetic and wholly absorbing…

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Review of Lilo & Stitch (2002)

By Mark B (2,206) on 15 Jun 2011

One of Disney's most amusing and affecting modern hand-drawn films…

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Review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

By Mark B (2,206) on 15 Jun 2011

A restrained, lyrical portrait of history that is as artistically poetic as it is factually accurate…

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