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Review of Super 8 (2011)

By Midlands M (168) on 19 Oct 2013

After the lens flare-drenched Star Trek and the disasteropolis of Cloverfield, J.J Abrams sticks with the sci-fi theme but attempts a homage…

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Review of Jack Reacher (2012)

By Midlands M (168) on 19 Oct 2013

Pretty decent despite its lack of box office success. worth renting. (I'm a fan of Tom Cruise though)…

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Review of Red State (2011)

By Midlands M (168) on 19 Oct 2013

After the critical and audience pounding he took for Cop Out and Jersey Girl, Kevin Smith shows us that he can direct by pulling no punches…

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Review of Melancholia (2011)

By Midlands M (168) on 19 Oct 2013

With an intro cut from the same cloth as Terence Malick's Tree of Life (see review below), Von Trier sets up a film about depression against…

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Review of Iron Sky (2012)

By Midlands M (168) on 19 Oct 2013

You probably know the story by now of this partly fan-funded Finnish film as it sets out its premise of Nazis hidden on a moon base after WWII…

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Review of Chernobyl Diaries (2012)

By Midlands M (168) on 19 Oct 2013

A great set up sees an extreme tourist day trip turn nasty as a group of travellers visit a supposed ghost town near the site of the Russian…

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Review of American Reunion (2012)

By Midlands M (168) on 19 Oct 2013

Another portion of the tasty yank pastry-fest sees the original cast back (again) to re-live some of their high-school hi-jinks as they return…

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Review of The Raven (2012)

By Midlands M (168) on 19 Oct 2013

Not even the ever-reliable John Cusack can raise this film above average as he plays a fictionalised version of Edgar Allan Poe who is drafted…

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Review of Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

By Midlands M (168) on 19 Oct 2013

James Franco plays Oscar Oz Diggs in this fantasy adventure prequel to the 1939 classic by Spiderman and Evil Dead director Sam Raimi who after…

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Review of Lockout (2012)

By Midlands M (168) on 19 Oct 2013

Lockout had an awesome premise on the surface because it's a break and enter action film sort of like Escape from New York, only set in a science…

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Review of Ted (2012)

By Midlands M (168) on 19 Oct 2013

With the joint successes of Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show, creator Seth MacFarlane turns his comedy skills from those small…

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Review of Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)

By Midlands M (168) on 19 Oct 2013

Let's get this out of the way for starters - Bryan Singer needs to make better films than this…

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Review of Hitchcock (2012)

By Midlands M (168) on 19 Oct 2013

She won't be nude, she'll be wearing a shower cap…

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Review of This Means War (2012)

By Midlands M (168) on 19 Oct 2013

Combat Kirk Chris Pine and battling Bane Tom Hardy are CIA agents competing for the attention of celebrity chin Reese Witherspoon in this bit…

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Review of The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

By Midlands M (168) on 19 Oct 2013

This epic triptych of stories has lofty ambitions as we first witness Ryan Gosling as Luke Glanton, a bank robber trying to do best for his…

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Review of Jobs (2013)

By Midlands M (168) on 19 Oct 2013

Ashton Kutcher (The Butterfly Effect, That 70s Show) stars as Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple Computers in this biopic about the hippy who…

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Review of Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

By Midlands M (168) on 19 Oct 2013

After the impressive and award winning The Hurt Locker (2008), Kathryn Bigelow returns to Middle East tensions in this drama based on the ten-year…

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Review of Life of Pi (2012)

By Midlands M (168) on 19 Oct 2013

Spoilers ahead Having already undertaken the difficult adaptations of Jane Austen (Sense & Sensibility) and the even trickier Stan Lee comic…

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Review of Brave (2012)

By Midlands M (168) on 19 Oct 2013

Well, sub-par Pixar is better than most in this tale of an adolescent Scottish girl rebelling against her family clan and the results of Pixar's…

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Review of Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

By Midlands M (168) on 19 Oct 2013

A directorial debut of some weight as Rupert Wyatt utilises Andy Serkis' brilliant mo-cap performance to give heart and humanity to Caesar…

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