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Review of Chronicle (2012)

By Ruairí C (39) on 25 Apr 2014

Kudos for trying to bring in an epic superhero movie on an indie budget…

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Review of Contraband (2012)

By Ruairí C (39) on 19 Apr 2014

In the beginning, when it was focused on character building, Kormakur started down yet another one of his pretentious paths…

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Review of Evil Dead (2013)

By Ruairí C (39) on 08 Mar 2014

If you find body mutilation (of everyone but the pretty boy) and a soundtrack centred around a klaxon enjoyable, then you'll love this generic…

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Review of Eden Lake (2008)

By Ruairí C (39) on 16 Jan 2014

The penultimate moment sees Kelly Reilly look at herself bloodied, covered in dirt, in the reflection of glass and realises what she has to…

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Review of I Give It a Year (2013)

By Ruairí C (39) on 11 Jan 2014

How did this film get made…

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Review of Best Worst Movie (2009)

By Ruairí C (39) on 22 Nov 2013

Made for fans of the film Troll 2, this documentary forgoes even summarising the plot of the Best Worst Movie ever made, and focuses instead…

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

By Ruairí C (39) on 13 Nov 2013

I was originally hesitant to see this movie because of the fact that it was made 40+ years after the original(I hate the remake it was terrible)…

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Review of Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

By Ruairí C (39) on 28 Oct 2013

The first part of the film, focusing on the evolution of the serial killer, is intriguing and well paced, but his transformation to costumed…

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Review of Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)

By Ruairí C (39) on 28 Oct 2013

The makers of Elm Street learned pretty fast that putting a stuntman in prosthetics won't make a convincing villain, but the producers of this…

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Review of The Possession (2012)

By Ruairí C (39) on 26 Oct 2013

An entertaining scarier movie but I still wonder how many more movies involving possessions can there be…

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Review of The Funhouse (1981)

By Ruairí C (39) on 18 Oct 2013

At first seeing The Funhouse many years ago I was disappointed because I thought that it would simply be Texas Chainsaw at a carnival…

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Review of The Experiment (2010)

By Ruairí C (39) on 21 Sep 2013

A sensationalist reimagining of the infamous 1971 Stanford Experiment that resorts to shock tactics to hide the fact that there it has nothing…

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Review of The Experiment (2010)

By Ruairí C (39) on 21 Sep 2013

A sensationalist reimagining of the infamous 1971 Stanford Experiment that resorts to shock tactics to hide the fact that there it has nothing…

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Review of Body of Lies (2008)

By Ruairí C (39) on 13 Sep 2013

Extra star for Russell Crowe and Mark Strong's performances…

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Review of X-Men: First Class (2011)

By Ruairí C (39) on 03 Sep 2013

Though the movie features actors I really like, like Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon & Jennifer Lawrence giving great performances, what really…

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Review of Premium Rush (2012)

By Ruairí C (39) on 11 Aug 2013

One star for Michael Shannon. Everything else is terrible…

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Review of A Complete History of My Sexual Failures (2008)

By Ruairí C (39) on 11 Jun 2013

Horribly depressing, yet intriguing to laugh at…

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Review of Cop Out (2010)

By Ruairí C (39) on 09 Mar 2012

Couldn't make it till the end .. Was fed up after 45 min... Such a predictable good cop bad cop scenario ... Come On Hollywood…

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Review of Stranger in the House (1967)

By Ruairí C (39) on 09 Mar 2012

Couldn't make it till the end .. Was fed up after 45 min... Such a predictable good cop bad cop scenario ... Come On Hollywood…

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