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Horrible Bosses (2011) Review

Ben

American Pie has a lot to answer for. Back when American Pie was released, it was a film like no other. Porky’s had been around in the 70’s but American Pie was really the first of that “teen gross-out movie” that spurned Road Trip, Euro Trip and a host of other imitators. It appealed to the 16 – 25 (roughly) demographic and was ridiculously successful. It was genuinely funny, poignant in places and had moments that people could talk about at school/college/work the next day. Then we grew up. American Pie 2 was brilliant but American Pie 3 tried to keep the … Continue reading Horrible Bosses (2011) Review

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Source Code (2011) Review

Ben

I loved Quantum Leap. It was the perfect mix of both sci-fi and drama. I was only about ten years old when I first got into it and though I didn’t hugely appreciate the drama aspects of the show, the moment where he jumped into the person’s body at the beginning and the end of the show was enough to keep me watching. If he punched someone during the episode, that was even better. As I got older I began to appreciate the actual story of the show and what he had to do each week. Even now I’ll find myself watching a whole … Continue reading Source Code (2011) Review

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Your Highness (2011) Review

Ben

If I watch a comedy and really like some of the action pieces and cooler parts to the story, but don’t find it that funny, does that make it a bad film? I made this argument in my review for The Switch. This wasn’t necessarily a bad film but marketing it as a romantic comedy meant it didn’t really do what romantic comedies do. It was a great drama but not very romantic or funny. Your Highness suffers from the same sort of problem. As a concept it’s great. A medieval stoner prince and his impressive, hero brother go on a quest to rescue a … Continue reading Your Highness (2011) Review

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Salt (2010) Review

Ben

We need a female action star. Not necessarily the actress but a new, kick-ass female action character. Someone to carry a series of films that have the same excitement around them as Bond and Bourne. The closest we have so far is Milla Jovovich’s Alice from the Resident Evil series and I avoid those films like the plague after they took a clear, amazing game and film concept and ruined it beyond belief. Angelina Jolie has had a go at this before with Lara Croft and the Tomb Raider movies. They weren’t bad but they fall into the same pit as the Resident Evil movies, … Continue reading Salt (2010) Review

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Rubber (2010) Review

Ben

When you hear the concept for some films, you have to believe that the creators were drunk, high or daring each other when they came up with it. Usually you can see the logic to where a film has come from and where its origins lay but with Rubber, I can’t even imagine the start of the conversation. To create a 90 minute film about a killer tyre that make people’s heads explode using psychic powers is either stupid or genius. I was really hoping for the second. It could have been genius. I’m not saying that the idea is … Continue reading Rubber (2010) Review

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Tropic Thunder (2008) Review

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Tropic Thunder feels like it wouldn’t have mattered if nobody had seen it. I watched it thinking that this film was made more for every actor involved to have fun and mess around than it was to actually make any money. It’s because of this that I loved it! From the ingenious fake trailers used to introduce each character at the beginning to the countless, ridiculous cameo’s, this film was brilliant. It felt like each actor was trying to outdo the others and be as outrageous as they could be. When those actors include Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey … Continue reading Tropic Thunder (2008) Review

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The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Review

Ben

If you look at any top [insert number here] Sci-Fi films list, you’ll find The Day the Earth Stood Still. With that in mind I decided I should probably see it. Now I’m always really wary of older films. The last couple of times I saw a film of any age resembling The Day the Earth Stood Still they were On the Waterfront and The Hustler. I didn’t really enjoy either of them. It seems that films of the past have a slower pacing than films today. I’m all for slow building tension but back then tension seemed to drag. Whole … Continue reading The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Review

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The Last Exorcism (2010) Review

Ben

This film should have been terrifying. It had all the ingredients for being the kind of film that really scares me. It is filmed like a documentary or “found footage” film, it is about a possessed girl (possessed girls or little girl ghosts are the MOST terrifying) and it is produced by Eli Roth who was behind films like Hostel. It could have been brilliant. It isn’t though. The problem is this film doesn’t know what it wants to be. It begins by introducing itself as a “found footage” documentary on a priest’s Last Exorcism. Normally these are rough cuts … Continue reading The Last Exorcism (2010) Review

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The Iron Lady (2012) Review

Ben

It’s not often I will agree with David Cameron but he made a good observation of The Iron Lady – They probably should have waited. The film is advertised as a biopic of Margaret Thatcher, portraying the key moments in her political career, of which there are many. This film could have chosen from a huge amount of key events that affected the whole country and just focused on that. A film on Thatcher and the Miner’s Strike or Thatcher and the Falklands. The amount of material on these key moments in British history could have easily created a good feature … Continue reading The Iron Lady (2012) Review

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Faster (2010) Review

Ben

  Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson improves any film by at least 50% with his presence alone. Perfect examples are Walking Tall, Welcome to the Jungle and The Other Guys. All these are perfectly ordinary films but you put Dwayne Johnson in there and they just become more enjoyable. They become more fun. He is a true screen presence and the future of action film stars. While the Expendables films are taking a good, overdue look at the awesome action stars of the past, Dwayne Johnson is starting his career as a proper action film star. The films I mention above are great, tongue-in-cheek action films … Continue reading Faster (2010) Review