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Movie Review – The Back-Up Plan

28. July 2010

Title: The Back-Up Plan Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Alex O’Loughlin, Anthony Anderson and Michael Watkins. Reviewed by: S.I. It’s hard to figure out if The Back-Up Plan is respectable because so many romantic comedies are terrible in comparison, or because it holds up on its own. It’s certainly better than other romantic comedies Jennifer Lopez has [...]

Iron Man 2 Review

15. June 2010

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Title: Iron Man 2 Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Gwyneth Palthrow, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson Two years after the first Iron Man, some things remain the same, while others have changed. The things that haven’t changed are the things that matter most – Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Palthrow), Tony Stark’s (Robert Downey Jr’s) business [...]

Review – Up In The Air Movie / DVD

27. May 2010

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It usually takes time for Hollywood to release films that are truly of their eras. The global recession started in late 2007, only becoming frighteningly real in September of 2008. Director Jason Reitman began developing Up in the Air in 2002 after reading Walter Kim’s 2001 novel. Its timely release is pure luck. Up in [...]

Overview – Tinker Bell Movie

21. November 2009

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Tinker Bell is what I’d describe as a ‘whole new fairy tale world’. Directed by Bradley Raymond (Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmas) and voiced by a huge array of stars including Anjelica Huton (The Grifters, The Royal Tenenbaums), Raven-Symone (College Road Trip), Jane Horrocks (Little Voice), America Ferrara (Ugly Betty), Mae Whitman (Night in Rodanthe), [...]

Overview: Stop-Loss Movie

31. July 2009

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Stop-Loss marks a return to the big screen for director Kimberly Pierce, who was responsible for the extraordinary Boy’s Don’t Cry. It centers on the policy of the US military that, in times of war, a soldier’s tour of duty may be involuntarily extended beyond his or her contractual separation date, a controversial policy which [...]

The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian

6. July 2009

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Director Andrew Adamson (Shrek) once again takes the helm for this, the second film in The Chronicles of Narnia, based on the series of books by C.S. Lewis. William Mosley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keyes and Georgie Henley reprise their roles as the four Pevensie children. This is a far darker and more savage Narnia than [...]

The Dark Knight – Overview

3. July 2009

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The Dark Knight is the triumphant return to the screen for Batman at the hands of director Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins, The Prestige). Much of the cast of Batman Begins reassemble here, and the story continues where the first film ended. This time Gotham City is in the thrall of a rising criminal mastermind known [...]

WALL-E Movie Overview

20. June 2009

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Academy Award-winning writer-director, Andrew Stanton (also directed Finding Nemo) and the technical geniuses and inventive storytellers at Pixar Animation Studios (also creators of Cars, Ratatouille, and The Incredibles) have done it again with this computer-animated cosmic comedy about a determined robot named WALL-E. Since its July 2008 opening, WALL-E is now amongst the most successful [...]

Yes Man Movie Overview

5. June 2009

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ONE WORD CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING Peyton Reed (previously directed ‘The Break-Up’ and ‘Down with Love’) directs Jim Carrey (previously starred in ‘External Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’, ‘Bruce Almighty’ and others) as Carl Allen in Yes Man. Carl, a “just say no” man, is persuaded to attend a Yes Man seminar by an acquaintance who [...]

Overview – The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

12. May 2009

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 is the second film based on a series of four novels by Ann Brashares about a group of four girlfriends who maintain their closeness by mailing back and forth amongst themselves a pair of thrift-store jeans that they had discovered together. The four friends are played by Blake [...]

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