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Posted on August 17, 2010 by Mark
Seeing this film reviewed on Movie Space I decided it was time I wrote up my review. It’s not the most massive of the films done by either Johnny Depp or Christian Bale so you may not have seen it. SPOILER WARNING. Public Enemies is set in 1933 and tells the story of John Dillinger [...]
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Posted on August 9, 2010 by Mark
Whilst I have to admit to having the soundtrack to this film and being impressed by the finale (as seen on Youtube) I only added it to my rental list a week or so ago, more out of desperation than anything else. Its an old film and if you haven’t seen it you probably never [...]
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Posted on July 14, 2010 by Mark
Ignoring its religious subtext the Narnia books provide a truly classic fantasy world. Tolkien may weave a more complete and layered story but his world is not so accessible to children and lacks the wonder and hope that C.S Lewis managed to create. I loved the adaptation of The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe [...]
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Posted on July 13, 2010 by Mark
I know Jon reviewed this film when it came out but what the hell I can write about it too. SPOILER ALERT. We enter the film with Holmes (RDJ) on the trail of Lord Blackwell who the great detective has deduced is behind a number of black magic cultish murders. Assisted by Watson (Jude Law) [...]
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Posted on July 7, 2010 by Mark
When I saw the trailer for this film I didn’t know what to make of it. It seemed quite interesting until there was a kind of Disney zippidy doo da moment that made me think that maybe it was going to get too artsy. However over the past year or so I have heard it [...]
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Posted on June 13, 2010 by Mark
This film was recommended to me by a friend and by my cousin, in the wake of the US remake (both of which my cousin has reviewed on his own site) I added it to my rental queue. The film is a British based story of a family funeral, with a sprinkling of hallucinogenic drugs [...]
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