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Simple Jack

July 29th, 2008 · Comments

This may or may not be Tugg Speedman’s latest sleeper hit and a winner of 2 European Apex awards. It may or may not also be a load of viral bullshit aimed at punting Tropic Thunder.
Trailer coming soon.

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“Watchmen”

July 21st, 2008 · Comments

Ooooooooooooh.
Bring it on.

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Dark Knight’s box office rampage

July 21st, 2008 · Comments

Prior to opening in the US at midnight on Thursday, Warner’s Bros The Dark Knight was being billed as the most hyped movie in history. That’s a lot to live up to. Pre-release reviews, however, were almost unanimous in their praise of Christopher Nolan’s second Batman movie, indicating perhaps that the hype is entirely justified.
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“Wanted”

July 17th, 2008 · Comments

Turbo-paced, gravity-defying, sanguine-splattered and morally ambivalent: this is “Wanted” in a nut-shell. The film marks Angelina Jolie’s returns to the action mould as heavily-tatted assassin Fox who is charged with rescuing nobody Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy making his timely Hollywood blockbuster debut) from a miserable existence and inducting him into the folds of the Fraternity, [...]

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Warning label

June 24th, 2008 · Comments

Poached this from Golden Fiddle. Nothing like a little honesty in advertising, even if it is almost certainly unintentional. Then again, “tedious” might be the least insulting write-up that Fools Gold actually received. I haven’t seen it, but come on: I don’t need to eat a shit sandwich to know that I’m not going to [...]

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Tropic Thunder

June 18th, 2008 · Comments

Check out this “viral” video for the awesome-looking upcoming action-comedy Tropic Thunder, featuring Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr and Jack Black. It’s quite amusing, even in spite of Jack Black.

Here’s (one) of the trailers that’s already been released ahead of its scheduled US opening in August (September in the UK) this year:

I really hope [...]

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Inedible Hulk

June 16th, 2008 · Comments

I’ve said it before, but I feel considerably more justified saying it again: I liked Ang Lee’s Hulk. It was a well-made, mature and refreshing take on an otherwise rather repetitive genre. And it was reasonably successful too, raking in close on $300 million worldwide, which is nothing to scoff at. But [...]

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The Human Touch

June 5th, 2008 · Comments

Right now, in a ramshackle caravan office nestled deep in an overgrown parking lot in Kempton Park, Leon Schuster is nervously chewing on a styrofoam cup of Ricoffy as warm, bubbling poop trickles down the insides of his judrons. Because somewhere on the other side of the world, Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman and Clint Eastwood [...]

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JCVD is JCVD

May 14th, 2008 · Comments

Appearing soon at a cinema near you: Jean-Claude Van Damme is…Jean Claude Van Damme. Sure, you think it’s a joke. Hahaha. It’s so funny that JCVD (as he’s calling himself these days) is premiering, um, himself at Cannes this year.
It’s almost sad that the Universal Soldier is jumping on the lame-ass Hasselhoff bandwagon – you [...]

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“Speed Racer” and “In Bruges”

May 11th, 2008 · Comments

Right. Managed to catch Speed Racer and In Bruges this week, and thought I’d share my opinions with you. So here we go.
Let’s get one thing straight from the outset: Speed Racer is a kids’ movie. In their first return to directorial duty since 2003’s The Matrix Revolutions, the ever profound (*cough* bullshit) Wachowski brothers [...]

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