January 2011
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The Mechanic
Wham, Bam, Thank You Stath-am! Action legend and former French Connection clothes horse Jason Statham at his over the top best in this rip roaring remake of the Bronson original. Mindlessly awesome 8/10
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The Kings Speech
An Antipodean cunning linguist attempts to cure Colin Firth of a right royal speech defect. Stammer time! 9/10
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Black Swan
Powerhouse performance from Portman as she lezzes it up with Mila Kunis in this electrifying ballet / body horror portrait of one woman’s descent into madness. Breaktaking 9/10
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I Love You Philip Morris
Jim Carrey is Bi-Larious as a jailbird conman with designs on Ewan Macgregor and his ever changing accent. 7/10
Exit Through The Gift Shop
Documentary or art project? Banksy creates a fascinating Frankensteins monster and lets him loose on an unsuspecting but deep pocketed public 8/10
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The Next Three Days
Prison break remake with a puzzling cameo from Liam Neeson. Implausible and slightly baggy but solid work from Crowe. 6/10
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Movie night
For someone who studied media and spent the best part of my formative years sat in front of a TV devouring countless videos I really let my movie watching suffer for a large part of 2009 and 2010. Many films that I badly wanted to see came and went, much to my general apathy. In truth, much of my time was spent watching TV shows; 30 Rock, Community, The Walking Dead, etc, so it wasn’t as if I...
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“Destiny is what we work toward.
The future doesn’t exist yet.
Fate is...”
– Douglas Coupland, Girlfriend in a Coma (1998)
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