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Taken 2 // Preview Screening
Taken 2 // Preview Screening
"See it if you are a fan of that sort of thing, or have just had a daughter and want some tips on ‘extreme parenting’ Neeson style" - Smiley and Jay Freeman review the new Taken 2 movie
Avengers Assemble // Dvd Review
Avengers Assemble // Dvd Review
This month our chef is Joss Whedon and his ingredients are prime beef, short-crust pastry, mushrooms, and a piece of dog-shit.
Dredd 3D // Review
Dredd 3D // Review
Nolan took the darkest side of the knight for his Batman trilogy and now we get Dredd - the lawman that puts the mental in judgemental.
Battleship
Battleship
So, picture the scene: A desperate Hollywood film exec scans his child’s bedroom. He senses potential inspiration and plunges his arm, elbow deep, into the nearby toy-box.
21 Jump Street
21 Jump Street
This reboot is handled with an air of genuine affection towards the kind of 80s action films and trash TV, whilst simultaneously poking fun at it.
The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Rises
I like Bale’s Batman. He’s dark, vicious and the kind of superhero that would punch his mum and sister...
Men In Black: 3
Men In Black: 3
"You won’t be disappointed, and if you are, simply look into the light here…" - Smiley reviews the latest MIB instalment...
Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol
It’s high-tech, slick, completely preposterous and, while it’s not the best of the series (that would be number 1) it’s not the worst (3).
The Avengers Assemble
The Avengers Assemble
"Will it be a Hulking smash hit or a Thor point for Marvel? See it to find out."
Drive
Drive
Ryan Gosling stars in this stylish, moody action thriller about a Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals.
Troll Hunter
Troll Hunter
Norwegian film about a group of student film makers investigating bear attacks, when they stumble across a hunter tracking something much more interesting...
The Grey
The Grey
Liam Neeson heads up a group of oil rig workers whose plane crashes in Alaska.
Mission Impossible 4
Mission Impossible 4
Crazy stunts and explosions galore - definitely one for the action fans.
Sherlock Holmes 2
Sherlock Holmes 2
The plot thickens as Robert Downey Jr. returns as the world’s most famous fictional detective. I prefer Columbo personally, but the last one was pretty good.
Transformers 3: Dark Of The Moon
The robots look amazing; so does Rosie Huntingdon-Whiteley.
The Green Lantern
The Rum Diary
Machine Gun Preacher
Immortals
Immortals
"The job falls to a peasant who appears to have been groomed by Zeus since birth like some Olympian rent boy..."
Real Steel
Real Steel
Rocky with robots. Surely there will be a montage, probably it will this time involve welding. Awesome!
The Three Musketeers 3D
The Three Musketeers 3D
The four (?) famous Frenchmen save France again, this time in 3d mostly facing the screen.
Hell And Back Again
Hell And Back Again
Interesting and very personal look at being a soldier in and after Afghanistan, straight from the Sundance film festival.