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REVIEW: The Martian (2015)
After sleeping through Gravity and laughing through Interstellar, (a fine unintentional comedy if ever there was one), it’s good to see a contemporary Sci-fi tell...
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REVIEW: Assault On Wall Street (2013)
I must confess to being a Uwe Boll sceptic at one point. I’d always suspected that there was more to him though, that he might...
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REVIEW: Mad Max Steelbook Ripper Edition (PS4)
A while back I set out to buy this game on the street, I had forgotten to order it online, so it meant doing things...
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REVIEW: Rambo IV (2008)
When they started reviving classcs in the 00’s, it didn’t look good. I think Terminator 3 started it all, a film that I categorically hate...
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[REVIEW] Slow West (2015) Blu-Ray
The thing that struck me about this movie when it came out earlier this year was the cinematography and scenery, it was often downright stunning....
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[REVIEW] Death Sentence (2007)
Ever notice how Kevin Bacon repeatedly plays some form of sex offender? In Murder in the First, he sexually accosts a woman (albeit briefly). In...
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[REVIEW] Dark Blue (2003)
Starring: Kurt Russell; Scott Speedman; Ving Rhames; Brendan Gleeson Director: Ron Shelton Kurt Russell has made some damn good movies, including some that are pretty...
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[REVIEW] Charley Varrick (1973)
Runtime: 111 Mins Rated: 15 What To Expect: Expertly paced heist movie from the director of Dirty Harry Sometimes when movies are thin on the...
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[REVIEW] Breakdown (1997)
Runtime: 93 Mins Rated: R What To Expect: Taut thriller, underrated, J.T. Walsh… always expect quality with J.T. Walsh It’s been kind of slow with...
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[REVIEW] Child 44 (Book)
Funny how Child 44 (the movie) kind of dropped off the radar. Visually (judging from the trailer and the handful of stills I’ve seen) it...
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REVIEW: Steven Seagal: Lawman Season 3 (2014)
Runtime: 168 Mins Rating: TV-14 What To Expect: The much anticipated cock fighting raid from hell If you’re not a devout student of Sensei Seagal,...
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[REVIEW] Jurassic World (2015)
Runtime: 130 mins Rated: PG-13 What to Expect: The best Jurassic Park sequel yet (coming from a Lost World fan) Fourteen years of rumours, false starts and...
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[REVIEW] The Drop (2014) Blu-Ray
Runtime: 129 Mins Total Rated: R What To Expect: A tense drama with rich characterization, surprising ending, decent Blu-ray release This is the final film...
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[REVIEW] Red Hill (2010)
Runtime: 95 min Rated: R What To Expect: A very strong debut for Patrick Hughes which makes Expendables 3 look even worse. A completely badass Australian western, Red...
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[REVIEW] American Sniper Blu-Ray
Runtime: 185 mins total Rated: R What To Expect: Expect to buy this out the gate if you intended to, as opposed to waiting for...
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[REVIEW] Slow West (2015)
Runtime: 83 mins Rated: R What To Expect: Epic scenery, violent and black humour Years ago I think this is a film John Wayne would’ve...
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GUEST COLUMN: Fuego (2014) Review
Starring: Aida Folch, Jose Coronado, Leyre Berrocal Having smaller budgets than most Hollywood output, Spanish films tend to focus more on the story, which is...
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[REVIEW] The Americans: Season 3 (2015)
It seems nowadays that any espionage show on television is always focused on some extremist nutjob from some dead patch of land somewhere in the...
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[REVIEW] MacGruber (2010) Is Still Funny As Hell
Runtime: 90 mins Rated: R What To Expect: To laugh so hard you’ll have tears coming out of your eyes. Saturday Night Live features are distinctly hit-and-miss, as...
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[REVIEW] Hyena (2015)
Starring: Peter Ferdinando, Stephen Graham, Neil Maskell and MyAnna Buring Coke snorting detectives, the grim realities of human trafficking, a genuinely horrific stabbing, graphic scenes...
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[REVIEW] The Long Good Friday (1980) Remastered Blu-Ray
Runtime: 5.5 hours (approx total) Rated: R What To Expect: A salutation of the best of British gangster thrillers Click here to buy on The...
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[REVIEW] Skin Trade (2015) (Gold Coast Film Festival)
Runtime: 96 Mins Rated: R What To Expect: One of 2015’s action high points Skin Trade delivers on expectations. It does not exactly exceed them, but it...
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[REVIEW] The Thin Red Line (1998) Has Aged Very Well
Runtime: 170 Mins Rated: R What To Expect: A movie that ages well, and even though it could’ve used an editor, it’s special Good old Nick...
