Films
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Dead Man's Chest
Movie info from IMDB Movie reviews from Metacritic It’s hard to be critical of a movie like this, a movie which is hugely tongue-in-cheek and which is the middle of a trilogy. As it happens this isn’t a bad movie, but I think it suffers from having to both live up to the mark set…
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X-Men 3
Movie info from IMDB Movie reviews from Metacritic I’m a big fan of Bryan Singer. He may not be the best director ever but there is a certain style and realism he brings to his movies that I like. He’s very adept and camera sleight of hand and seems to have the right ‘image’ in…
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M:I III
Movie info from IMDB Movie reviews from Metacritic I’m part of an agency… called the IMF. What’s that stand for? Impossible Mission Force. [chuckles] Yeah right. So let’s get this straight. Tom Cruise, big budget action movie, and the guy behind Lost and Alias directing it? Can’t lose right? Right. And it doesn’t. Yes Philip…
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Mamma Mia
As part of my sister’s birthday, we all traipsed through to Edinburgh to watch Mamma Mia. I have to admit I was a little skeptical as to how good it would be, not because I’m not an Abba fan but because I couldn’t really figure out how they’d shoe-horn the songs around one story. So…
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Inside Man
Movie info from IMDB Movie reviews from Metacritic Spike Lee goes big budget, a bank heist that isn’t, Denzel on form, Jodie Foster playing it straight and sassy, and Clive Owen talks quietly throughout. The trailers make this look like a thriller, and it is to an extent, the plot slowly reveals itself with some…
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Weekender
A quick jaunt through to Dumbarton on Saturday, lunch with parents, and home just after three. Disappointed by the rugby but still proud. We locked the door, opened a bottle of wine, to go with the pie, chips, and beans we had for dinner, we’re nothing if not classy, and settled down to watch Man…