Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer
The film is full of improbabilities that cannot be explained. Getting to London from America in seconds via a helicopter, and the US military acting as the world’s military are just two of the problems.
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La Vie en Rose
One would like to describe the “Little Sparrow” as a diamond amongst the rough; a child of the streets who fought her way to the top through plucky determinism and natural talent.
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Snakes on a Plane
It is incredulous that a film can be billed as a ‘cult movie’ before it has been released. A cult film is measured by the reaction of the audience.
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The Break Up
The Break Up is largely disappointing and if I could sum it up in one word it would me ‘meaningless’, but that might be giving it too much credit.
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X Men 3: The Last Stand
The completion of the trilogy surrounds the invention of a ‘cure’ that will change all mutants to humans and strip them of their superpowers.
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Mission Impossible 3
After a media blitz that has been seemingly endless and which included the first marketing campaign to include placenta-eating revelations, Tom Cruise finally hit the big screen this week with Mission Impossible 3.
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Munich
Munich is a film inspired by real events. The word ‘inspired’ is the key word in that statement. It is not ‘based’ on actual happenings it is ‘inspired’, which leaves this film open to interpretation.
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
‘Sex. Murder. Mystery. Welcome to the party!’ says the tagline to Shane Black’s directorial debut, and a party it certainly is.
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A Cock and Bull Story
A cock and bull story literally means a wildly improbable story that is invented to glorify the person telling it. In this instance the person telling the story of Tristram Shandy.
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Final Destination 3
The original Final Destination was a great thriller. It was a refreshingly new and interesting idea that had emblematic subliminal messages and shockingly gruesome deaths. Sadly, only the latter was evident in this film.
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