February 2012
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Ghost Town (2008)
An endearing romantic comedy which harks back to a bygone era, starring Ricky Gervais as misanthropic dentist Bertram Pincus. ‘Romantic comedy’ or ‘rom-com’ is a much maligned moniker to the more discerning moviegoer, but occasionally it is done in such a way as to yield a movie as warm, charming and, importantly, as funny as Ghost Town.
When Dr Bertram Pincus (Gervais)...
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Interview With A Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles...
Over-acted melodramatic nonsense of the highest order from the all-star cast of Pitt, Cruise, Slater, Banderas, Newton (Thandie), am I forgetting anyone? Oh yes, also a young Kirsten Dunst and a cameo from Only Fools and Horses’ Trigger. The action centres around the memoirs of Louis, a 200-year old vampire (Pitt), who is telling his life story to a modern-day reporter (Christian Slater)....
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Buried (2010) - 80%
Claustrophic thriller starring Ryan Renolds as Paul Conroy, a truck driver kidnapped in Iraq and buried alive with only a mobile phone, a lighter and a pencil with which to survive. Utterly gripping and moving in equal measures, a lot has been made of director Rodrigo Cortés’ achievement of filling 90 minutes with just one man in a box. And boy does he achieve it; even without the use of...
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Death Becomes Her (1992) - 68%
Robert Zemekis, known for his penchant for high concept and innovative special effects, pulls another corker out of the bag. Starring the excellent trio of Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis is Death Becomes Her, a dark “screwball” comedy exploring the morals and practicalities of eternal youth and immortality.
When forty-something actress Madeline Ashton (Streep) finds...