Archive for April, 2009
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Released 24th April 2009
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Kevin James’s loveable and goofy Paul Blart this definitely isn’t. You’d be right in thinking that the plot generally sounds the same: A mall cop dreams of greater things and being armed to the teeth, whilst trying to impress the girl and save the day. It basically is, bar a few full-frontal, ‘wobbling men’s bits’. But Seth Rogen’s mall guard, Ronnie Barnhard, is the antichrist version of Blart in this dark comedy that’s so black, the humour often shrinks back into mall shadows like an unwanted hanger-on to allow Rogen et al to, basically, explore a tale of people with serious health issues under the all-forgiving ‘comedy canopy’.
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Released 24th April 2009
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One thing we’re good at in British film and TV is centring drama in a pub - just look at Corrie, Eastenders and the like. It’s a national institution! It taps into the British psyche, placing us into a position of comfort before events unfold. First-time feature writer Jamie Mathieson and debut director Gareth Carrivick have gone for this guaranteed hook with their new comedy, throwing in a bit of sci-fi, too. The result that sees three ordinary blokes’ average night out at the boozer turn into something more futuristic generally entertains and tickles, as these three ‘muppets’ prove to be more dangerous than the time-travel blips they gleefully experience.
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Released on DVD and Blu-ray on 19th October 2009
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Although Hollywood is at it again, wilfully selecting another Asian horror film out of the bag and rehashing it, this remake of the 2003 Korean chiller, A Tale Of Two Sisters, is a surprisingly watchable and engaging thriller with some very fine performances, and plenty of twists and turns to keep you guessing at exactly what’s going on. It ranges from the supernatural, to elements of the sinister Hand That Rocks The Craddle, with comedy heroine Elizabeth Banks doing ‘creepy psycho stepmom’ rather well.
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Released 24th April 2009
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There’s no mystery left in the world of teenagers, especially not in Essex. Director Eran Creevy reveals - in his debut Brit flick film Shifty - the rollercoaster lives of Essex youths. The stereotypical capped and hoodied chavs roaming dim suburban streets are absent, instead flicked up Lacoste collars, Stella bottles and wholesome East London accents drop you running from the fed through Borehamwood’s dreary estates.
