The Dark Knight Rises (2012) May 14, 2013
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Mopping up 2012’s left-overs with some very concise points on Nolan’s trilogy closer…
Green Lantern: Extended Cut (2011) May 9, 2013
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I don’t really like Green Lantern. Weirdly, I thought the movie that everyone else hated was OK-ish…
Ip Man 2 (2010) April 28, 2013
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aka Yip Man 2
Chinese martial arts vs British boxing in this jingoistic biopic sequel.
Stiff Upper Lips (1998) April 18, 2013
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Gary Sinyor skewers Merchant Ivory with his great big… parody.
Prometheus (2012) March 29, 2013
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With all the furore this week over the (supposed) behind-the-scenes problems with attempts to launch Prometheus 2, it’s about time I posted my review of last year’s intended franchise-starter…
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) March 6, 2013
Posted by badblokebob in : Animation, Action, Romance, Crime, 5 stars, 1990s, Mystery, superhero films, Film Noir: Pre/Post/Neo/etc., 2012 , 1 comment so far
Arriving in cinemas between the Burton and Schumacher eras of live-action Batman, could this animation be the best Dark Knight film ever made?
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) March 5, 2013
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Gary Oldman pulls off the impossible in this John le Carré re-adaptation from the director of Let the Right One In…
