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Sunday Afternoon Movie: The Pirates in an Adventure with Scientists [2012]

May 19, 2013 1 Comment by

The trouble with kids films is that by and large they are for kids, each new bright and shiny animated or live action movie released has been meticulously designed to appeal to youngsters but that doesn’t stop us grown-ups enjoying them as well. Aardman Animations has a natural home on a Sunday afternoon, their warm [...]

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Zombieland TV Pilot Not Given a Series

May 18, 2013 No Comments

Following the recent news that Beverly Hills Cop was declined a series order from the network another high-profile TV show based on a movie gets the same treatment. This time it’s Amazon Studios Zombieland and the writer of the movie and pilot episode Rhett Reese took to Twitter to break the news; “Our Zombieland series will not be [...]

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The Friday Night Post Pub Movie 2: Fast Five [2011]

May 17, 2013 No Comments

These days even movie reviews have sequels. As Fast and Furious 6 races into cinemas today it becomes baffling to the point of admiration that the franchise built of speed (and little else) has managed 5 sequels in 12 years. This week marked a rare and unusual event for me, not only did I venture [...]

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The Friday Night Post-Pub Movie: Shallow Grave [1994]

May 17, 2013 No Comments

(Does not contain spoilers. Does contain strong language and drunken rage) I stand in front of a shelf of DVD’s, weaving and swaying around like a baby crackhead. I reach out for something to hold onto and my fingers hit the spine of a DVD. That seems as good a way to pick a film [...]

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Iron Man 3 Joins $1 Billion Club

May 17, 2013 No Comments

After just three weeks on release the Shane Black sequel has become the sixteenth film to gross over $1 billion worldwide. This won’t come as much of a surprise and a vast increase on Iron Man 2 was always expected, but this is the first of Marvel’s phase two movies and has the luck of [...]

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