Archive for £1 or less

£1 or Less: 100 Million BC

Apr 18, 2013 No Comments by

Originally I was all set to buy Righteous Kill and review that, the film which reunited Robert De Niro and Al Pacino with other such acting heavyweights such as Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. However, on my way to the till, one DVD cover stood out the most, one with a massive freaking T-Rex seeming to burst out [...]

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£1 or Less: Delicatessen [1991]

Apr 04, 2013 No Comments

Everyone is entitled to the odd moments of surrealism, the other day I spent twenty minutes staring in a mirror convinced my nose had changed shape but then I carried on with a normal person’s day. On the other hand, French director Jean Pierre Jeunet seems to live in that world constantly, and I applaud [...]

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£1 or Less: Lost in Space [1998]

Mar 27, 2013 1 Comment

I would like to start this review by pointing out this film cost 25p from Cex, to some people this still may have seemed like a gross misuse of money but I caught this film on the big screen 15 years ago and I vaguely remember it not being as bad as everybody said it [...]

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£1.50 or Less: The Music Man [1962]

Jan 15, 2013 No Comments

Do you know the music man? He comes from far away. Or rather, he comes from one train station down in this musical classic. Music man Harold Hill (Robert Preston) travels from town to town selling clarinets, big trombones and rat-a-tat drums to children whom he promises to teach, before taking the money and running [...]

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£1 or Less: Ocean’s Eleven [2001]

Dec 22, 2012 No Comments

Every man in the world will have at least one moment, probably more, where he looks at another, or another’s situation, and thinks “I wish I could do that. I wish I was that cool. I wish I had that charm, and that panache.” After finally purchasing Ocean’s Eleven on DVD (Lord knows what took [...]

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