A tribute to facial hair in film

Apr 19, 2013 No Comments by

With the shock recent news that Chuck Norris has decided to do-away with his trademark beard, and emerge out into the open face fuzz-free for the first time since puberty, we thought it was the perfect time to study the best examples of facial hair on the big screen. Film has always had a turbulent [...]

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The Friday Night Post-Pub Movie: Daredevil

Apr 12, 2013 No Comments

Occasionally a few drinks can improve Well, that Ben Affleck’s some hot shit now, eh? Director, actor, charity-guy, chin. But I remember when he couldn’t get arrested in this town. A string of flops – and more unforgivably, just plain awful films – such as the now legendary Gigli with his then missus J(ennifer) Lo(pez) [...]

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DVD Review: Argo [2012]

Mar 01, 2013 No Comments

You could not move last year for people telling you how good Argo was. Do you remember the fuss? Groups of frenzied film-buffs roaming the streets at night, banging on dustbin lids and quoting the film’s Farsi dialogue. People banging on the toilet door while you were trying to poop, yelling about how good it [...]

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Argo Spoiler Free Review

Nov 08, 2012 No Comments

“Argo fuck yourself” is as repeated phrase in Ben Affleck’s third directorial effort that is as much a uniting war cry as it a way of ridiculing the fake Star Wars rip-off at the heart of the movie. It’s also something Affleck must have routinely said earlier in his career to derisive critics. But with [...]

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What I Found On Netflix: Gone Baby Gone [2007]

Nov 06, 2012 No Comments

Argo, Ben Affleck’s third film as director, is released today in the UK. After being widely praised at the London Film Festival and in the US, Oscar buzz has already started to be whipped up for Captain Rafe McCawley’s latest feature. The mere mention of Oscars for a Ben Affleck film not co-written by Matt [...]

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