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Super Sci-Fi Review Selection 18: "Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes" - Yet...
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)Ten years have passed since Caesar led an ape exodus out of San Francisco into the sanctuary of a redwood forest. The group of apes he united from an ape sanctuary...
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Ranking The 'Planet of The Apes' Movies...
When "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" started getting some positive buzz I made a point of working through the previous movies in the series. Having now seen the latest entry, it's time to rank the...
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Super Sci-Fi Review Selection 19: "Under The Skin" Is Atmospheric, But Not...
Under The Skin (2013)I've heard a lot of mixed impressions of this film, with some lauding it as one of the best films of the year. So, as a sci-fi fan, I realised there was a possibility that I could...
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Director Showcase: Ronny Yu
Ronny Yu is a Hong Kong director who I know first and foremost for his highly entertaining contributions to two 80s horror franchises. On the one hand, there's my absolute favourite entry in the...
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"How To Train Your Dragon 2" Is Fun, But The First One Was Much Better....
How To Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)I'm not so fond as most with the first HTTYD movie. I think it's great, but not up there with the best Pixar films. Still these films are actually based on a book...
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TV Movies! "The Best Of Men" Features Marsan On Top Form, "Labyrinth" Is A...
The Best of Men (2012 TV Movie)Sure, it's a made-for-tv movie and it feels like it. Nevertheless, the performances are so good and everything is just handled so well that I just felt joy from beginning...
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"Guardians of the Galaxy" Has A Generic Plot and Shallow Characters, But It's...
Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014)Remember how in the mid-credits sequence at the end of Thor 2, Benicio Del Toro explains that the Ether was just one of six planet-destroying magic stones? Well it turns...
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"The Hunter" Has A Strong Central Performance From Dafoe, But Is A Bit Empty...
The Hunter (2011)Willem Dafoe is a great actor. However, I rarely see him in a leading role.There is no doubt that Dafoe carries this leisurely-paced indie drama. Even playing such a reclusive...
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Important Documentary: Kidnapped For Christ
Kidnapped For Christ (2014)It's actually a misleading title since many of these 'kidnappings' are performed by organisations without a religious affiliation. Nevertheless, this American organisation is...
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Super Sci-Fi Review Selection 20: "+1" Has An Interesting Premise, But Is...
Okay, so I didn't pre-select this group of sci-fi movies for reviews. It was more that I had a lot of movies still to review and many of them happened to be sci-fi. And since sci-fi is my first love as...
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Documentary "The Act of Killing" Is An Incredible Project Which Really Has To...
The Act of Killing (2012 Documentary)This is quite an incredible piece of work. It's quite hard to.fathom what or how the filmmaker must be feeling behind the camera since it's harrowing enough just...
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Music Discovery: Unicorn Kid and the 'Chiptune' genre
When I was on one of my bouts of searching for music in the same style as the soundtrack from "Drive" (yes, I'm still listening to that synthy stuff years later), I came across some music which...
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So... People Are Talking About Doctor Who....
Hmmm... I'm not really liking this.In fact, to be frank I felt like "Time of the Doctor" was very nearly as bad as Russell T. Davies' "End of Time" travesty. So even before starting the first episode...
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"Philomena" Shows A Controversial Topic In A Sweet And Inoffensive Style -...
Philomena (2013)I have mixed feelings about Stephen Frears as a director. He does these strange combinations of 'sweet and cheerful' and 'fraut with emotion'. It's a crowd pleasing combination because...
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"Amreeka" Is A Sweet Comedy About Emigrating To America With An Excellent...
Amreeka (2009)I'd been meaning to see this for quite a while based on the trailer. It seemed almost akin to "Amelie" in its level of sweetness.Amreeka is about a woman and her son who travel from...
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My Top 10 Favourite Movies of 2012 (Plus some honourable mentions)
This is the sixth in a series of movie lists I've been making charting my favourite movies of each year.My top films of 2007,2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 were the following:Click here to see my top 5 for...
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"Hellbenders" Is A Quirky Treat For Fans Of Bizarre Takes On Religion...
Hellbenders (2012)A comedy where the concept is rather funnier than the film as a whole. The opening of the film admittedly had me laughing out loud.The concept is of a sect of 'hellbound saints', a...
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Another set of unfinished films I'm afraid...
I didn't exactly have high hopes for either of these, but I wasn't expecting either of them to be quite so unbearable.Maleficent (2014)Okay admittedly I was told that Angelina Jolie would be the only...
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"Borrowed Time" Is A Fairly Mediocre Waste Of Philip Davis' Talent.
Borrowed Time (2012)One review website brought this to my attention. The movie had low to mediocre ratings elsewhere, but the inclusion of Philip Davis made me want to give it a chance. I've seen him...
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Two Reviews: Classic Western "Django" and Jeff Nichols' Debut "Shotgun Stories"
Django (1966)The first half of this film is pretty damn impressive. A mysterious stranger enters town dragging a coffin. He proves he can handle himself when he comes across some unsavoury types. This...
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