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Byzantium Review

May 10, 2014July 7, 2013 by Gem

Director: Neil Jordan
Writer: Moira Buffini
Starring: Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan, Jonny Lee Miller
Running Time: 118 Minutes
Year: 2012

This review appears courtesy of Derby QUAD Blog

Director Neil Jordan is no stranger to the blood sucking ways of the vampire. Adapting Ann Rice’s Interview With The Vampire back in 1994, he brought the luscious blood splatter of the fang-toothed ones to life and wrung out a winning turn from a young Kirsten Dunst. Byzantium’s world isn’t a million miles away from the domain in which Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt skulked.

The Internship Review

May 10, 2014July 3, 2013 by Gem

Director: Shawn Levy
Writer: Vince Vaughn, Jared Stern
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Rose Byrne
Running Time: 119 Minutes
Year: 2013

Those schticksters of comedy, Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn have been reunited for the first time since 2005’s Wedding Crashers for The Internship. Their irresponsible hijinks have been cast aside this time around, as they take on the role of two salesmen from Arizona. After losing their jobs, they trek to California in the pursuit of the American dream. A newly realised American dream; that of a bagging an internship at Google.

Rhyming Reviews: Sightseers

May 9, 2014July 2, 2013 by Gem

It’s a trifle unfair of me to hog all the limelight with my bibble all the time, so I thought I’d introduce you to the wonderful lyrical skills of my buddy, Rob Simpson. A published children’s poet, this guy can spin a limerick out of a couple of boring nouns and a very questionable adjective. He’s onboard the site now to offer a different kind of review. Without further ado about much, here’s Rob’s rhyming review for Sightseers.

Rhyming Reviews: Despicable Me 2

May 9, 2014June 30, 2013 by Gem

Rhyming Reviews: Warm Bodies

May 9, 2014June 27, 2013 by Gem

This Is The End Review

May 9, 2014June 26, 2013 by Gem

Director: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
Writer: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
Starring: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson, Danny McBride
Running Time: 107 Minutes
Year: 2013

Hollywood’s giant bulge over the apocalypse is showing no sign of…diminishing. In another trend which has set cinema alight, the end of the world is bizarrely, rather a hot ticket to guaranteeing an audience. Yes, we’re all gagging to see our demise played out in Technicolour. Many times.

World War Z Review

May 9, 2014June 23, 2013 by Gem

Director: Marc Forster
Writer: Matthew Michael Carnahan, J. Michael Stracyznski, Drew Goddard, Damon Lindelof, Max Brooks
Starring: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos
Running Time: 116 Minutes
Year: 2013

World War Z has so much to overcome before its audience even enter the theatre. It’s a situation which repeats more often that not, especially in the information age of the ole interweb. Films open with a barrage of expectation attached. In the case of World War Z, the background surrounding its plagued production has become the centre of its own mammoth spectacle. As well as taking its central idea from a much loved novel, these ingredients make features such as this easy pickings for critical vultures.

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Snitch Review

May 9, 2014June 22, 2013 by Gem

Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Writer: Justin Haythe, Ric Roman Waugh
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Barry Pepper
Running Time: 112 Minutes
Year: 2013

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has taken to donning the everyman crown in recent roles with an assurance you can’t believe belongs to a chap who was once a wrestler. It’s his affable nature which lends films like Snitch a watchable onscreen persona.

Black Rock Review

May 9, 2014June 22, 2013 by Gem

Director: Katie Aselton
Writer: Mark Duplass
Starring: Kate Bosworth, Lake Bell, Katie Aselton
Running Time: 83 minutes
Year: 2012

Director Katie Aselton has conjured up a masterful stalk n’ shoot thriller, slamming through the expected turns before sliding into an assault of unusual twists with a fresh eye. Dreaming up the idea herself before handing over scripting duties to her partner, Mark Duplass, Aselton has created a winner in Black Rock.

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Rhyming Reviews: Mama

May 9, 2014June 20, 2013 by Gem

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