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Snipe.
Just ignore unpleasantness, Josh.
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Tweek

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The 51st State
From start to finish this film is a great laugh, it never takes itself seriously. The characters aren't consciously making jokes, what they say is just inherently funny. Be warned though if you don't like swearing in your films this isn't the one for you as just about every line contains more than one obscenity.
The film stars Samuel L Jackson as an ultra-cool, kilt wearing drugs chemist wanting to make one high-profit deal, Robert Carlyle as a Liverpool gangster and Emily Mortimer as the hottest assassin I've seen in a film.
I won't post any spoilers but if you enjoy films with car chases, funny dialogue and over the top action involving guns, golf clubs and heavy duty laxatives then this is the film for you.
8/10
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« Reply #642 on: 04-07-2008 03:46 »
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Man, I love that wicked , wild ride of a film, Tweek! It's an utra cool, weird movie. And Sam's the man with the plan and in total control . i don't think I've 'spoiled" anything... some may disagree. Tell me if I did. But I think I kept out of the "spoilers" division... bye...  edit- I mean... Sam Jackson in a green klit and lugging a golf bag all over Britain,,, Sam in a dress... DANG!.....He wears his kilt in the manliest of manner,,, so dignified,,, He's this generation's Cuck Heston... A most beloved thespian... then and now!...
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Tweek

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The Grudge
I haven't yet seen the Japanese original but as this version was the one on TV I decided to give it a go. I'm pleased that I did as it was better than I expected of a remake, I suspect it was helped by the fact that it was remade by the original director.
While it isn't the best of stories it is certainly creepy, several scenes gave me goosebumps which is the main thing needed in a horror film.
The basic plot is that there is a house in Tokyo that has been haunted since a mother and child where murdered by the man of the family and anybody who visits the house is doomed to die fairly soon afterwards. The ghosts are certainly creepy but unfortunately we didn't have enough time to get to care about the main character, a nurse played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, which made me less concerned about her plight.
I was pleased to see that it didn't fall into modern horror cliché of adding excess gore and gratuitous nudity.[/b]
7/10
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coldangel

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...Yeah, so I'm doing that thing where I write a handful of stupid One-Sentence Reviews!
Vantage Point
Who'd have thought that watching the same ten minutes of bland and formulaic movie over and over again from slightly different perspectives would turn out to be quite boring?
Straightheads
Scully from The X Files sodomizing a bloke with the barrel of a rifle isn't really as arousing in practice as it sounds in theory.
Stardust
Surprisingly fun for a family thing; it had me laughing my guts out a few times, due to the unhealed appendectomy wound in my abdomen.
Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
It's not Connor or Duncan, but this anime incarnation of the Highlander franchaise manages to capture the essence of the source material and throws some bare titties around for good measure.
28 Weeks Later
It's time to shoot and bury the zombie genre for another twenty years before the rot begins to really set in.
A Scanner Darkly
Somewhere between The Matrix and Fear & Loathing, and boring enough to have rendered the film in cutout cell-shading in a desperate bid to draw attention away from its blandness.
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It's a caper film; no, now it's a study of domestic abuse; no, now it's an erotic lesbian thriller; no, now it's a revenge-fantasy... oh no wait, it's just shit.
Death at a Funeral
A piss funny little flick that shows it pays to keep things simple; I haven't laughed so hard since my grandfather's funeral.
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Melllvar

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Juno Finally! A movie in which Ellen Page doesn't irritate the fuck out of me! Hooray! 9/10
21 Movie about a math wizz who goes to Vegas to make money counting cards on Black Jack tables. Pretty damn good. Made me miss Vegas though. 8/10
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~FazeShift~

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Horton Hears A WhoQuite good, it's one of those ones where the leads don't make it but the interesting side characters do, like that little cute yellow fuzzy creature cracked me up. And that Kangaroo lady was just a total bitch, WTF is her problem, Horton should have just stepped on her and turned her into kangaroo pizza. Also Will Arnett voices another vulture (Ice Age 2 being the first time) he picked what he knows I guess! B+Thanks for that review LayZ, didn't know anything about it but I might go and see it over here. 
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Debris

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Be Kind Rewind
Had high hopes coming into this movie, for I've grown into an enthusiastic fan of Mr. Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine, The Science Of Sleep), and man, I was not disappointed. A delicious blend of comedy, heart, and childlike imagination that I've come to expect in his work. And for one who hates Jack Black as much as I do, I will give him credit in being quite decent in this outing. Did a great Jackie Chan!.....the bastard.
"I'm Bill Murray, you're everyone else."
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Debris

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...Yes, I would agree, but with hesitance. Even though it lacked the almost orgasmic visuals of Eternal Sunshine (I had to check my pants on several occasions), and the out right spastic energy that was Science of Sleep, I still think Be Kind Rewind held its ground quite well against his back catalog. And it managed to do something quite unique on its own; it made me laugh from start to finish. Like it gave me permission not to take it too seriously, and just enjoy the oddness.
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coldangel

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Clerks 2I never saw the first one, so I was totally lost in the intricate plot. Moby Dick (1956)Fairly true to the novel except that the sinking ship looked less like a small cheap model in my imagination when I read the book. The PrestigeSurprisingly awesome; the inclusion of real-life object of conspiracy theories, Nikola Tesla, made the plot of this film even more interesting. NextIf you'll pardon the clairvoyant pun, there's very little here we haven't already seen. HitmanThis isn't a hit. No Country for Old MenThe ingredients for critical acclaim in filmmaking are no music, no closure, and no point; because stupid people will think it's really deep. RatatouillePretty nifty, and it's nice to see genetic paternity testing find its way into a children's film - best they get used to the idea from an early age. Death ProofCould have been half as long, excising most of the scenes where the dumb bimbos sat around in bars just talking talking talking...................... .......
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall - I actually saw this last weekend, in an empty cinema which was nice, but I saw it again today because my mum wanted to be nice and take me out for dinner and a movie (then later tell me what she wanted for mother's day  ). I found it more amusing on second viewing. My favourite part is when Peter (the guy wanting to forget) is singing a new song about needing to see a psychiatrist "I hate the psychiatrist! Go see one anyway!" 'cause it's fun to sing back and forth to yourself when you're angry. A comment from my first viewing was that a lot of the actorbs seemed to have a really bad tan...stop going outside! In summation; this film was un-boring enough to be able to sit through more than once.
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~FazeShift~

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Damn I wanted to be first!  I'm going tonight. DAMN!
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Nixorbo

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I'm seeing it Saturday night at a drive-in
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« Reply #676 on: 05-01-2008 17:12 »
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Iron ManAwesome, just as expected!  Some badass action set pieces (in the village), Jeff Bridges was great and even Gweneth had some good lines. I loved the bit on the plane, extending stripper pole FTW. Fantastic. To press conference: "The truth is... I am Iron Man!"  Stan Lee as Hugh Hefner: I lol'd. Nick Fury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D. after the credits  ! A
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Iron ManAfter the travisties of Spiderman 3 and X-men 3 I was starting to thing marvel had lost it's way with it's films but Iron man has made me one happy comic fan. Robert Downey Jr is just perfect as Tony Stark and the rest of the cast hold up well. The effects are great and the sound track works well with the film. AIf the next Hulk film and The Thor film also hold up then I will definitly be looking forward The Avengers film. And sorry Hoff, even from his brief appearance Mr Samuelle L makes a much better Nick Fury
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