Movies 2012
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Your Sister’s Sister
A year after his brothers death Jack is still struggling to deal with the loss. His best Friend Iris suggests he stays at her fathers cabin to get his head together. When he arrives he meets Iris’ sister Hannah who is also seeking solace from the abrupt end of a seven-year relationship. A night of… Continue reading
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Skyfall
Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat. The first 15 minutes is really really good, amazing in fact. After that it all goes gently downhill. The cinematography is great, the actions ok if a tad… Continue reading
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Fred Jones is a government expert in salmon fisheries. When consultant Harriet Chetwode-Talbot representing a sheikh asks for help to introduce salmon fishing to Yemen, Fred rejects the idea as unfeasible. However, the Prime Minister’s press secretary, latches onto it as a “good will” story to distract the voters from ongoing bad news out of… Continue reading
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Headhunters
Roger Brown, a top headhunter is stealing art to subsidise his hot wife and expensive lifestyle. When his wife introduces him to a former mercenary in the possession of an extremely valuable painting, he decides to risk it all to get his hands on it, and in doing so discovers something which makes him a… Continue reading
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Cockneys Vs Zombies
Two workers on a building site discover an underground sealed chamber, breaking it open they are attacked by a couple of corpses and so begins the Zombie rampage. Meanwhile two “geezers” are going to committ a robbery to get enough cash to save the retirement home of their grandfather biut can they get the cash,… Continue reading
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Looper
WEnt with Corky to see Looper on Wednesday. Its the story of Joe, a hired gun who assassinates people sent back from 30 years in the future. Its all going well for Joe until the day the mob decides to “close the loop,” sending back Joe’s future self for assassination. One of the best films… Continue reading
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Brave
Princess Merida a skilled archer, defies an age-old custom and falls out with her mother. On fleeing into the forest she finds a witch who creates a spell which Merida believes will change her mothers mind but the spell does far more than she bargained for. As ever Pixars animation is amazing and on the… Continue reading
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Man on a Ledge
Escaped convict Nick Cassidy climbs onto a ledge of a skyscraper and threatens to jump, causing a diversion while his brother commits a robbery to clear Nicks name. Its alright, the plot is pretty daft and if it wasn’t for the fact he’s dangling off a building it would be completely unexciting. Leave it until… Continue reading
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Lockout
Snow, a man framed for a crime he did not commit, is offered his freedom in exchange for rescuing the President’s daughter from the orbital prison MS One, which has been overtaken by its inmates. Fancied a bit of sci-fi action but wish I hadn’t bothered. Ridiculously over the top, awful script, unlikeable characters and… Continue reading
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The Kid with a Bike
For no fault of his own, Cyril has been put into foster care by his loser father. Cyril obsessively tries to find his bike, surely his father must have cared about him enough not to sell that off?. During his search for his bike and his father, he meets Samantha, a woman who seems surprised… Continue reading
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The Dark Knight Rises
Eight years after taking the responsibility for the death of Harvey Dent, Batman’s self-imposed exile comes to an end with the arrival of Bane a ruthless killer who wants control of Gotham. This is a big, sprawling movie and I think the best in the series. Bane is a great villain, ruthless and captivating to… Continue reading
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Ice Age – Continental Drift
With a Continental drift putting everyone in Peril Manny, Diego and Sid are cast adrift in the Ocean only to be attacked by the weirdest bunch of pirates you’ve ever seen but somehow they’ve got to get back to Ellie, Peaches and the rest of the animals. Mixed feeling really I didn’t enjoy this as… Continue reading
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Woman in Black
Lawyer Arthur Kipps is sent to spooky Eel Marsh House to sort out the affairs of the recently deceased Alice Drablow. While there he is haunted by the woman in Black using letters he has found he starts to put together what happened to her and what her intentions are… Its all pretty spooky and… Continue reading
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Romantics Anonymous
Angélique, a gifted chocolate maker who, due to her shyness keeps her talents hidden is hired as a sales person by Chocolatier, and equally shy Jean-René . Realising the company is in dire straits Angelique decides to anonymously develop a new line of chocolates to save the company. But can the couple confess their love… Continue reading
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Romantics Anonymous
Angélique, a gifted chocolate maker who, due to her shyness keeps her talents hidden is hired as a sales person by Chocolatier, and equally shy Jean-René . Realising the company is in dire straits Angelique decides to anonymously develop a new line of chocolates to save the company. But can the couple confess their love… Continue reading
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Like Crazy
A British college student and her American classmate fall in love and not wanting to be apart she stays beyond the expiry date of her visa. After she leaves the US for the UK and then tries to return she is not allowed into the US. Can their relationship endure the enforced separation? A really… Continue reading
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A Lonely Place to Die
Five mountaineers are hiking and climbing in the Scottish Highlands when they discover a young girl who has been buried in a wooden box. Realising that she has been kidnapped they try to get her to safety but the kidnappers are on their trail… I liked it, and when people are dangling off mountains it… Continue reading
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Prometheus
Corky & I went to see this in 3d at the imax at Waterloo On Sunday. It was awesome to see it on the huge screen. Two archaeologists discover ancient star maps which leads them to travel to LV-223 believing that they will find the origins of human life, They find evidence of the race… Continue reading
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Forgettable films
Couple of quick reviews for some forgettable films we watched last week. Shame Really boring and depressing film starring Michael Fassbender as a sex addicted loner whose life is further complicated by the arrival of his troubled sister. Its basically this character having lots of sex and being miserable about it. I really didn’t get… Continue reading
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The Grey
Ottaway (Liam Neeson) is part of an oil drilling team whose plane crashes in Alaska. Not only do they have to try and survive in sub-zero temperatures but the few survivors are pursued by a pack of grey wolves. Sounds simple stuff right? But actually this goes a bit deeper dealing with how the different… Continue reading