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Swing Vote (2008)
In an unprecedented (and implausible) turn of events, the latest U.S. election between Republican incumbent Andrew Boone (Kelsey Grammar) and Democrat candidate Donald Greenleaf (Dennis Hopper) has resolved itself in a complete dead heat. The heat is so dead, in … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Film, Popular Culture, Review
Tagged Joshua Michael Stern, Kevin Costner, New Mexico, Swing State, swing vote
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Looper (2012)
It’s the year 2044. Time travel has yet to be invented but, evidently, it soon will. Joe Simmons (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a Looper, a mob assassin with a particularly niche speciality in despatching targets, already bound and hooded, sent from … Continue reading
Posted in fantasy, Film, Horror, Popular Culture, Review, science fiction, Time Travel
Tagged Brick, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, future, Gordon-Levitt, Grandfather, Looper, older self, paradox, Rainmaker, Rian, Time Travel
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We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
An unspecified time after a terrible tragedy hits a small-town American community, Eva Khatchadourian (Tilda Swinton) begins her new job in a menial travel agency, a poor facsimile of her previous career as a globe-trotting journalist. Ostracised from her community … Continue reading
Shattered Glass (2003)
Stephen Glass (Hayden Christensen) is a promising young reporter and assistant editor on The New Republic, a Washington-based magazine boasting an 80-plus-year heritage and ‘in-flight’ status on Air Force One. He has managed to gain popularity and acclaim within the … Continue reading
Rock of Ages (2012) – Hair Metal Sucks
Sherrie Christian (Julianne Hough) is just a small-town girl, livin’ in a lonely world. She took the midnight train going for ehhh-neee-wheeeerre. Well, not anywhere, it’s LA’s Sunset Strip. And it’s a coach, not a train. Could be a midnight … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Film, Music, Popular Culture, Review
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The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012) – A Beano comic come to life.
Based on the series of all-ages novels by Gideon Defoe (who also has a writing credit on the movie), The Pirates! In an Adventure With Scientists tells the story of The Pirate Captain and his band of similarly literally-monikered cohorts. … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Comedy, fantasy, Film, Popular Culture, Review
Tagged Aardman, Charles Darwin, David Tennant, Hugh Grant, Pirates, Queen Victoria, Scientists, Sony
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The Informant! (2009) – A Fine Comedy, Only Without The Jokes
Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon) is a rising executive in one of America’s largest agricultural conglomerates. Following an encounter with the FBI, he confesses an international price-fixing conspiracy and volunteers himself for their services. As the investigation broadens in both scale … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Film, Popular Culture, Review
Tagged Mark Whitacre, Matt Damon, Schizopolis, Steven Soderbergh, The Informant!
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Super (2010)
Frank D’Arbo (Rainn Wilson) leads a terrible life. He has a dead-end job, little in the way of friends, no family and his wife Sarah (Liv Tyler) has recently left him for sleazy strip club owner/drug dealer Jacques (Kevin Bacon). … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Comic Books, Film, Horror, Popular Culture, Religion, Review, Uncategorized
Tagged 2010, Boltie, Crimson Bolt, Dawn of the Dead, Ellen Page, James Gunn, Jenna Fischer, Kevin Bacon, Kick-Ass, Liv Tyler, LolliLove, Rainn Wilson, Scooby Doo, shut up crime!, Super, superhero, Troma, wrench
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Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)
Brothers Andy (Phillip Seymor Hoffman) and Hank (Ethan Hawke) Hanson have money trouble. The company where Andy works faces an upcoming audit, threatening to reveal the systematic embezzlement of funds that fuel his drug habit. Hank is behind on payments … Continue reading
