X-Men First Class begins back in Poland, 1944 like the opening of the first X-Men film, where a young Erik is seen attempting to open the gates at Auschwitz through special powers. Cut to Westchester, …
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X-Men First Class begins back in Poland, 1944 like the opening of the first X-Men film, where a young Erik is seen attempting to open the gates at Auschwitz through special powers. Cut to Westchester, …
Continue readingMimic is one of those films I have always meant to get round to watching, not least because it stars the achingly gorgeous Mira Sorvino in the lead role, and it also highlights the time …
Continue readingThe Woman begins with the appearance of a grubby woman’s midriff onscreen and her stroking her blood-smeared stomach. As the camera zooms out we see she’s been stabbed and is trying to clean the wound. …
Continue readingEmpire of Passion (aka Ai No Borei), is the sequel to 1976’s In The Realm Of The Senses, but while it deals with sex, it’s not exactly as ground-breaking as its prequel. In fact, it …
Continue readingIn The Realm Of The Senses (aka Ai No Corrida), also probably known as John Wayne Bobbitt’s least-favourite film, for reasons that will become apparent, is a strange sexual tale of lust, adultery and why …
Continue readingA Film With Me In It doesn’t star me, but instead leads with Dylan Moran, Mark Doherty, Amy Huberman and Keith Allen. Pierce (Dylan Moran) is an alcoholic – who doesn’t exactly get a lot …
Continue readingBlood Runs Cold begins with a man lying face down in the snow, seemingly dead at first, but instead he’s bleeding profusely from wounds which we quickly gather were caused by the axe being held …
Continue readingJurassic Park: The world is a happy place. This film is just as I remember it. Big, noisy and pretty damned scary for a PG. This year, I have apparently shocked a few people with …
Continue readingKill The Irishman: It’s Cleveland, 1975 and Danny Greene (Ray Stevenson) is clearly a guy some people don’t like. While driving along, his Cadillac’s radio starts to short out and he immediately attempts to jump …
Continue readingAs If I Am Not There presents us with Samira (Natasha Petrovic), a part-time teacher from Sarajevo who decides to make the break from home to set out and spend a couple of months in …
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