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Author Archives: John Guzdek

The Boondock Saints

The ridiculous and over-the-top nature of two Irish lads living the American wet dream is both the making of and the downfall of The Boondock Saints. Definitely one for the love-it or hate-it category.

Shane

A solid likeable Western full of memorable scenes, characters and dialogue. Oh, and the most annoying child you could imagine.

In Time

The main advantage of living in this dystopian future where most people die at 25 would be that I would have died before being made to watch this movie. In Time certainly doesn’t live up to it’s potential.

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

The uncanny valley effect strikes again as a largely good film is ruined by freaky animation that’s more unnerving than any horror.

Quantum of Solace

Quantum of Solace fails to live up to the potential of Daniel Craig’s first outing and is so depressing that afterwards you may want to drown kittens for a bit of light relief.

South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut

Give this glorious animated musical a chance and you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Contagion

Intelligent, entertaining and unsentimental, Contagion is a skillfully put together apocalyptic tale that loses momentum slightly towards the end.

The Thing

Good ol’ B-movie fun from the classic Eighties duo of Carpenter and Russell.

Johnny English Reborn

Despite having some amusing moments, Johnny English is too sanitised and features too much unfunny slapstick to appeal to even a semi-sophisticated audience. Hopefully it’s not the death knell for Rowan Atkinson.

The Elephant Man

A remarkable true story brought to life in the most original and fascinating way by David Lynch.