Written by Dee Pilgrim
Published on 09 Apr 2010
Kick Ass is like some secret guilty pleasure; morally moribund, so un-PC as to be off the chart and yet laugh-out-loud funny, thrilling and a blast of chilli-hot air after the anodyne likes of The Blind Side.
Whereas some films based on comic books up the reality factor so although you still don’t believe in the superhuman powers at least you believe in in the hero’s mortality, Kick Ass literally kicks that all aside and takes you into a cartoon world where ultra-violence can be perpetrated and yet the good guys still walk away almost entirely intact.
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Written by Dee Pilgrim
Published on 09 Apr 2010
We all love a good old triumph over tragedy story.
Especially those in Hollywood, including the and the Academy, where films depicting paraplegics, alcoholics or those with mental problems who go on to overcome their disabilities or problems regularly win the top gongs.
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Written by Dee Pilgrim
Published on 06 Apr 2010
One of the big problems with ancient Greek mythology is trying to keep the family connections between all the gods, the demi-gods and the mortals straight.
That’s why the first 15 minutes of this latest 3D epic is spent explaining who all the characters are and how they are related to each other.
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Written by Dee Pilgrim
Published on 02 Apr 2010
Of the two films out this week based on novels (Shutter Island is the other) this is by far and away the most successful and entertaining even if, at times, the subject material is almost too upsetting to watch.
Author Stieg Larsson has created a highly unusual heroine in the shape of Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace), a raven-haired, tattooed, pierced rebel with a cause. Lisbeth is out on licence from prison for a crime committed many years before and is working as a computer hacker for a large corporation.
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Written by Dee Pilgrim
Published on 02 Apr 2010
Neil Jordan has always liked making films based on fairytales, myths and legends and so the fact his newest outing is based on the legend of the Selkie isn’t surprising.
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