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Thursday, 7 July 2016

FURY [2014]





THE TAO OF WARDADDY


2014, USA/U.K./China
David Ayer
9 // 10




Can you mix tank-porn with a bit of philosophy and get away with it? Did you have to win a beauty contest to become a tank commander during WW2? How many tanks have been harmed in making of this film? There's only one way to find out!


Tuesday, 24 March 2015

THE ZERO THEOREM [2013]




THE REPETITION THEOREM


2013, UK
Terry Gilliam
6 // 10




Is money the only shortage Terry Gilliam must face these days? Is it possible to make a repeated idea look fresh? Does crunching entities give you a heartburn? There's only one way to find out!


Friday, 20 June 2014

THE WORLD'S END [2013]



TWIST THE MELON, MAN!


2013, UK
Edgar Wright
10 // 10



Can you make a sci-fi comedy about alien robots that is not a sci-fi comedy about alien robots at all? Is it possible to present the British pub culture without giving it Al Murray's face? Have I been waiting with my The Sisters of Mercy tattoo for too long? There's only one way to find out!


Wednesday, 16 April 2014

THE THREE MUSKETEERS [2011]



SHUT UP, PLANCHET




2011, Germany/France/U.K./USA
Paul W.S. Anderson
4 // 10


Are the airships the way forward? Should we keep on pushing steampunk style all the way back to the Middle Ages? Is keeping the characters alive killing the story? There's only one way to find out!


Friday, 13 September 2013

NAKED LUNCH [1991]



IF ONLY THIS TYPEWRITER COULD SPEAK
...oh, wait a sec!

1991, Canada/U.K/Japan
David Cronenberg
8 // 10


What does a centipede taste like? How much insecticide is too much? Does Peter Weller have any face muscles? There's only one way to find out!