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Film review | Abduction – Taylor Lautner acts with his abs, again, and tanks as an action star

Posted on 29 September 2011 by Jason Best

Bourne-style teen thriller Abduction sees Twilight hunk Taylor Lautner getting his first solo vehicle – but the wheels come off pretty quickly thanks to a clunky script, cack-handed direction and, sadly, Lautner’s inadequacy as an actor. The film’s far-fetched story … Continue reading →

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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…

Posted on 26 August 2010 by admin

The Expendables Action packed… Sylvester Stallone gathers together an ensemble of big screen action heroes, including Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jet Li, for this action thriller about a team of elite mercenaries tasked with overthrowing a Latin American dictator. … Continue reading →

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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…

Posted on 18 August 2010 by admin

Toy Story 3 Child’s play… Woody and co. find they have a new home in the third instalment of the animated franchise – a local daycare centre, where the children run riot and a strawberry-scented bear isn’t all he seems. … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | An Education – Carey Mulligan’s Jenny learns lessons in life & love

Posted on 8 March 2010 by Jason Best

Rising star Carey Mulligan won a well-deserved Bafta and an Oscar nomination for her pitch-perfect performance as the teenage protagonist of sharp, smart, witty coming-of-age drama An Education. Scripted by Nick Hornby from the memoir by journalist Lynn Barber, the … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | An Education

Posted on 30 October 2009 by Jason Best

Journalist Lynn Barber, known as Demon Barber for her razor-witted interviews, caused quite a stir when the memoir of her teenage years in early-60s London appeared in Granta magazine in 2003 and revealed her seduction as a 16 year old … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | The Pink Panther 2

Posted on 13 February 2009 by Jason Best

Zut alors! Steve Martin plumbs new depths of mirthlessness in this woeful sequel – the latest shot at squeezing box-office cash from the increasingly devalued Pink Panther brand. Martin’s second go at filling Peter Sellers‘ shoes as bungling Inspector Jacques … Continue reading →

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The Best view | The Pink Panther 2

Posted on 10 February 2009 by Jason Best

You need to be smart to make a movie about the stupid, as the Coen Brothers have spent the best part of their career proving. Failing that, when attempting to make a movie about a prize nincompoop then it helps … Continue reading →

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