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Salt – Take a pinch to enjoy Angelina Jolie’s far-fetched spy thriller

Posted on 13 December 2010 by Jason Best

Spy movie Salt would probably have turned out as a run-of-the-mill action thriller but for a fortuitous/canny casting switch that put Angelina Jolie in the lead instead of original choice Tom Cruise. Casting a lithe Jolie as the film’s protagonist … Continue reading →

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Salt – Evelyn, Edwin, Ethan? What’s in a name when you’re Bourne-again

Posted on 20 August 2010 by Jason Best

“Who is Salt?” The answer, pouting from posters everywhere, is of course Angelina Jolie. And that really is all the prior knowledge you need before seeing Salt the film. Given that the plot is a concatenation of whiplash-inducing twists, the … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Quantum of Solace on DVD

Posted on 23 March 2009 by Jason Best

Daniel Craig’s second screening outing as James Bond kicks off where his first left off. Literally. Quantum of Solace starts half an hour after the end of Casino Royale with a scorching car chase along a twisting corniche road that … Continue reading →

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News Muse: MacGyver, Bourne and Bronson – the art of getting out alive

Posted on 20 March 2009 by Adele Craciun

Which one of these two lovely gentlemen would you rather be stuck in a lift with? What do you mean ‘depends on what we get up to in there’? You’re trying to get out – obviously! This isn’t Grey’s Anatomy … Continue reading →

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