Tag Archives: Josh Hutcherson

Comedy horror Detention on DVD

Posted on 20 August 2012 by peter

© 2011 Detention Films, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Joseph Kahn’s comedy horror Detention, starring Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games) and Dane Cook (Good Luck Chuck), was a hit at last year’s Film4 FrightFest and is heading to DVD and Digital … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Detention – Quirky teen horror comedy is too cool for school

Posted on 18 August 2012 by Jason Best

The Breakfast Club meets Scream in self-consciously quirky teen horror comedy mash-up Detention – with elements of Freaky Friday, Donnie Darko and a string of other cult movies thrown into the pot too as sassy misfit Riley (Shanley Caswell) tries … Continue reading →

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Film review | The Hunger Games – Smile! You’re on TV in a bloodcurdling fight to the death

Posted on 22 March 2012 by Jason Best

Suzanne Collins’ best-selling Hunger Games trilogy has been seized upon by Hollywood as the next, big, teen-friendly franchise – and it’s terrific: smarter and tougher than Twilight – and with a heroine who couldn’t be further removed from drooping, love-struck … Continue reading →

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Film review | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island – Duck! The Rock is coming at you in 3D!

Posted on 3 February 2012 by Jason Best

An old-fashioned adventure romp that wraps newfangled cinematic trickery around a ramshackle plot, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is a knockabout sequel to 2008’s Journey to the Center of the Earth, notable at the time for being the first feature … Continue reading →

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The Kids Are All Right – Two moms plus one sperm donor equals a sharp modern comedy

Posted on 21 March 2011 by Jason Best

Lisa Cholodenko’s sharp, witty and thought-provoking comedy drama The Kids Are All Right gives a very modern twist to a stock situation – the sexy outsider who gets involved in the lives of a long-term married couple. The twist is … Continue reading →

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The Kids Are All Right – Family ties get a new twist in a comedy for today

Posted on 29 October 2010 by Jason Best

A happily married couple’s relationship comes under threat from a sexy interloper. You’ve seen this film before, haven’t you? The set-up has been a mainstay of the erotic thriller genre from Fatal Attraction to last year’s Obsessed. Refreshingly, the thought-provoking … Continue reading →

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