Tag Archives: Malin Akerman

Film review | The Numbers Station – John Cusack tries to count out of the spy game in an old-school thriller

Posted on 27 May 2013 by Jason Best

John Cusack plays that familiar movie type the burnt-out secret agent in old-school spy thriller The Numbers Station. He’s started having moral qualms about killing, which gets him assigned to a routine job at a secret CIA base housed in … Continue reading →

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Film review | Rock of Ages – Tom Cruise goes for broke but hair-metal musical plays it safe

Posted on 13 June 2012 by Jason Best

The rude and raucous heyday of 1980s hair metal is relived in this starry screen version of jukebox musical Rock of Ages, but despite the cast’s game efforts the results are disappointingly tame and bland, a toned-down, 12A-version of the … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Watchmen

Posted on 26 July 2009 by Jason Best

Surprise, surprise! Alan Moore disowned the long-awaited screen version of his cult comic book Watchmen well before it reached the screen – as has long been his warped wont with adaptations of his work. Yet 300 director Zack Snyder’s movie … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Watchmen

Posted on 6 March 2009 by Jason Best

Fans of graphic novels have been trying for years to convince me of the medium’s merits. Try as I might, though, I’m afraid I can’t shake off my prejudice that a comic book in the hands of a grown-up is … Continue reading →

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