Posted by Simon Rowson in Film on September 29, 2009 | No Comments

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li (2009) – Film Review

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li (2009) – Film Review
Street Fighter’s biggest crime isn’t that it’s wretchedly written. What’s more criminal is that a film containing such colossal weirdness as a baby delivery by stomach punch has no right being this boring....
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Posted by Simon Rowson in Film on September 1, 2009 | No Comments

Sex Drive – Film Review

Sex Drive – Film Review
Sex Drive has more than enough smarts and heart to earn it a place with the stronger films it aspires to, managing to feel more like the John Hughes-era ‘80s coming-of-age comedies it pays homage to than the 3rd rate gross-out trash that litters the shelves today....
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Posted by Simon Rowson in Video Games on September 1, 2009 | No Comments

Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian – Wii Review

Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian – Wii Review
In a streamlined and dumbed-down version of the movie’s plot, Larry Daley has to save the day after the magic tablet that brings museum artifacts to life finds itself at the Smithsonian in the hands of evil pharaoh Kahmunrah. Larry and his ancient museum-dwelling pals must stop Kahmunrah and his...
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Posted by Simon Rowson in Film on September 1, 2009 | No Comments

Cold Prey (Fritt Vilt) – Film Review

Cold Prey (Fritt Vilt) – Film Review
Cold Prey is, on the whole, a tremendously taut, incredibly enjoyable slasher film bolstered by strong performances and uncharacteristically intelligent writing...
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Posted by Simon Rowson in Film on September 1, 2009 | No Comments

Lost Boys 2: The Tribe – Film Review

Lost Boys 2: The Tribe – Film Review
It’s a film destined to leave Lost Boys fans wondering what they did to deserve the spleen-punch that is this movie, yet not decent enough to entertain newcomers as a standalone film. Though it does meet the Philip J. Fry criteria for the best movie ever: “It has a vampire and an explosion!” Well, an...
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Posted by Simon Rowson in Video Games on September 1, 2009 | No Comments

Disaster: Day of Crisis – Wii Review

Disaster: Day of Crisis – Wii Review
Ultimately, though the lightgun elements are a fleeting treat, the mish-mash of poorly-exercised genres and the unrewarding remote-waggling gimmickry make for a disjointed and messy game experience....
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Posted by Simon Rowson in Film on September 1, 2009 | No Comments

Taken (2008) – Film Review

Taken (2008) – Film Review
It’s not especially deep, and it’s not as intelligent as, say, the Jason Bourne films, but it is a relentlessly action-filled movie that doesn’t let up the pace for its entire run-time. The movie breezes by faster than you can shout “Holly Valance!” in a bad Australian accent, and is incredibly...
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Posted by Simon Rowson in Film on September 1, 2009 | No Comments

100 Feet – Film Review

100 Feet – Film Review
On the whole, it’s an entirely messy and inherently flawed film – one that follows tired genre conventions, stereotypes and hits every cliché like a game of Whack-a-Mole, not even managing to be a well-made generic retread....
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