Batman Begins
Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy won acclaim from critics, made billions at the box office and made it ok for adults to like superheroes. Now, with the next incarnation of Batman […]
Tag Archives: 2000s
Downfall
Today marks 70 years since Nazi Germany admitted defeat in World War Two and surrendered unconditionally to the allies. Downfall documents the final days of the Third Reich inside Hitler’s […]
Rocky Balboa
And so we reach the final instalment of the Rocky franchise (so far). Rocky’s back in his Philadelphia neighbourhood and Adrian’s kicked the bucket in the intervening years, meaning Balboa […]
Changing Lanes
This film follows Samuel L Jackson and Ben Affleck on the worst day of their lives since Jackson didn’t win an Oscar and Affleck said yes to Gigli. Doyle (Jackson) […]
Flushed Away
A posh pet rat from Kensington (Hugh Jackman) is usurped by a working class sewer rat (Shane Richie) and has to make his way in the filth of London’s subterranean […]
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
The “X-Men Origins” prefix looks a little silly now it’s not been followed up with any other characters’ backstories, which is ironically the fault of this film and its dismal […]
X-Men: The Last Stand
Long enough after X2 for the X Mansion to be rebuilt, things are looking up for the magnificent mutants. Magneto is on the run, there’s a mutant in the cabinet, […]
X-Men
In the near future, people are being born with strange superpowers. Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) can read people’s minds, Cyclops (James Marsden) can shoot lasers from his eyes, and Halle Berry […]
The Woodsman
Sex offending is one of the toughest subjects you can tackle in a film, but there are some great examples of how to do it right. Films like Michael, Mysterious […]
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
A pair of brothers decide to rob a jewellery store, but when they bungle the heist, it sets in motion a chain of events that rocks their family to its […]
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