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London Boulevard (2010) Movie Review
“London Boulevard” is from writer/director William Monahan, based on the novel by Ken Bruen. Colin Farrell stars as Mitchell, a recently paroled criminal determined to go straight. Alas, as soon as he’s out the...
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Pelican Blood (2010) Movie Review
Brit-flick “Pelican Blood” is a film pretty obviously aiming for hip cult appeal, attempting to match the not exactly obvious combination of romance, angst, suicide and bird watching. Directed by Karl Golden (“The Honeymooners”,...
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Outcast (2010) Movie Review
Scottish-set horror “Outcast” marks the feature debut of noted television helmer Colm McCarthy, known for his work on popular British series “Spooks”, “The Tudors” and “Murphy’s Law”. Mixing Celtic mysticism and rundown council estates,...
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Travellers (2010) Movie Review
If you’ve seen “Deliverance” or “Southern Comfort” then you’ll have an idea of what to expect from “Travellers” – a bunch of blokes from the big city sticking their noses (and almost their dicks)...
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Burke and Hare Premiere Report
I was lucky enough to be invited along to the U.K Premiere of John Landis’ new film “Burke and Hare” – read my review here – at The Curzon Cinema in Chelsea. Normally, the...
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Burke and Hare (2010) Movie Review
Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, John Landis, Isla Fisher and an endless list of other British comedy talent – needless to say, I was rather excited about “Burke and Hare”. I had my reservations about...
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13 Hours (aka 13 Hrs, 2010) Movie Review
It’s been a while since I’ve seen a good creature film, and while Jonathan Glendening’s “13 Hours” (also spelled “13 Hrs”) isn’t the best the genre has to offer, it’s still a reasonably entertaining...
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Dead Cert (2010) Movie Review
Given the seemingly never ending popularity of the Brit gangster film, it was always inevitable that sooner or later someone would take the next logical step and combine it with the horror genre. “Dead...
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Centurion (2010) Movie Review
Give Neil Marshall a few thousand extras, broadswords, arrows, and let him stuff them all into grungy medieval conditions, and the results are predictably splatter-rific. Written and directed by Neil Marshall (“Doomsday”, “The Descent”),...
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The 7th Dimension (aka Beacon 77, 2009) Movie Review
Originally titled “Beacon 77”, low budget British science fiction conspiracy thriller “The Seventh Dimension” is an imaginative affair written and directed by Brad Watson. The film is certainly ambitious, attempting to tackle grand themes...
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Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009) Movie Review
It’s obvious to anyone who doesn’t have his head stuck up his ass that you don’t go into a movie called “Lesbian Vampire Killers” expecting the second coming of “Citizen Kane”. While the threshold...
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The Cottage (2008) Movie Review
The British already know that writer-director Paul Andrew Williams is one to watch. His feature film debut, “London to Brighton” (2006), saw him being nominated for a BAFTA, as the Carl Foreman Award for...
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The Backwoods (2006) Movie Review
John Boorman’s “Deliverance” gave birth to a new subgenre of films featuring middle class white men who desire the stoicism of life in the wild and of a more direct conflict for survival outside...
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The Baker (2007) Movie Review
Quirky hitman movies are nothing new, and unfortunately the plots themselves are, well, never anything overly original. After all, there are only so many twists you can come up with when the premise must...
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Exodus (2007) Movie Review
In late 2006, UK television company Channel 4 began to hype a film that ostensibly had the power to revolutionise the British movie industry. The film, tentatively called “The Margate Exodus” was set to...
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The Zombie Diaries (2006) Movie Review
It’s hard to make a zombie movie and have it stand out nowadays, which is probably why British writers/directors Michael Bartlett and Kevin Gates decided to make a zombie movie that is shot exclusively...
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The Toybox (2005) Movie Review
Oh unbounded joy, another low-budget British horror DVD presents itself to me for review. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love watching and reviewing movies, and I am a big advocate of British cinema,...
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This is England (2006) Movie Review
Of the many filmmakers working in Britain today, Shane Meadows can be seen as the only one making films about Britain. With “This Is England”, he transports the viewer into the seedy world of...
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Sunshine (2007) Movie Review
Once, every now and then, a movie comes along with imagery and tone so solid that it makes me say, “Yeah”. I say it with a sort of nonchalant awe and relaxed wonder, not...
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Hot Fuzz (2007) Movie Review
“Hot Fuzz” is the latest offering from the writer/director team of Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, whose last collaboration was 2004′s brilliant zombie-romantic comedy “Shaun of the Dead”. This time the duo turns to...
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