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Cinema Review: Cemetery Junction

Written by Paul Cryer Friday, 23 April 2010 00:00

Director: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Written By: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Starring: Ricky Gervais, Ralph Fiennes, Christian Cooke, Felicity Jones, Tom Hughes, Jack Doolan
Rated: 15
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Released: 14th April 2010

Synopsis: In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie (Christian Cooke) wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce (Tom Hughes) and lovable loser Snork (Jack Doolan) are happy with life the way it is. When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie (Felicity Jones), the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives for ever.

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Cinema Review: Repo Men

Written by Paul Cryer Wednesday, 21 April 2010 10:59

Director: Miguel Sapochnik
Written By: Eric Garcia & Garrett Lerner
Starring: Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Alice Braga, Liev Schreiber
Rated: 18
Running Time: 111 Minutes
Released: 16th April 2010

Synopsis: In the future humans have extended and improved our lives through highly sophisticated and expensive mechanical organs created by a company called "The Union". The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is that if you don't pay your bill, "The Union" sends its highly skilled repo men to take back its property... with no concern for your comfort or survival. Former soldier Remy is one of the best organ repo men in the business. But when he suffers a cardiac failure on the job, he awakens to find himself fitted with the company's top-of-the-line heart-replacement... as well as a hefty debt. But a side effect of the procedure is that his heart's no longer in the job. When he can't make the payments, The Union sends its toughest enforcer, Remy's former partner Jake, to track him down.

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Cinema Review: I Love You Phillip Morris

Written by Paul Cryer Thursday, 01 April 2010 16:36

Director: Glenn Ficarra & John Requa
Written By: Glenn Ficarra & John Requa from the book by Steve McVicker
Starring: Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor & Leslie Mann
Rated: 15
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Released: 17th March 2010

Synopsis: Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven realizes he's gay and decides to live life to the fullest - even if it means breaking the law. Steven's new, extravagant lifestyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another.

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Cinema Review: Kick Ass

Written by Paul Cryer Tuesday, 23 March 2010 18:30

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Director: Matthew Vaughn
Written By: Jane Goldman & Matthew Vaughn from the comic book by Mark Millar
Starring: Aaron Johnson, Mark Strong, Nicolas Cage, Chloe Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Rated: 15
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Released: 26th March 2010

Synopsis: Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.

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Cinema Review: Green Zone

Written by Paul Cryer Sunday, 21 March 2010 13:49

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Director: Paul Greengrass
Written By: Brian Helgeland (written by) & Rajiv Chandrasekaran (book)
Starring: Matt Damon, Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson, Jason Issacs,
Rated: 15
Running Time: 115 Minutes
Released: 12th March 2010

Synopsis: Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction in an unstable region.

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