On DVD and Blu-Ray
Coco Before Chanel
To talk about Coco before the founding of Chanel seems somehow redundant, like writing a biopic of Scott that ends as he sets out for the Antarctic, or one of Churchill that ends with his first election to Parliament in 1900.
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
The astounding success of Transformers meant that there was a certain inevitability to further toy-based films being created. Paramount, it seems, seek to create a monopoly on this genre as they launch G.I. Joe.
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Star Trek
The last time someone attempted to give the other biggest space sci-fi series of all time a prequel update, they effectively ruined the magic of the original for many. Not so this time…there is no Jar Jar Binks.
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Aliens in the Attic
A talented and mostly unknown young cast and equally talented, if somewhat underused, group of comedians elevate what could easily have been a generic children’s adventure.
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Brüno
Baron Cohen certainly knows how to push buttons, his success largely based on the ability to exploit the fears and prejudices of those around him, and nowhere is it done better, or to such a sheer volume, than in Brüno.
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Public Enemies
Public Enemies, the latest offering from Michael Mann, pairs Hollywood stalwarts Johnny Depp and Christian Bale as men at opposing ends of the legal spectrum in a true-life Depression-era tale.
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The Horseman
Christian is on a mission to discover the truth behind his daughter’s mysterious decease and attempts to unearth clues as to what happened during her final hours.
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The Ape
Unable to coherently vocalise his inner thoughts, or successfully communicate with any other humans, Krister resorts to wild outbursts of frantic, flailing violence.
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Drag Me To Hell
Today, we’re living through another economic disaster and contemporary horror is telling us equally interesting, if different things, about the world we live in. Drag Me to Hell is a case in point.
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The Informers
Based on a collection of short stories by cult author Bret Easton Ellis, The Informers centres around a group of nihilistic twentysomethings living in an early eighties Los Angeles.
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