Category: Review
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TINTIN AT THE MOVIES
TINTIN AND THE MYSTERY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE (1961) TINTIN AND THE BLUE ORANGES (1964) BFI DVD As a young boy growing up in the West of Scotland, I used to read the Hergé comic books about the boy reporter Tintin and his globe-trotting adventures with his faithful dog Snowy and friends Captain Haddock and Professor Calculus. There was…
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OSS 117: CAIRO, NEST OF SPIES & LOST IN RIO
ICA FILMS DVD Spoof movies are a difficult thing to get right, and even more so when a successful first movie gives rise to a sequel or two. For every Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Naked Gun and Hot Shots! there is an Austin Powers: Goldmember, Naked Gun 33 1/3 and a Hot Shots:…
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THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Cineworld Glasgow, 19.03.11 It’s sometimes difficult to remember that Matthew McConaughey can be taken seriously as an actor. It’s been a while since the earnest lawyers portrayed in Amistad (1997, Spielberg) and A Time To Kill (1996, Schumacher), and even the easy-going charm of EdTV (1999, Howard) and Sahara (2005, Eisner) has worn thin with a serious…
Iain Kelly 