Tag: art
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CARTE BLANCHE
The new James Bond novel, by Jeffrey Deaver. The last novel authorised by the Fleming Estate was in 2007 , when Sebastian Faulks chose to write as Ian Fleming and deliver a classic cold war Bond tale in Devil May Care. It was set in the 1960’s, contemporary with Fleming’s original novels and tried to imitate both…
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HORRIBLE BOSSES
Cineworld Glasgow, 22.07.11 With the global recession rumbling on and economies showing no signs of coming back into the black (in the week of the UK release, the EU agreed a second bail out for Greek economy, while the US teetered on the brink of defaulting on its’ debt), it would seem the perfect opportunity…
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X-MEN: FIRST CLASS
Odeon East Kilbride, 02.06.11 The year of sequel followed by prequel followed by sequel roles on, with another outing for the X-Men, although this franchise at least has the decency to offer a historical prequel reboot, thereby giving it a certain freshness lacking from other multiple offerings like Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides…
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THE WAY
Cineworld Glasgow, 24.05.11 Once upon a time Emilio Estevez was famous for ’80’s action-comedies like Stakeout (John Badham, 1987) and comic spoof films like National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1 (Gene Quintano, 1993). He even tried his hand at writing and directing this sort of film early on, starring with brother Charlie in the over complicated and so-so Men At…
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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES
in 3D, at Odeon East Kilbride, 18.05.11 Back in 2003, when the first Pirates of The Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Gore Verbinski) was due for release, there was debate about whether a film based on an adventure theme ride could sustain a story over a two hour-plus running time. As it turned out,…
Iain Kelly 