Tag: entertainment
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TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
Cineworld Glasgow, 08.07.11 One of my favourite entries in one of the best film study books available is David Thomson’s entry for Michael Bay in his New Biographical Dictionary of Film (5th edition), which he finishes with: So, in the event that Mr Bay is ever looking for help, I’ll spell it out here-he makes…
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GREEN LANTERN
Cineworld Glasgow, 24.06.11 Martin Campbell seems to have created a niché market for himself as a director expert in launching, or rather re-launching, known popular characters. Twice he has introduced the world to a new James Bond, first with Pierce Brosnan in 1995’s Goldeneye, and then with Daniel Craig in 2006’s Casino Royale – both with great…
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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 