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Dir: Simon Hunter
Writ: Philip Eisner

• Thomas Jane … Maj. ‘Mitch’ Hunter
• Ron Perlman … Brother Samuel
• Devon Aoki … Cpl. Valerie Duval
• Sean Pertwee … Capt. Nathan Rooker
• Benno Fürmann … Lt. Maximillian von Steiner
• John Malkovich … Constantine
• Anna Walton … Severian
• Tom Wu … Cpl. Juba Kim Wu
• Steve Toussaint … Capt. John McGuire
• Luis Echegaray … Cpl. Jesus ‘El Jesus’ de Barrera
• Pras … Captain Michaels

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Okay so I knew this was going to be rubbish. But then again look at that cast. How could I resist? And to be honest I was expecting something resembling a plot to show up somewhere. It never did. And without a plot it is pretty hard to have characters that have any motivation for anything they do. Although in fairness these all were such walking stereotypes that you needed no motivation. They even had one of the black guys die first! How clichéd is that?

In case you were wondering the plot was supposed to be about some machine, sent by the “enemy”^[1] which transformed the near dead into mutants who do nothing but kill, and bring back others for the machine to turn. Exposition^[2] tells us that after the last ice-age the machine was defeated, temporarily, by being hidden under ground. But since then, this is the year 2707, man has forgotten what once he knew. Oh yeah, and all the world has been taken over by four corporations who are continually at war with one another. I suppose that is as good a reason as any for soldiers to be milling about.

Anyways thats a whole heap of backstory to explain away a mess of a story that really didn’t need it. They coulda just started off with the machine. But whatever. It is their mess. And boy oh boy is it ever a mess.

Plus, with Irish. A weird-ass version of Ár n-Athair^[3] But still. Irish^[4]

So with all that negativity you can just tell that I’m going to say I hated it, can’t you? But I didn’t. Yes it was pish. Utter pish. But so pish it was fun. And I think it might possibly be incredibly improved by the imbibing of alcohol before watching. So that’d be my recommendation, go get hammered, then watch. You’ll love it.

Oh, I almost forgot, apart from some ropey special effects it does look quite cool. I’m a fan of the whole steampunk look, and while this isn’t quite that, it does have a cool world war one vibe to it. So that’s pretty nifty.

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Dir: Isabel Coixet
Writ: Nicholas Meyer based on book by Philip Roth

• Ben Kingsley … David Kepesh
• Penélope Cruz … Consuela Castillo
• Dennis Hopper … George O’Hearn
• Peter Sarsgaard … Kenneth Kepesh

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David Kepesh, sometime narrator of this film, is an ageing lecturer. Or an ageing Tom Cat, going from woman to woman in order to maintain his independence. And then Consuela comes to his class.

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Dir: Ben Affleck
Writ: Ben Affleck, Aaron Stockard. Based on book by Dennis Lehane

• Casey Affleck … Patrick Kenzie
• Michelle Monaghan … Angie Gennaro
• Morgan Freeman … Capt. Jack Doyle
• Ed Harris … Det. Remy Bressant
• John Ashton … Det. Nick Poole
• Amy Ryan … Helene McCready
• Amy Madigan … Beatrice ‘Bea’ McCready
• Titus Welliver … Lionel McCready

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This film’s release here and in Britain was delayed for a considerable time due to the supposed similarities between the plot and the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. I can see what it happened, but in reality there aren’t that many similarities. The film is about Patrick Kenzie and his “associate” Angie Gennaro who have been hired to track down a missing child, Amanda McCready. Almost at once they find out that the media story isn’t quite the truth.

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Writ & Dir: Martin McDonagh

• Colin Farrell … Ray
• Ralph Fiennes … Harry
• Brendan Gleeson … Ken
• Clémence Poésy … Chloë

Ray and Ken are two Irish hit-men hiding out after a job. Hiding out in Bruges on orders from their boss, Harry. Ken is all set to relax and enjoy the medieval scenery and architecture. Visit the castles and churches. download free phone ringtones24 theme ringtones,24 ringtones themelg phone ringtones,ringtones for lg wireless phoneringtones maker software,nokia ringtones maker,ringtones makerdownload free ringtones lgcingular free mp3 ringtonesfree phone ringtones verizon,free verizon ringtones,customer free ringtones verizon wirelessalltel free real ringtonesdownload free mosquito ringtonescingular ringtones shop,cingular shop ringtonesdownload info remember ringtones,download info pcs remember ringtones sprint,download free info remember ringtones samsungdownload free cricket ringtonespolyphonic ringtones for sony ericssonyahoo ringtones free downloadfree country music ringtones,country music ringtonesfree real ringtones for sprint phone,sprint ringtones,free ringtones for sprint pcs phonefree music ringtones,download free music nextel ringtones,free get music ringtonesfree us cellular ringtones,free ringtones for us cellular carrier,free ringtones for us cellular phonefree cingular music ringtonescellular download free phone ringtonesfree nokia 1100 tracfone ringtonestv theme ringtonesdownload ericsson free ringtones sonycingular free music real ringtonesinfo nextel remember ringtones wallpaper,info nextel remember ringtones,info nextel personal remember ringtones wallpaper24 free ringtones6560 nokia polyphonic ringtones,nokia polyphonic ringtones,nokia 3560 polyphonic ringtones100 free virgin mobile ringtonesfree mp3 ringtones suncomfree real music ringtones sprintblackberry download free ringtonesfree crazy frog ringtones downloaddownload free ringtones to pcchristian music ringtonescell game phone ringtones wallpaper,cell phone ringtones wallpaper,cell phone ringtones and wallpaperfree logo nokia phone ringtones,free nokia phone ringtones,free ringtones for sprint phone nokia 3588imobile phone ringtones virgininfo polyphonic remember ringtones wwe,info polyphonic remember ringtones sagem,info polyphonic remember ringtonesfree ringtones from cingular,free cingular ringtones and graphicdownload nokia ringtones,download ringtones for all nokia phone,download info nokia remember ringtonesdownload free suncom ringtonesfree ringtones creator software,free ringtones software,free ware ringtones softwaredownload free real ringtonesfree ringtones convertercellular customer free ringtones usfree motorola ringtones tracfonego phone ringtonesnextel real music ringtonesfree nextel real ringtonesdownloadable cell phone ringtones Harry says it is like fairy tale, coming in on the canal. Ray isn’t so sure of that, but when he comes upon a film shot he is much more interested.

And that is enough of a plot recap. Any more would be to give away details that might spoil the enjoyment of the film. Suffice to say that this is a really good film.

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Dir: Xavier Gens
Writ: Skip Woods, based on game

• Timothy Olyphant … Agent 47
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• Robert Knepper … Yuri Marklov
• Ulrich Thomsen … Mikhail Belicoff
• Henry Ian Cusick … Udre Belicoff

To be honest I never thought I’d be bothered to see this film. The trailers made it look ridiculous, and not in a good way, but we were going, and it was at the right time, so we figured what the hell. And I’m glad we did go, because while is makes no sense and is incredibly silly it was also fairly entertaining and funny.

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Dir: David Slade
Writ: Steve Niles, Stuart Beattie, Brian Nelson. Based on the comic by Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith

• Josh Hartnett … Eben Oleson
• Melissa George … Stella Oleson
• Danny Huston … Marlow (Head Vamp)
• Ben Foster … The Stranger
• Mark Boone Junior … Beau Brower
• Mark Rendall … Jake Oleson

I’ll admit that I was a little disappointed that when IFCO’s rating came up this was only a 16. From the trailers I was hoping for a total blood and gore fest. Still, despite not making the 18s cut there was plenty of violence and a high body count. Not to mention plenty of blood. Blood every where. And then more blood.

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Sometimes you go to the cinema hoping for a good film, but thinking that what you are about to watch isn’t going to be fun, it may not even qualify as entertainment. The Proposition written by Nick Cave had that sort of an aura to it.

An Australian western, about a brother possibly heading into the outback to kill a brother in order to save another brother. A western that has far more in common with the violent realism of Unforgiven rather than the over the top, almost cartoon violence of some other westerns. It often makes for hard viewing.

None of the characters are the sort you’d want to take home and meet the family. Arthur Burns is a psychopath, middle brother Charlie took part in a robbery turned rape turned murder before leaving his elder brother. The police officer, Ray Winston’e Captain Stanley is the sort of man who would use one brother against another in an attempt to “civilise the land.” But at the same time you can sympathise with some of the characters, to a certain extent. Seeing Stanley with his wife won’t help you forgive some of his actions, but it does offer a sympathetic side. Likewise, Charlie’s desire to protect his younger brother Mike shows a less violence aspect to his character.

The great cast of actors are matched by some wonderful cinematography. The camera work doesn’t really make you want to go and live in the sand and grit, but it does convey the beauty and harshness of the landscape. And the amount of flies.

There is plenty of violence, and you see the effects, although it only rated a 16s here in Ireland, despite the censor’s warning of strong gory explicit violence. There are no bloodless deaths, nor off screen departures here. Everything is very sudden, and very real. And combining this with the occasional bit of poetical dialogue and the soundtrack makes for a great film. You will have to be in the right frame of mind to watch this film, but I’d highly recommend it.

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