31 December 2011
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Miraj Grbic, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, Tom Cruise
Script: André Nemec, Josh Appelbaum
Genre: Action
6 Stars
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Ethan Hunt is in prison, but do not fear, an IMF team are here to break him out. No one seems quite sure of what happened between him and his wife, and no one wants to ask. But the mission, … Continue reading
10 June 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: sff
Setting: future
9 Stars
7 Comments
It is 2039 and Georgia & Shaun Mason are up and coming bloggers. Solid betas they are on the look out for the story that will enable them to break away and start their own site, their own identity. And they are about to get their big break, because presidential hopeful Senator Ryman is about to start campaigning for the Republican nomination. And the Masons are going to be part of his media circus.
Oh, and did I mention the zombies?
2 May 2011
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So, that was unexpected news about Bin Laden, don’t you think. I was out doing the garden this morning and so was later than the rest of all the world in reading about it. And as an anti-death penalty person I have to say that I’m quite happy hearing he isn’t with us any more. Not so sure about the pictures of the jubilant scenes outside the White House, but I guess a lot of those people were affected a lot more by the September 11 attacks Continue reading
19 August 2010
Cast: John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Script: Adi Hasak, Luc Besson
Genre: Action
Setting: Paris
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James Reece is trying hard to become a secret agent while working at the American Embassy in Paris. He is smart, and plays chess. And he is in love with a beautiful French woman, who has just asked him to marry her, and now his dream is coming true, he is taking action in the fight against drugs and terrorism, because he has been assigned to Charlie Wax, an “unorthodox” agent who may not play by the rules but gets things done.
Before I go any further I will say one thing: Do NOT watch this film.
9 January 2007
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In the current climate of this whole “war on terror” thing that we have going on, what do you think we need most in the world? Obviously the answer is… more war! Throw your hands up in the air[1] and … Continue reading
25 September 2006
Call no: 9 Stars
Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Claire-Hope Ashitey, Clive Owen, Hugh Jackman, Julianne Moore, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Caine, Richard Roxburgh
Script: Alfonso Cuarón, David Arata, Hawk Ostby, Mark Fergus, Timothy J. Sexton
Genre: drama, sff
Setting: Britain, future
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Based on the novel by P.D. James In a previous review at some stage I mentioned that I’m quite a fan of Clive Owen’s. Not in ‘omg he’s lovely’sort of a way, but in a ‘he’s a good actor’ sort … Continue reading
1 March 2006
Cast: Charlize Theron, Jonny Lee Miller, Marton Csokas, Sophie Okonedo
Script: Matt Manfredi, Phil Hay
Genre: sff
Setting: future
5 Stars
6 Comments
Yes I did know that this wasn’t supposed to be very good. I decided to go see it anyway. I figured that maybe it’d have a crap storyline but be cool to watch, you know like Equilibrium. But no. Not … Continue reading
12 February 2006
Cast: Ciarán Hinds, Daniel Craig, Eric Bana, Hanns Zischler, Mathieu Kassovitz
Script: Eric Roth, Tony Kushner
Genre: thriller
Setting: 1970s
8 Stars
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Based on the events that followed the terrorist attack on the Munich Olympic Games in 1972, this film has a lot of political baggage. There are those who see it as an example of anti-semitism. There are those who think … Continue reading
6 August 2005
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“These three men were intricately involved in the global terrorist network” the East Belfast MP said.
“Bertie Ahern would do well to remember the words of President Bush when he said: ‘those who harbour terrorists are terrorists’.”
21 July 2005
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I usually don’t listen to the radio on the way home from work[1], but because of the attacks in London I did today. Luckily, they aren’t anywhere near the scale of the previous explosions. While listening I heard Matt Cooper … Continue reading