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Review: The Lone Ranger (2013) 7 Aug 2013 | 01:19 am
Conceived for a radio show in the early 1930s, the characters of John Reid – soon to become the Lone Ranger – and his trusted sidekick Tonto soon transitioned to television, where they became American...
Review: Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters (2013) 6 Aug 2013 | 12:14 am
Adapted from Rick Riordan’s popular novel series, Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief proved to be a playful and speedy, if unremarkable, escapist adventure. Ultimately though, due to p...
Review: Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013) 3 Aug 2013 | 12:59 am
Invented by Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci for the BBC Radio 4 programme On The Hour, fictional media whore Alan Partridge has since enjoyed cross-platform success as a radio and television present...
Review: Red 2 (2013) 1 Aug 2013 | 09:43 pm
Red, a sort of adaptation to DC Comics’ limited comic book series of the same name, was released two years ago to modest box office success and lukewarm critical reception. You’d think, then, that the...
Review: Only God Forgives (2013) 1 Aug 2013 | 06:19 pm
After the crossover and award winning success that was Drive, writer and director Nicolas Winding Refn returns with polarising revenge thriller Only God Forgives. Arguably more in line with Valhalla R...
Review: The Smurfs 2 (2013) 1 Aug 2013 | 03:10 am
Released in the late summer of 2011, Raja Gosnell’s The Smurfs made an astonishing (and not to be snivelled at) $560 million at the worldwide box office, despite a lukewarm critical response. So, in t...
Review: Pacific Rim (2013) 26 Jul 2013 | 09:11 pm
Marking Guillermo Del Toro’s first directorial effort since Hellboy II: The Golden Army (he was originally attached to direct The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey before departing due to MGM’s financial ...
Review: The Heat (2013) 23 Jul 2013 | 07:46 pm
In light of Bridesmaids’ worldwide success, director and former Sabrina The Teenage Witch actor Paul Feig continues in his efforts to shift emphasis onto female comedic talent with mismatched buddy co...
Review: The World’s End (2013) 23 Jul 2013 | 02:09 am
Nine years after the release of Shaun Of The Dead, and five years after Hot Fuzz, The Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy draws to a sufficient, if unexceptional, close with The World’s End. Reuniting dir...
Review: The Wolverine (2013) 22 Jul 2013 | 01:44 pm
The sixth instalment in the X-Men franchise, and the second to focus squarely on the eponymous clawed mutant hero, The Wolverine sees director James Mangold assume the reigns and deliver a decidedly m...
