I held off seeing Avatar until almost a month after it's release for a few reasons. Main one was I've become much more hype averse over the past 5 years or so, seemingly my brain has caught up to the notion that it's usually in the media's interest to go on and on and on about something even (or sometimes especially) when it's below par. Secondly, after my original thoughts when the trailer came out I was waiting to see if it did actually fall on it's arse.

It didn't. Guess that told me, eh? [More]

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Ok, own up. Who has kidnapped Guy Richie and replaced him with someone who can make appealing movies? Getting rid of that sinewy hag (Madonna to you and me) has clearly done the man good and the creative block has been lifted. [More]

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As mentioned in an earlier post of mine, I've become quite a fan of US TV drama & comedy series. Here's my thoughts on some of the things I've been watching lately [More]

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Zombieland was originally intended to be a 24-part TV series, and the makers have said that this is basically the first two episodes rolled together. I certainly hope we get to see more of this, it may well be my favorite movie of the year - just a blast from start to finish. Totally tongue-in-cheek, very, very funny and without the lapse into seriousness that Shaun of the Dead suffered from (IMHO), this is one zom-com that is definitely worth your time [More]

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When a massive alien spaceship stops over Johannesburg, South Africa, the occupants have to live somewhere... That somewhere is the slum known as District 9. The citizens of Johannesburg don't want them there, and after 20 years of trouble turning to rioting it is decided that they should be moved 240km outside the city.

Easier said than done. [More]

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Oskar is 12 and lives in a Stockholm suburb. He's an only child to a single mother, isolated and bullied at school, and dreams only of fighting back. One evening, Eli and her "father" move in next door. Eli is also twelve, but has "been twelve for a long time". She is a vampire. [More]

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