The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

Everything-but-the-kitchen-sink horror With a higher than usual budget for the genre and some name actors, The Cabin in the Woods takes the standard B-horror format and high-concepts it with a framework that’s as grandiose as it is absurd. The little group of nice-looking college kids (spoilers...

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The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

I positively loved The Cabin in the Woods. Who cares that it’s a take-off of every horror movie ever seen, as it approaches it all with such ghoulish delight that only a jaded hack would fail to get caught up in its deliciously over-the-top mayhem. Five college kids (Chris Hemsworth, Jesse Williams,...

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Iron Sky (2012)

Copenhagen’s CPH PIX film festival kicked off today with Iron Sky as the opening movie. The director and producer were on hand to introduce their partially fan-funded sci-fi comedy about Nazis on the moon launching an invasion of Earth in 2018! Timo Vuorensola, the director, has also worked on a number...

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Battleship (2012)

There are many flaws that come out of Hollywood, but one in particular is brand recognition, in which the studios believe that anything is transferable to the big screen. Although great work has come out of comic books, video/board games can bring out the very worst of cinema. Whilst we are still awaiting...

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Battleship (2012)

You know that saying “no one has lost any money selling stupid things to stupid people”? That’s Battleship the movie. An action blockbuster aimed at the largest possible global audience of airheads who need a simple 2 hour fix of explosions, CGI, rock music and macho posturing on the...

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Aung San Suu Kyi (2010)

Aung San Suu Kyi is a remarkable woman, a woman who has endured many years under house arrest while she protested against the unfairness of the political system in her homeland of Burma. As if house arrest and being left pretty much incommunicado wasn’t bad enough, this also meant that she spent...