Archive for July, 2008
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Out to own on DVD and Blu-ray 24th November
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We all “want to believe” that the latest, and much-guarded, X-Files feature film from creator/director Chris Carter will hit the spot for current fans (‘X-Philes’) and draw in new recruits, intrigued at what all the fuss is about? It’s safe to say that a little anticipation and delay - the last film in 1998, The X Files, was much like a lengthy spin-off TV episode - have guaranteed that this one puts ‘bums on seats’ because it reunites one of TV’s most fascinating partnerships between David Duchovny as Fox Mulder and Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully, six years on from where they left off, in bed in the series finale. In some agreement with Carter, I Want To Believe does stand alone for first-timers as half-decent mystery-thriller, as well as goes to satisfy current fans with subtle references to the show they love (not to spoil these by mentioning them here). Admittedly, others, fans or not, might find the plot more incredible to stomach than if little green visitors from outer space came and sat next to them in the cinema, what with elements of stem cell science, paedophilia and same-sex marriage on the same agenda.
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Out to own on DVD and Blu-ray 26th December
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Do you fancy a quick trip back to childhood? A few moments of ignorant bliss? Regressing to a time when farting was the height of your comedy act. If you enjoy the rude humour of the comic-legend Mike Myers (Shrek) then prepare yourself for a snorting giggle-fit. As the ‘Love Guru’, His Holiness the Guru Pitka, Myers embodies a no less sexually frustrated, but more spiritual Austin Powers-esque character. Co-written by Myers and Graham Gordy this typically toilet humour gag-fest is like a steamroller through a kids joke shop, but for a 12A, throws in some extra lewd comments for an ‘adult’ audience. Comedy based on insulting the vertically challenged Coach Cherkov (Verne Troyer), a replica of Mini Me farce, every character owning a foul double entendre name and slapstick moves drenched in Guru urine drowns a detached storyline.
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Released 1st August 2008
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Apparently, the hard and fast city, New York has some rather whimsical 1974 folklore. Director James Marsh (The Team) tells the magical tale of a wirewalker’s ambition of conquering the Twin Towers, with a band of ambitious men, and how he spent six years preparing for it. The wirewalker, Philippe Petit, is a theatrical pick-pocket and Parisian entertainer, now 58, with no qualifications, but a daredevil with a strip of newspaper for inspiration. An animated character he groups together his faithful friend Jean-Louis ‘the realist’, his girlfriend and constant support, Annie, the infamous Australian, Mark Lewis and the suspicious Alan and others for his masterful ‘coup’.
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Released 25th July 2008
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This new comedy may bring together some of today’s sharpest comedic talents but it seems to struggle to be funny at times. What it is effective at doing is providing a ‘subtler’ way of sending out a clear message to all those thirty-plus career women out there that the biological clock is ticking, so don’t leave it too late! Watch it and worry if you fall into this bracket (this critic included), but remember to have some fun, too, at the mishaps, miscommunications and struggles to convert a busy lifestyle to accommodate the ‘domestic bliss’ of the pitter-patter of tiny feet.
