By Duncan Voice
I’ve been sitting on the fence about Just Cause 2 for so long now, I may need to visit a doctor to get the splinters removed from my rear end. I can’t decide if it’s the most fun I’ve ever had in a game, or if it’s the most frustrating. There is one thing however that’s certain, and it’s borderline offensive…
By Stewie Sutherland
When I was a kid, I once found a record called Robin Williams: A Night At The Met. I had no idea that the Met was the New York Metropolitan Opera House, or know anything about cocaine, Ronald Reagan, or even a lot about alcohol – I did know that listening to Robin Williams say that beer commercials always showed “Manly men doing manly things! You’ve just killed a small animal – it’s time for a light beer!” sounded damned funny.
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By Joseph Viney
What have the Swedes ever done for us, eh? Saunas, au pairs, Ulrika Jonsson, Henrik Larsson; what have they ever done for us?!
As far as the world of cinema goes, seems like they’ve hit an unsuspecting audience with a decent double whammy. Firstly, 2009’s crotch-grabbingly excellent Let The Right One In and now this year’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
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By Joseph Viney
Improbability and racial guilt are two very powerful elements and both of them are ladled into the mix heavily in this surprising addition to the pantheon of recent Oscar winning films.
The Blind Side is based on a true story but there is such a suspension of disbelief in some scenes you have to wonder whether Hollywood has weaved its perverse brand of revisionism into the film’s fabric, or if the producers were duped by those upon whom the story is based.
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