Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: could this be one of the most ridiculous films ever?

It’s quite probable that almost everyone from my generation grew up with the original Indy movies- they were cheesy and a bit silly, but they were from the eighties, when we were young and such things were common. Come 2008, however, and into a more mature and sophisticated world was born a brand new film, [...]

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The Golden Compass

Several years ago, I read and enjoyed Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, never knowing that in due course, the first book, Northern Lights, would be filmed under the new name “The Golden Compass”. Obviously, in due course that was exactly what happened, and now the time has come to pass judgement on the film [...]

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

In the increasingly infrequent to nonexistent domain of film reviews on this blog, it seems only right to throw out a piece about the most hyped movie on the planet- a film that under normal circumstances I would not have even watched so soon. Still, as often happens, family fervour ensured that the cinema had [...]

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Santa Clause 3: Always beware of being dragged to the cinema

Last week I ended up going to see the third Santa Clause movie- not because I particularly wanted to see the film, but simply due to the fact that the other options open to me for that evening were even less appealing. To be fair, I had enjoyed the original way back when it was [...]

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