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Uncomfortable close-ups of the snot-smeared visage of a thoroughly unhappy camper aside, the “found footage” genre has proven itself to be a popular format with thrill-seeking horror fans everyhwere. In fact, the found footage fan base is now so great that there is even an annual festival in Wisconsin, held specifically to celebrate quivery camerawork. [...] |
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MAN ON A LEDGE (12A): On General Release Friday 3rd February Sam Worthington stars as Nick Cassidy, an ex-cop who is sent to prison for supposedly stealing a massive diamond from gem magnate David Englander (Ed Harris). Released to attend his father’s funeral, he promptly escapes and goes on the run only to edge his [...] |
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YOUNG ADULT (15): On General Release Friday 3rd February Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody’s follow up to Juno is a refreshing black comedy which riffs on the dark side of misplaced nostalgia and former glories. Charlize Theron plays Mavis Gray, a 30-something former high school homecoming queen who is now the writer of a flagging [...] |
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JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND: On General Release Friday 2nd February There are films that warrant serious analysis and dissection. Journey 2 is not one of those films. It’s gleefully ridiculous, frequently leaves things unexplained and cheerfully marches on unashamed of its plot contrivances. But what makes it more than just a crass ham-fisted sequel [...] |
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The Richard Attenborough Regional Film Awards were announced this afternoon with British film Tinker Tailor Solider Spy bagging three awards, including Best British Film. UK stars Robert Pattinson and Gary Oldman were also recognised for their acting awesomeness. Luckily an OTB correspondent was in the neighbourhood and only too happy to munch mini canape burgers [...] |
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Mark Wright, undoubtedly one of Essex’s finest exports, is rumoured to have landed himself his first big screen role. It genuinely could be a case of Brentwood to Hollywood if The Only Way Is Essex star pulls of his first chance at a big screen role. Mark is reportedly lined up to play the love [...] |
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Winter’s Bone and Martha Marcy May Marlene star John Hawkes has signed up for Switch, the prequel to Jackie Brown. Now before you get all excited, Quentin Tarantino has no involvement with the project, although like Brown, it will be adapted from an Elmore Leonard novel. Hawkes will star opposite Yasiin Bey (the name that [...] |
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After a spate of heroics in Nolan’s Batman trilogy and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Gary Oldman is once again strapping on his villain hat for Motor City. It’s the next film by Book Of Eli director Albert Hughes and will see Dominic Cooper as a small time criminal framed and sent to prison (presumably in [...] |
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After stumbling on this video which stretches the very fabric of awesomeness, we thought that it would be a crime not to share it with you OTB readers. Spliced together by azraelknightify, this little number shows what might happen if all our favourite Marvel comic book heroes were DC creations. Batman meets Wallace and Gromit.. |
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