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My name is Paddy, I'm 29 years old and I'm from Dublin, Ireland. My favourite things are movies, football and attempting to solve the problems of the world, preferably over a few pints (although I don't always remember the solutions the next day!)

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Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Bridge to Terabithia: 2 of 26
The Verdict: A smart, bittersweet little gem of a movie pitched at the perfect level for growing kids and embittered adults alike.The Rating: 8/10Ah yes, tween angst, that heinous, hormonally unbalanced beast, it's something Disney have been successfully tapping into for years. With 'Bridge to Terabithia', however, they've so... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Bourne Ultimatum: 3 of 30
The verdict: A cracking actioner, requiring just the right amount of suspension of disbelief. The Bourne Ultimatum is that rarest of movie entities: a third instalment that improves on the previous two.The rating: 8/10The third instalment of the Bourne trilogy trundles along at such a confident, relentless pace, it would almo... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Blood Diamond: 4 of 34
The verdict: Visceral, powerful, entertaining and emotive. This is proper cinema. Go see it.The rating: 8/10Blood Diamond is set in Sierra Leone in 1999, a time when the country was in the midst of a bloody civil war. The R.U.F. (militia rebels) terrorised the country's civilian population, killing and maiming hundreds of tho... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: I Am Legend: 9 of 70
The Verdict: '28 Days Later' meets 'Cast Away' in this derivative of 'The Omega Man'. Slow-burning, watchable and inoffensive, but not legendary.The Rating: 6/10Will Smith has been at the helm of many star vehicles over the course of his career, so it may come as a bit of a surprise that he's only been in a couple of sci-fi m... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Last King of Scotland: 3 of 21
The verdict: Intense and enthralling, with powerful performances from the two leads, Whitaker in particular is excellent.The rating: 7/10When Kate Winslet appeared in 'Extras', she turned in a delightfully wicked performance, but in one of her more despicably prescient observations, she conspiratorially points out to jobbing ... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Blades of Glory: 2 of 14
The verdict: Cracking stuff, Heder and Ferrell are a superb double-act, and this is laugh-out-loud funny. The rating: 7/10 Man, just lately it seems Will Ferrell can do no wrong. He's top of my list of Hollywood funny men, with 'Talladega Nights' and 'Stranger Than Fiction' both providing seriously good entertainment in 200... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: A Mighty Heart: 1 of 7
The verdict: At times powerful, this movie tells a story worth hearing. Although flawed, it features an accomplished central performance from Angelina Jolie.The rating: 6/10A Mighty Heart tells the story of Daniel Pearl, an American journalist kidnapped in Karachi, and the efforts of his pregnant wife and the Pakistani author... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Hot Fuzz: 6 of 40
The verdict: smart, funny, a good laugh and a great cast, but a tad long.The rating: 7/10Simon Pegg's star is definitely rising at the moment, and I would argue that this is no bad thing. I remember the short-lived TV series 'Hippies' better than the more successful 'Spaced', but the clearest memory I have of that show is a s... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Kingdom: 2 of 13
The verdict: Slick, tense thriller with plenty of smarts and bucketloads of action.The rating: 7/10Nothing at all to do with County Kerry, 'The Kingdom' tells the story of the FBI's attempts to investigate a large-scale attack on an Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabian. Ronald Fleury (Foxx) heads the investigatio... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Shoot 'Em Up (2007): 4 of 18
The verdict: Clive Owen shoots bad guys while doing stuff (and Monica Bellucci) but even if it's intentionally cheesy and shallow, it lacks the genuine quality to make up for that.The rating: 5/10Every now and again, a 'laddish' film such as 'Shoot Em Up' is released that separates the critics into two distinct camps. On the ... More..