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I'm a full time writer living in England. I currently run film and culture website Strange Conversation and I'm the Editor of a construction trade magazine printed and distributed throughout the UK and Ireland. In the past I was a staff writer for the UK's

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Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Cloverfield: 1 of 40

Cloverfield (Matt Reeves, USA, 2008) Dir. Matt Reeves; starring Michael Stahl-David, Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Mike Vogel I was intrigued like many others by Cloverfield's marketing campaign: the unnamed movie with a poster that depicted a decapitated Statue of Liberty. The trailer, which first appeared along...
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: I Am Legend: 2 of 55

Dir. Francis Lawrence; starring Will Smith, Alice Braga It's surprising to see such a restrained, mannered big-budget Hollywood film delivered by music video director Francis Lawrence. Lawrence failed to ignite much devotion from casual comic book fans with his muddled adaptation Constantine, so it's refreshing to see a youn...
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: 1 of 18

Dir. David Yates; starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman David Yates again takes the director's chair for the sixth instalment of the Harry Potter series. As Harry returns to Hogwart's school of wizardry for another year of teenager ...
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Iron Man: 3 of 42

Iron Man (Jon Favreau, USA, 2008) Dir. Jon Favreau; starring Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, Leslie Bibb Iron Man, partly through sheer entertainment but more so through quality, highlights the deficiencies of Spiderman and its ilk. There is little hiding my dislike of Sam Raimi's Spiderman...
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Deja Vu: 1 of 14

As the closing credits begin at the end of Deja Vu, a title appears commemorating the people of New Orleans for their 'strength and enduring spirit.' Clearly, the film alludes to those who lost their lives, and the many that tried to save life, after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. Yet, the film has more close ties to the unn...
Entertainment > Musicians & Bands Band reviews: Oasis: 1 of 13

Oasis arrived with feet-stomping, loud-mouthed pomposity in the summer of 1994 with their critically acclaimed debut album Definitely, Maybe. Mixing a range of styles to form what would become the blueprint of Britpop - the rock and roll revolution striking the UK by storm in the middle part of the 1990s - Oasis were the har...
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Be Kind, Rewind: 1 of 13

Be Kind Rewind (Michel Gondry, USA, 2008) Dir. Michel Gondry; starring Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, Sigourney Weaver, Melanie Diaz, Irv Gooch, Chandler Parker French-born writer and director Michel Gondry had to wonder about the dichotomy inherently suffered when referencing and re-creating, quite directly,...
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Halloween (2007): 2 of 25

Halloween (Rob Zombie, USA, 2007) Dir. Rob Zombie; starring Malcolm McDowell, Scout Taylor-Compton, Danny Trejo, Brad Dourif If there's one thing you learn from watching Rob Zombie movies apart from what your insides look like, it's: don't watch Rob Zombie movies. Zombie is the picture postcard of MTV-generation trash that h...
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Amityville Horror: 1 of 12

The Amityville Horror was a film born out of public fascination. That fascination was fuelled by post-Exorcist hysteria, that demanded haunted house flicks anchored by American history and the collapse of the American dream, with all the trappings of religious folklore and the dark side of the Catholic church. No longer woul...
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Eastern Promises: 1 of 11

Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg, UK/Canada, 2007) Dir. David Cronenberg; starring Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen David Cronenberg is like fine wine: he gets better with age. His early genius saw his anger and obsession portrayed in his body images and visual dysfunctions of human life. His films (which became known as the s...