Ashens and the Polybius Heist is a British comedy heist film made on a comparatively low budget, which unfortunately shows in the acting and set design. Stuart Ashen, commonly known as Ashens, a collector of tat, aims to pull off a huge heist reclaiming the infamous Polybius arcade cabinet which allegedly can control the players …
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Birdman (2014)
Birdman is classified as a drama/comedy and while it certainly has it’s own dramatic flare, the comedy is seldom seen and when it does arrive in the occasional scene it either misses the mark or has a feeling of smugness surrounding it which, I suppose, is a good way to describe the film, smug.
The Kings of Summer (2013)
The biggest positive this film has going for it is the phenomenal cast, especially the three main guys; Nick Robinson as the lead, Joe, who just wants to escape from living at home with his dad when his mum died, Gabriel Basso as Patrick, whose parents are smothering him and finally Moises Arias as the …
Life of Brian (1979)
This is the first time I have seen Life of Brian so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, obviously I have seen the occasionally clip, mainly “He’s not the messiah, he’s a very naughty boy” so that gave me a hint of what the film was about.
Dan in Real Life (2007)
At first this film seemed like it was going to focus on the depression Dan, played by an always fantastic Steve Carell, faces raising three daughters as a single parent due to his wife dying four years prior to the film. Then however, when Dan meets Marie, played by Juliette Binoche, for the 10 minutes …
Bad Words (2014)
The premise of this film is that Jason Bateman’s character enters a spelling contest for children due to his troubled past. That’s it really, it almost follows the same formula of many generic romantic comedies wherein our lead, Jason Bateman, hates one of his fellow contestants, but maybe there is more to this particular contestant …
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Little Miss Sunshine follows a dysfunctional family, most of whom dislike each other, on their road trip to California for the Little Miss Sunshine in which the young daughter is entered. This dysfunctional family contains a dickhead stepfather, a caring mother, a son who is voluntarily mute, a daughter who is the pageant hopeful, a …
American Reunion (2012)
American Reunion is the sequel to the first 3 American Pie films. It focuses, as the title would suggest on a reunion of all the old cast and a few hilarious extra characters thrown in for good fun.
Project X (2012)
Project X follows a small group of unpopular kids who decide the best way to become popular is to throw a huge party. This party suddenly becomes wildly out of hand and shit goes down.That is the plot to Project X, doesn’t look positive, but i had faith it would at least be good for …
Intouchables (2011)
Intouchables follows the story of millionaire Phillipe who is disabled from the neck down and his new helper Driss. Driss is from a more ghetto part of Paris and has a criminal record and is still not a straight shooter, however Phillipe sees good in Driss and offers him the job of being his primary …