The Fighter is one of those movies that’s production echoes it’s script, to the point where it’s less seconds and more months out for Marky Mark’s punishing and passionate pugilistic effort, but despite the nebulous involvement of a galaxy of stars (Matt Damon and Marty Scorcese can take a bow) it turns out to have been well worth the wait….
Tag Archives: Drama
Review: Bad Lieutenant:Port of Call New Orleans
0 CommentsMay 21, 2010 – 4:31 pm
Even though we kindly offered you ungrateful swine free tickets to see this, we thought we should review the bugger anyway, even though it’s another one that’s been doing the rounds for the best part of a year –but hey, it’s quite good…if you like films that replace the cameraman with a lizard and most of the script with acid flashbacks….
Review: Robin Hood
1 CommentsMay 12, 2010 – 12:20 pm
While most movie sites were reclining in luxurious comfort at Robin Hood’s glitzy premiere, STS decided to test our outlaw skillz to the max – we nicked it off the internet.
All well and good, but you might want to remember that we watched this via glorious head-in-way blur-o-vision, rather than the way Ridley probably intended, but hey, fuck him yeah, with his Hovis advert aliens and his…erm…beard…
Anyway, will Sherwood’s most famous son leave you all a-quiver (see what we did there? Eh? Eh? Quiver…eh?…sigh….)? Well, possibly, but there are a couple of major factors that will influence your opinion.
Firstly, exactly how long is your attention span? If you struggle to get through an episode of Hollyoaks then this might not be for you. Similarly, if you have trouble with the idea of a Will Scarlett that appears to be doing a sort of Chinese Robert Dinero impression for much of the running time, then walk away now….
Cemetary Junction
6 CommentsApril 8, 2010 – 11:49 am
Ricky Gervais recent success in Hollywood has obviously had a lasting effect, as his latest shows an assured directorial hand and a toning down of the outright comedy that’s marked his work with Merchant thus far, and while the plot may be structured around a conceit familiar from The Office – guy likes girl, girl engaged to wrong guy – there’s character development, some lovely cinematography, and a willingness to dispense with clichéd Brit-com staples that lifts this head and shoulders above the pack.
