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The A-Team: Movie Review, Trailer, Theme & Tickets |
“Ten years ago, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire… The A-Team.”
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Now Showing This Week (20/08/10) |
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New cinema releases this week... The A-Team, London River, A Stroke of Luck, The Unforgiving and Furry Vengeance.
 THE A-TEAM (2010)
Director: Joe Carnahan
Starring: Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Sharlto Copely
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Age Restriction: 13MLV
The popular '80s TV series, The A-Team, was famous for its clean yet corny humour, untouchable characters and non-stop action-packed adventure for the whole family. Well, not much has changed in this entertaining, cool, fun and over-the-top remake. Nevermind the choppy editing and messy plot, this one's all about the action and style in a respectable tribute to Stephen J. Cannell's crack commando of rogue misfits. Full Review...
 LONDON RIVER (2010)
Director: Rachid Bouchareb
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Sotigui Kouyate
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Age Restriction: 10M
Cultures, religion and races clash in this tender story about a couple united by grief following the 2005 terrorist bombing in London. A dark, intense yet beautiful indie melodrama with honest and moving co-lead performances from Blethyn and Kouyate set against a dreary London backdrop.
 A STROKE OF LUCK (2009)
Director: Francesca Archibugi
Starring: Paolo Villagio, Antonio Albanese, Kim Rossi Stuart
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Age Restriction: 16SNL
Two men suffer a heart attack, only to strike up a close friendship in an indie Italian comedy drama about love, family and death. Set in Rome, this film captures a snapshot of modern Italy with subtle, heartfelt performances. Great chemistry and a tender story make A Stroke of Luck thought-provoking and the sort of film that will make you laugh and cry.
 THE UNFORGIVING (2010)
Director: Alistair Orr
Starring: Ryan Macquet, Claire Opperman, Michael Thompson
Genre: Crime, Horror
Age Restriction: 18LV
In the same spirit as Hostel, Saw, Surveillance and Wolf Creek comes South Africa's first splatter film, The Unforgiving. This low budget, no name cast horror movie is Alistair Orr's feature debut and from the look of the trailer, you'll be relieved it's only 74 minutes long. Buckets of blood, gore and a story about a detective and two victims of violence in South Africa. Not for sensitive viewers.
 FURRY VENGEANCE (2010)
Director: Roger Kumble
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Brooke Shields
Genre: Comedy, Family
Age Restriction: PG
A cute live-action kids movie about woodland creatures disrupting a real estate developer's plans. Furry Vengeane is overacted, unimaginative and burdened with a weak plot, poor CGI and a full range of toilet humour. If you're between 5 and 9... it's a maybe. Avoid.
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Laugh-Lines: Make It Funny and Win! |
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Provide a funny comment (caption, one-liner, dialogue) for this movie photo at SPL!NG on Facebook. The funniest (with most 'Likes') Laugh-Lines comment wins a R100 WantItAll e-voucher and will be published under this James Bond photo when the competition is over! Thought of something funny to add? Want to read what others are saying? Join in the fun...
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New Rental Releases This Week (16/08/10) |
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 New DVD rental releases at DVBee this week:
A Serious Man, The Losers, Cemetery Junction and When in Rome!
 A SERIOUS MAN (2009)
Director: Ethan & Joel Coen
Starring: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed
Genre: Drama
Age Restriction: 10V
This is a serious film from the Coen brothers, who have interrupted the commercial with this niche indie art film. A Serious Man is brilliant in its artistry, creating a thought-provoking and intricate tapestry from its layered narrative, inspired direction and convincing performances. However, it rides a league above your regular movie goers and makes the experience entertaining, yet tainted by its slightly pretentious disconnection with its audience. Full Review...
 THE LOSERS (2009)
Director: Sylvain White
Starring: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Idris Elba
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Age Restriction: 16LV
If you like your action movies big, loud, funny, stupid and violent - look no further. This action-packed comic adventure features a great cast, witty dialogue and some cracking one-liners. This is the cinema equivalent of junk food, armed with a borderline cheesy script, a nonsensical plot and enough action set pieces to blow your hair back. It makes a great warm-up to The A-Team and it's most redeeming quality - it doesn't take itself too seriously. A fun, forgettable actioner for a guy's night out.
 CEMETERY JUNCTION (2009)
Director: Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Matthew Goode, Ricky Gervais, Emily Watson
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Age Restriction: 13LVN
Cemetery Junction is a coming-of-age drama about three friends growing up in a small British village in the '70s. The leads are padded with a first-rate cast and the newcomers do a good job of presenting a fresh-faced band of friends facing the daunting task of making something of themselves. The comedy is jarring at times, but the soundtrack, cast's caliber and soundtrack offer enough uplifting moments to make this nostalgic British drama feel good.
 WHEN IN ROME (2009)
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Starring: Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Age Restriction: PG
When in Rome takes "silly in love" to a whole new level with two charming romantic leads in Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel. The romantic pair are supported by a host of comedic actors including: Dax Shepard, Jon Heder, Will Arnett and Danny Devito, who all play ridiculous characters. The silly predictable script and fantasy realism environment make this bubblegum love story more in tune with a high school fairy tale. It's sweet and there are one or two laughs, but its ultimately one of those love/hate "romcoms". You keep wondering when the Olsen twins are going to show up.
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Creation Movie Review: Time's Hairline |
 Charles Darwin, an English naturalist in the 1800s published his theory of evolution in On the Origin of the Species, a book which sold out immediately, providing compelling evidence for evolution and now regarded as a fundamental life sciences principle in explaining the diversity of life. Creation details Darwin's evolution of thought as he gets to grips with actually writing and completing On the Origin of the Species. The film also suggests that Darwin was so passionate and dedicated to his field of work that he neglected his family, his health and his reputation within the community. Creation filters a series of memoirs into a narrative, going back-and-forth in time to show Darwin's progression of thought as he combats writer's block, illness, the narrow-minded and ghosts from the past. The cinematography is breathtaking, weaving a series of artworks together with some wonderful visual effects making Creation quite poetic with Jon Amiel at the helm. The narrative is just as poetic, maintaining form but breaking chronological sequences with only Darwin's hairline as a substitute for a timeline. Perhaps this was a conscious editing decision to alleviate a dull A-to-B series of events? The continuity factor is the man himself, a portrait so lovingly depicted by Paul Bettany, whose make-up has made Darwin look a little like Jane the Ape, an orangutan at the London Zoo. The real Darwin's photographic demeanor is explained away by a photo of Annie his daughter - making a rather stern looking man with very little hair open to interpretation...continued. |
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