As promised, here's the first few reviews of films I picked out before.

Son of Rambow.

Firstly, here's what I sent to Pugwash Magazine (in case it didn't make it) The '80s are back. Everybody’s copying, remaking or referencing something that was popular back then. There’s the recent Die Hard sequel, the Transformers movie and Sly Stallone's resurrected both his Rocky and Rambo characters. Amongst all this, Son of Rambow hit our screens last week.Like 'Be Kind, Rewind', a film still inspiring homemade homages, Son of Rambow follows two friends as they make their own sequel to Rambo: First Blood.
Will Proudfoot, a shy, creative boy held back by his strict religious family, meets Lee Carter, the school's craftiest trouble-maker – and they agree to enter ScreenTest, a BBC kids competition. Together these different kids embark on an adventure to rival Rambo's - there's violence, a cool French exchange kid, space dust and coke-fuelled common room dancing, fun with high pressure water and high voltage electricity and plenty of jumping in lakes and off trees.
Full of don't-try-this-at-home hijinks, Will and Lee run around fighting ninjas and flying dogs as they film Will’s odd script.
Laugh-out-loud family fun, with nostalgia for parents and plenty of drama, comedy and action for everyone. 4 out of 5.

It was better than that heavily self-edited nonsense makes out.

Strange Wilderness. Not on the to-watchlist, but funny/gross nevertheless. I'd have liked it better if there were more/any frat-packers, but Jonah Hill as a patriotic, confused redneck is always funny. It is the story of the makers of a failing wildlife programme who go off in search of Bigfoot. It gives new meaning to the phrase 'turkey gobble'.

21. Card sharp blackjack movie starring Jim Sturgess (Across The Universe) as the new recruit to a card-counting team of MIT students. Kevin Spacey plays their lecturer turned hustler, with Laurence Fishburne as the soon to be obsolete security expert on their tail.

I thought this was great. It has maths to discuss and everything! If that doesn't convince you,and it wasn't my favourite part, then perhaps the prospect of Kate Bosworth (Superman Returns)in a number of sexy outfits (and accents) will sway you.

More movies when I've seen 'em. Wanna see these? I saw them at Vue Portsmouth (there's practically nowhere else).

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