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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).

Bought Total Film (a great magazine btw - with loads of cool posters this issue) and I have now planned my life up until September!

I hope to review each of these (or at least write a bit more about them) as I see them - meanwhile check out these links (there's much more than trailers on most of them) and firstshowing.net for all the trailers, exclusive pics and the viral marketing of the big blockbusters plus the best indie films from SXSW.

April - 4th Son of Rambow & Funny Games U.S. & I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK. 11th  21 & [REC]. 18th Happy-Go-Lucky. 25th Forgetting Sarah Marshall & Persepolis

May - 2nd Iron Man. 9th Doomsday & Vexille & Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?. 16th Speed Racer & The Air I Breathe. 22nd Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. 23rd Dangerous Parking.

June - 13th The Happening & The Incredible Hulk. 27th Wanted.

July - 2nd Hancock. 4th Kung Fu Panda. 18th Wall-E. 25th The Dark Knight.

August - 15th Get Smart. 22nd Hellboy 2: The Golden Army & You Don't Mess With The Zohan.

 

 

 

P.S. Do I Believe in Harvey Dent? I'm just not sure anymore.



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