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Safe House Movie Review
Thursday, March 1st, 2012Ten years ago The Bourne Identity and its sequels redefined action spy thrillers. The Bourne Identity is beef bourguignon. Safe House looks like Bourne. Safe House smells like Bourne. Safe House even tastes like Bourne. But Safe House is missing that meaty Bourne texture. Yes ladies and gentlemen Safe House is The Quorn Identity. Weston […]
The Guard Film Review
Thursday, August 25th, 2011The Guards is a film that isn’t bad but doesn’t really manage to be more than a pleasant diversion while it was probably hoping to be a cult classic. The characters, setting and story have the potential to be interesting: an unorthodox, slightly corrupt Irish policeman, Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) in […]