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 | Paranoid Park (Video)I sat down with high hopes but unfortunately this is simply not interesting enough, the plot is so thin it barely exists and I had to fight to keep my mind from wandering as the minutes lurched by. - DenehanParanoid Park is eighty minutes long and of this roughly ten minutes are filled with grainy slow motion skateboarding set to atmospheric/pretentious spoken word French ambient music. That's more than ten percent of the film. The other sixty-odd minutes centre on Alex, an androgynous adolescent who solemnly wrestles with day-to-day teenage life. Beneath his more ... |
| Paranoid Park (Film)Paranoid Park is eighty minutes long and of this roughly ten minutes are filled with grainy slow motion skateboarding set to atmospheric/pretentious spoken word French ambient music. That's more than ten percent of the film. - denehanParanoid Park is eighty minutes long and of this roughly ten minutes are filled with grainy slow motion skateboarding set to atmospheric/pretentious spoken word French ambient music. That's more than ten percent of the film. The other sixty-odd minutes centre on Alex, an androgynous adolescent who solemnly wrestles with day-to-day teenage life. Beneath his more ... |
 | Hitman (Video)I found myself disappointed when the credits began to roll. - DenehanHitman started life as a video game and was popular enough to spawn three sequels with another due for release next year. With a large and devoted fan base a film adaptation was inevitable. The success of video game adaptations is patchy at best but the Hitman games are quite cinematic and so I was hopeful the movie would deliver on the video game's more ... |
 | Into the Wild (Video)Sean Penn manages to drag a powerful performance from relative newcomer Emile Hirsch and keeps everything moving along at a fair pace. - DenehanSean Penn has arrived at this point in his career despite Shanghai Surprise, We're No Angels and Madonna. Maybe that explains why he is so earnest and serious about his work. He has made the fair share of his mistakes already and seems to be driven by the fear of repeating them. In this respect he can rest easy about Into The Wild as it can most definitely more ... |
 | The Darjeeling Limited (Video)I wonder if Wes is in danger of being too conscious of being Wes Anderson. - DenehanWes Anderson is a director who seems to have it all. Mainstream success with indie style films featuring some of the greatest actors of this and previous generations. There must be a reason why everyone from Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Danny Glover, Bill Murray, the Wilson brothers, Adrian Brody, Jason Schwatzman among others keep finding time in their more ... |
 | Hot Rod (Video)The only problem with Hot Rod is the fact that I have now seen it and so am denied the delight of seeing it for the first time again. - DenehanWithout Napoleon Dynamite Hot Rod would not exist. So if Napoleon did not float your boat there is a pretty good chance you will find Hot Rod purile and pointless. For me however Napoleon Dynamite is one of the ten best comedies ever made. Like Napoleon Hot Rod's premise is secondary to the characters. For what it's worth the burning ambition of central more ... |
 | DiG! (Film)The Brian Jonestown Massacre's lead singer, multi-instrumentalist, egomaniac and just plain maniac, Anton Newcombe, has decided a revolution is required..... - DenehanDiG! is a documentary chronicling the journeys of two bands, The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. For a whopping seven years the bands every move was recorded. Obviously the filmmakers became part of the scenery as they were allowed to capture some fairly heavy stuff on camera. DiG! was screened at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and walked more ... |
 | The Game Plan (Film)There has been a deluge of merely adequate family movies over the last few years particularly from Disney. This is another one to add to that list even though it does feature the splendidly named Morris Chestnut. - DenehanThe star quarterback for the fictional Boston Rebels' American football team finds his testosterone filled world turned upside down by the arrival of an 8 year-old daughter he never knew existed. Knowing this much alone should be enough for anyone to not only predict every inch of this story but to also determine whether it's the kind of thing that floats more ... |
| Hitman (Film)There is nothing to dislike about Hitman but there is nothing to really fall in love with either. That said, I found myself disappointed when the credits began to roll. - DenehanHitman started life as a video game and was popular enough to spawn three sequels with another due for release next year. With a large and devoted fan base a film adaptation was inevitable. The success of video game adaptations is patchy at best but the Hitman games are quite cinematic and so I was hopeful the movie would deliver on the video game's more ... |
 | larsandtherealgirlmovie.jpg (Film)Famine is funnier than Meet The Spartans and the best thing about is it's running time of 74 minutes. - DenehanMeet The Spartans is a parody of 300. There you go. At this point you might expect me to say that if you liked Epic Movie, Date Movie or the Scary Movie's you will like this. But I can't and I won't. Nobody could possibly like Meet The Spartans. Even if you are obsessed with Epic Movie, have Date Movie posters for wallpaper and can recite every word of the more ... |
 | Hannah Montana: Best of Both Worlds Concert (Film)This is light entertainment in zero gravity. - DenehanIf you were wondering what rock juggernaut would be following U2 down the 3-D concert road you might be in for a little surprise. Hannah Montana is a reasonably popular television character here but in America she is idolised by squillions of pre-teen and teenage girls. With this in mind Disney have produced this concert film compiling the best bits from more ... |
 | Rambo (Film)Stallone's comeback is complete. - DenehanSylvester Stallone is 61 years of age. I'll say that again. Sylvester Stallone is 61 years of age. The idea of him unsheathing his machete once again was greeted with universal sniggers when it was green lighted back in 2006. However, the ridicule subsided slightly after the critical and commercial comeback success of last years Rocky Balboa. Now it's more ... |
 | Day Watch (Film)Ordinarily, I like a good vampire film and I was looking forward to Nightwatch but I must admit it left me cold. - DenehanDaywatch is the second in a trilogy of films based on the “Watch” novels by Russian author Sergei Lukyanenko. It was preceded by the 2004 sleeper hit Nightwatch that was one of the most expensive Russian films ever produced with a budget of over 4 million dollars. In order to fully understand Daywatch it is important to have seen Nightwatch as more ... |
 | The Bucket List (Film)To watch the two old masters spar with each other is very special. - DenehanThe Bucket List is the story of two terminally ill men that befriend each other in a hospital ward. The obscenely rich hospital-corporation head Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) and quiz loving mechanic Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) decide to list all the things they want to do before they kick the bucket and so begins a road movie with a twist. Both actors more ... |
 | Guillemots - Through the Windowpane (CD)Slightly ragged, sometimes off tune but real, very real and bursting with energy, soul and vibrancy. - DenehanThe Guillemots have garnered many plaudits for this album. No doubt their name has suddenly popped up in office and pub conversations having been surprisingly nominated for the 2006 Mercury Music Award. Having seemingly come from nowhere now the question is, “Are they actually any good?” The answer is not so straightforward. Formed in November more ... |
 | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Film)If you liked Knocked Up and Superbad you'll love this. - DenehanThe latest comedy from the Judd Apatow stable, Walk Hard maintains the same style and feel as The 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up. It's an affectionate parody of the music biography genre although it focuses mainly on Walk The Line and to a lesser extent Ray. The story centers on the life of Dewey Cox, a boy happily growing up in a farming family with his more ... |
 | Balls of Fury (Film)Many of the scenes feel rushed and the jokes-per-minute quotient is just not high enough. - DenehanBalls Of Fury is that rare film that will divide moviegoers based purely on the title alone. I myself am all for films that feature both fury and balls, especially when they star the unhinged, but still slightly scary, Christopher Walken. Not very surprisingly he plays the baddie here who stages an underground table tennis tournament every five years where more ... |
 | Fred Claus (Film)The best and worst thing I can say about Fred Claus is that it is fine. - DenehanVince Vaughan has been receiving many plaudits for his performance in the critically acclaimed Into The Wild recently. But here we see him back on familiar ground in the Christmas family comedy Fred Claus. Starring as Santa's older but not wiser brother Fred he is earning his living as a repo man in New York City. The fact that one brother more ... |
| Hot Rod (Film)Amazingly fantastically brilliant! - DenehanDirector – Akiva Schaffer Cast - Andy Samberg, Isla Fisher, Jorma Taccone, Bill Hader, Danny R. McBride, Sissy Spacek, Ian McShane. Without Napoleon Dynamite Hot Rod would not exist. So if Napoleon did not float your boat there is a pretty good chance you will find Hot Rod purile and pointless. For me however Napoleon Dynamite is more ... |
| Into the Wild (Film)Sean Penn has arrived at this point in his career despite Shanghai Surprise, We're No Angels and Madonna. - DenehanSean Penn has arrived at this point in his career despite Shanghai Surprise, We're No Angels and Madonna. Maybe that explains why he is so earnest and serious about his work. He has made the fair share of his mistakes already and seems to be driven by the fear of repeating them. In this respect he can rest easy about Into The Wild as it can most definitely more ... |
 | The Brothers Solomon (Film)The Brothers Solomon grossed less than $1.000,000 in the United States so it was somewhat of a surprise that it got a European release at all. - DenehanThe Brothers Solomon grossed less than $1.000,000 in the United States so it was somewhat of a surprise that it got a European release at all. This was more than likely down to the fact that it stars Saturday Night Live's Will Arnett in his first lead role after many supporting roles playing the bad guy.The basic premise is that of two brothers raised more ... |
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