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FOKER'S MOVIE REVIEW - PUBLIC ENEMIES
Posted on 11:03pm Tuesday 30th June 2009
John Dillinger was probably the most famous gangster in American history and it’s hard to believe that his fame only lasted 14 months from May 1933 to July 1934. It’s this period in Dillinger’s life that director Michael Mann invites us to experience. From the very opening prison break sequence Dillinger is already ‘Public Enemy Number One’, no background story just a suave, calculated outlaw. An anti-hero to the people more Butch Cassidy than Robin Hood who robbed the very banks that were the prime cause of the depression and he gave the finger to the government who were incapable of repairing the damage (all sounds very familiar?) and who better cast to play this master criminal than Johnny Depp?
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FOKER'S MOVIE REVIEW - 'STAR TREK'
Posted on 10:28pm Tuesday 12th May 2009
I’d like to thank a certain Jeffrey Jacob Abrams for bringing back a popular classic to our cinemas. Back in the day, Star Trek was one of the most popular TV programs in the Universe, well at least in my little corner of Surrey. And to think it only ran for three years from 1966 to 1969. Then in 1979 Star Trek The Motion Picture hit the screens and the franchise continued into the early 90’s until The Next Generation took over.
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CORALINE
Posted on 9:18pm Tuesday 28th April 2009
Coraline is based on Neil Gaiman’s 2002 international best-selling book and his story has been brought to life on the screen by "The Nightmare Before Christmas" director Henry Selick. “No surely you mean Tim Burton” I hear you say. Although Tim Burton wrote and produced “The Nightmare Before Christmas” Henry Selick deserves the credit for introducing us to some marvelous stop-motion animation. “Coraline” has this similar quality and is the first high definition, stop-motion animated feature to be shot in 3-D.
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FOKER'S MOVIE REVIEW - FAST & FURIOUS
Posted on 3:48pm Thursday 9th April 2009
I felt like a bit of an imposter attending the preview of number 4 in the series without having seen 1, 2,or 3 and clearly even the media audience I was with were obviously big fans as many whooped and wooed all the way through. All I knew was that it was bound to involve plenty of cars racing, chasing and crashing.
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THE BOAT THAT ROCKED
Posted on 11:06am Tuesday 31st March 2009
For those of you who have managed to miss all the recent hype surrounding this new Richard Curtis movie, I’ll fill you in.
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FOKER'S DVD REVIEW - GHOST TOWN
Posted on 1:47pm Thursday 26th March 2009
Now I have to admit this review could have been a little biased as I am a big fan of Ricky Gervais. I also worry a little bit about him getting typecast as the ‘novelty Brit that has become fashionable to have in your next movie’.
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SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Posted on 4:59pm Monday 2nd March 2009
‘SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE’ 4 Stars Is there really anyone out there who hasn’t seen this film yet?
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ROLE MODELS
Posted on 1:54pm Tuesday 17th February 2009
Danny (Paul Rudd) and Wheeler (Seann William Scott) work together for an energy drink company and they tour local schools in their Minotaur branded 4 x 4. Danny is the suited front man preaching that ‘drugs are bad Mmmokay!’ but sells the virtues of Minotaur energy health drink while Wheeler prances around dressed in the Minotaur suit.
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WALL-E
Posted on 10:23pm Wednesday 7th January 2009
I’m sure that this DVD found its way into many Christmas sacks this festive season. WALL-E is another visually stunning story from the house of Pixar. Directed & written by Andrew Stanton who was also responsible for ‘Finding Nemo’. This is a very clever and heart warming film, full of humour, friendship, hope and even romance.
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THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
Posted on 1:50pm Tuesday 30th December 2008
I think that everyone knows by now that this film is a remake of the 1951 Sci-Fi classic of the same name. I say classic but I’m sure that there’s an awful lot of people who had never heard of ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ prior to this latest version.
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