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Movie review: RockNRolla

Title : RockNRolla (2008) Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime Cast: Gerard Butler, Tom Hardy, Nonso Anozie, Toby Kebbell, Ludacris, Mark Strong, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton Director: Guy Ritchie Length: 114 min Website: rocknrolla.warnerbros.com IMDB rating at the time of writing: 7.5/10 Nomark rating: 8/10 I’m not going to talk about to cast, because it is a great cast. You’ve got to take my word for that. It really fits together. The other thing I’m not going to talk about much, is the plot, because it pretty much sucks, big time. That doesn’t mean the movie sucks. On the...
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Movie review: Revolutionary Road

Title : Revolutionary Road (2008) Genre: Drama, Romance (according to IMDB – not to me) Cast: Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio Director: Sam Mendes Length: 119 min Website: revolutionaryroadmovie.com IMDB rating at the time of writing: 8/10 Nomark rating: 5.5/10 Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio form a couple in Revolutionary Road, who are having problems finding their place in the world. They are planning on moving from the states to Paris, France. Unfortunately, their boat hits an iceberg, the boat sinks, poor Leo dies and their dream to be happy ever after together is drowned in the atlantic...
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Film review: Wanted

Genre: actie thriller Film duur: 110 minuten (bijna 2 uur) Release datum in Nederland: 11 september 2008 Met onder andere: James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman en Angelina Jolie Meer info: IMDB en op de officieële website Plot Een verveelde account manager met paniekaanvallen blijkt de zoon te zijn van één van de beste leden van een moordenaarsgilde. Zijn vader wordt echter vermoord door een muitende moordenaar uit het gilde en nu wordt van de account manager verwacht dat hij zijn vader opvolgt en de muitende moordenaar vermoord. Dit alles gebeurt in 110 minuten. ...
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Heroes, the series

Here’s my little checklist for the weekend: No appointments for the whole weekend: Check Fat-Free snacks (well, not totally fat-free, but otherwise it wouldn’t be snacks right?): Check Drinks (read: water): Check New DTS surround sound system thingy: Check New Sony TV (yay!): Check Heroes – Season 1 7DVD box: Check I already watched the first two episodes of this (so far) great TV series. The cast looks good and by the looks of other reviews, it will be a thrilling season! Yay for me, because I haven’t seen it yet. I’m really looking forward to this Heroes marathon, after...
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Resident Evil – Extinction

Zombie-time! I always enjoy a good action movie with zombies in it. Shaun of the Dead (2004) even showed us how hilarious movies with zombies can be. Resident Evil – Extinction (RE:3), however, isn’t funny at all. It’s DEAD serious! The T-Virus appeared to work a bit to good: the whole world population turned into zombies, except for some random hot-people who teamed up to fight the zombies and the Umbrella Corp. The main character in the movie, Alice, discovers some new things about herself, which are a bit surprising. And no, it doesn’t have anything to do with her sexual...
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