Win a copy of Stardust on Blu-ray
This competition has now closed. A young man enters a magical kingdom to retrieve a falling star for his beloved in the fairytale comedy adventure Stardust, which comes out in a Blu-ray special...
View ArticleAt the Cinema | Kick-Ass – Comic-book hero gets a kicking from the tabloids
Forcing my way through the post-screening throng after London’s first Kick-Ass preview, I bumped into a journalist friend who was fizzing with excitement over Matthew Vaughn’s new comic-book movie. A...
View ArticleKick-Ass – Brits take on Hollywood at Comic-Book action
“Kick-Arse”. That’s how director Matthew Vaughn, comic-book writer Mark Millar and co all say the title of their movie Kick-Ass on the engaging making-of-the-movie extra features on the film’s Blu-ray...
View ArticleFilm review | X-Men: First Class – Matthew Vaughn gets the Marvel Comics...
The sci-fi action series featuring the Marvel Comics mutants took a dip with its last two outings, 2006’s sprawling X-Men: Last Stand and 2009’s scrappy Wolverine spin-off, but X-Men: First Class...
View ArticleDVD review | X-Men: First Class – Born in the heat of the Cold War: How the...
X-Men: First Class lives up to its title. Smart and spectacular, it’s up there in the top rank of superhero films. With Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn at the helm, the sci-fi action series goes back...
View ArticleFilm review | Kick-Ass 2 – Guilty pleasures missing when Aaron & Chloe get...
Shockingly violent and even more shockingly sweary, 2010’s Kick-Ass delivered taboo busting thrills and close-to-the-knuckle dark comedy with its tale of a geeky teenager who becomes a real-life...
View ArticleKingsman: The Secret Service | Film review – Colin Firth cuts a dash in this...
Miffed at the grim turn the James Bond movies have taken since Daniel Craig took on 007’s licence to kill? Loved the audacious guilty-pleasure thrills of Kick-Ass? Tick those boxes and you’ll probably...
View ArticleKingsman: The Secret Service | Film review – Spy pastiche fizzes with cheeky...
My Fair Lady remade as a spy thriller comedy, cheeky James Bond pastiche Kingsman: The Secret Service fizzes with tongue-in-cheek humour and larky ultra-violence. Brace yourselves as Colin Firth’s...
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