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As Dinner for Schmucks screened last week, the public and critics were looking forward to another classic from the hilarious Steve Carrell. However what we got instead was an unfunny re-hash of a perfectly good French film Le Dîner de Cons (literally translated as The dinner of B*stards). This got us thinking,...

The much anticipated television drama This Is England '86 airs on Channel 4 tonight - so to get you up to speed on the story so far, we thought we'd give you the lowdown on the 2006 film. Set in 1983, This Is England the film follows thirteen-year-old Shaun as he is taken under the wing of Woody and...

With the release of The Runaways biopic this Friday, we thought we'd take a quick look at some of the best music-inspired movies... 1. Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll Line-up? Andy Serkis stars as Ian Dury, alongside Naomie Harris, Ray Winstone, Noel Clarke and Mackenzie Crook Lyrical content?...

It's the ultimate action line-up: Willis, Stallone and Schwarzenegger alone could make it a dream film. But does The Expendables match up to the expectation? The main issue with films like this is that you're dealing with a lot of actors who are very unused to playing in any role that isn't the protagonist....

With the release of Salt this week, there has been some excitement about Jolie's return to action films. Impressively Salt was written for a man, apparently Tom Cruise was going to play the lead, but Jolie expressed an interest and Edwin Salt, quickly became Evelyn Salt. But should we be excited about her return...

If you've ever seen Love Boat and wondered what it would be like if you swapped harmless romance for Nazis, ghosts and special ops marines, then Nazi Dawn might just be your ideal film. Most films that deal with Nazis do so in a fairly regular fashion, and few (if any) glamorise the regime. This film is no...

Who's in the film? Everyone... Every so often a film comes along full to the brim of well-known actors. Whether it's good or not the big names draw in the crowds. The upcoming film The Expendables which stars some of the most well-known heavyweight stars around (Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce...

It's not often that you watch a gangster movie that actually looks like it might have been made by members of the criminal underground. Baseline, a new, low-budget British film, has that feel. Menace and threat simply ooze from the screen. The actors are believably authentic - a benefit of the film makers not...

Ever walked out of the cinema nursing a headache and grinning wildly? With the much-awaited Inception now in cinemas, we thought you'd like to take a peek at ten other films guaranteed to confuse and entertain. 1. The Matrix How it bends the mind: parallel universes, breaking the laws of physics, and losing...

As the weather heats up in the UK for once, all any of us can think about is going on holiday. Here's a look at the films that make our feet itch to get away and our bodies ache for sun, sea and a little holiday romance... 1. Summer Holiday Location: All around Europe, but starts in England on a double-decker...