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The Bourne Legacy Mercifully Short Review by Jonathan Empson We meet genetically enhanced assassin Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) as he survives the Alaskan wilderness. Meanwhile, CIA bigwigs shout across tables at Edward Norton, who runs the whole super-assassin program, which is so secret that the CIA doesn’t know about it, or even how he got … Read more
What’s film, and what’s TV? Yes, I’m talking about story here – this site’s title is the big clue. It used to be easy to tell the difference. Films had scale – elaborate sets, crowd scenes, big things blowing up – and they had movie stars: actors you wouldn’t see on the small screen. by … Read more
Not suitable for children Mercifully Short Review by Jonathan Empson I know it’s just me, but when I look at Ryan Kwanten, I think of a potato. Same thing with Ryan Reynolds. But hey, potatoes are so hot right now. Here Ryan K plays young and wild Jonah, who makes a somewhat implausible living … Read more
Snow White and The Huntsman Mercifully Short Review by Jonathan Empson “How the hell would I know? I’ve got a sheet over my head” In Snow White and the Huntsman and the Witch and the Fetching Wardrobe, an evil queen steals the plots of various other fantasy tales and bungs them into the Tolkienator to … Read more
Le Chef Mercifully Short Review by Jonathan Empson Original title: Comme un chef Jacky (Michaël Youn) is a talented chef who can’t even hold down a job in a fast-food joint due to his habit of imposing haute cuisine where it isn’t wanted. So his wife (like apparently all French women, she’s gorgeous yet attracted … Read more