Review – American Hustle
Let me begin by saying that I found Silver Linings Playbook overhyped and underwhelming which is why I went into David O Russell’s follow-up American Hustle with a touch of trepidation.
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Review – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Catching Fire, the long-awaited sequel to Hunger Games, is a startling film to come out of Hollywood. It is both spectacular and exhilarating… but it is also just so relentlessly fucking bleak.
Review – Silver Linings Playbook
Everyone likes to hate on rom-coms. And with good reason too. Most films in this genre are suited for people with IQs lower than their age and aimed at ‘holiday’ markets where most movies get decent box office numbers simply because people are going to go see something (read: anything) at the movies. And then, every now and then, out of the blue, almost as if it was made by accident, you get a gem of a movie like Silver Linings Playbook.
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