Articles by Brendan Willis

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  Zombieland

  Reuben Fleischer

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2009

  Starting with the visually stunning opening credits, it's apparent that Zombieland is going to be focused on the thrill of the undead kill...

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  Dorian Gray

  Oliver Parker

  PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2009

  Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Grey has become a modern mythological tale since it was published in 1890. Several efforts to bring Wil...

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  Symbol

  Hitoshi Matsumoto

  PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2009

  Trying to describe Hitoshi Matsumoto's Symbol is a difficult task, as any attempt to make coherent sense of the enigmatic and bizarre semi-...

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  Bitch Slap

  Rick Jacobson

  PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2009

  Bitch Slap is as unsubtle a film as its title suggests, with slow-motion close-ups of glistening cleavage, blood drenched violence and girl...

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  The Haunted World of El Superbeasto

  Rob Zombie

  PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2009

  The twisted mind of Rob Zombie has given us some of the most disturbing horror films of the last few years but The Haunted World of El Supe...

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  District 9

  Neill Blomkamp

  PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2009

  Most sci-fi summer blockbusters are little more than an excuse to splash some mind-numbing special effects across the screen, but District...

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  The Pink Panther 2

  Harald Zwart

  PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2009

  After the utterly forgettable remake of Blake Edwards' classic Pink Panther movie a few years ago it should come as no surprise that the Ho...

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  Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

  Carlos Saldanha

  PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2009

  The third instalment of the Ice Age franchise lacks the cuteness and humour of the first two movies as the story of Manny the mammoth, Dieg...