Cyrus Review

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Cyrus is a “Romantic” Comedy film from the Duplass brothers starring Jonah Hill, John C Reilly and Marisa Tomei. It’s a film I had been looking forward to seeing after enjoying the trailer (found here) and being intrigued by what appeared to be a brilliant cast in an original idea. But does it deliver? Still [...]

The Switch Review

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The Switch is another romantic comedy to follow the abysmal Leap Year, the grotesque Back Up Plan, the overly clichéd The Bounty Hunter and the horrendous Valentine’s Day. Four films I wouldn’t encourage anyone to see, no matter who the big names in the cast are. The Switch, on the other hand, is completely the opposite. [...]

Going the Distance Review

The Rom-Com’s are coming thick and fast and the latest of these is ‘Going the Distance’ which hits our screens in September. After thoroughly enjoying The Switch, could going the Distance add to my new found enjoyment in Romantic Comedy movies? Directed by Nanette Burstein, the story of Going the Distance is a relationship against-the-odds [...]

Review: The Back-Up Plan

The Back Up Plan

The Back Up Plan is the new film from Alan Poule starring Jennifer Lopez and Alex O’Loughlin and it’s easily one of the most unfunny and one of the worst films I’ve ever seen. I still feel dirty for seeing it which no amount of alcohol has managed to cleanse. Jennifer Lopez stars as Zoe, a [...]

Review: My Last Five Girlfriends

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After seeing the gritty but flawed British film ‘The Scouting Book for Boys’, Reviewed here, I was looking forward to witnessing another British film in ‘My Last Five Girlfriends’ and hoped for another example of what British Cinema has to offer. Unfortunately it turned out to be a flat, underwhelming Rom-Com but something that would [...]