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FILM REVIEW – WAR HORSE (12A)

Cast: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, Tom Hiddleston, David Thewlis, Toby Kebbell, Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Mullan, Niels Arestrup, Celine Buckens, David Kross, Robert Emms, Matt Milne, Liam Cunningham, Patrick Kennedy, Eddie Marsan Running Time: 2hrs 20mins Director: Steven Spielberg IT was surely a shoe-in that a movie about a horse battling against-all-odds on the frontline directed by one of the ... Full story

FILM REVIEW – THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 1

Cast: Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart, Ashley Greene, Billy Burke, Gil Birmingham, Sarah Clarke, Peter Facinelli, Nikki Reed, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone, Anna Kendrick, Booboo Stewart, Maggie Grace, Michael Sheen Running Time: 1hr 55mins Director: Bill Condon After daring the midnight opening screening to one of the most successful film franchises of all-time – you soon ... Full story

VIDEO GAME REVIEW: MERCURY HG

Ignition Entertainment (360-XBLA/PS3-PSN) Out Now Enter one of the year’s most addictive games you can pick up as an online download – particularly at its pocket money price. The Mercury series has appeared on past-Gen and current-Gen titles in different forms, but it’s the first time in all its HD glory in the 360 and PS3. The premise is simple – ... Full story

FILM REVIEW: THE INBETWEENERS

Starring: Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison, Joe Thomas, Emily Head Director: Ben Palmer Written by: Iain Morris, Damon Beesley Type: Comedy Length: 1:15 My first time watching the television version of The Inbetweeners was innocently done so with my mum. That was the most awkward 30 minutes of my life! Needless to say, she was not invited to watch the ... Full story

FILM REVIEW – CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER

Cast: Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Stanley Tucci, Dominic Cooper, Sebastian Stan, Neal McDonough, Derek Luke, Toby Jones, Samuel L Jackson Running Time: 2hrs Director: Joe Johnston After a summer influx of superhero movies Captain America: The First Avenger had to change it up a bit to stand out from the crowd – and thankfully ... Full story

FILM REVIEW – HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2

Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Ralph Fiennes, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter, Matthew Lewis, Gary Oldman, Tom Felton, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, Jason Isaacs, Julie Walters, David Thewlis, Kelly McDonald, John Hurt, Ciaran Hinds, Jim Broadbent, Emma Thompson, Mark Williams, Bonnie Wright, Evanna Lynch, Warwick Davis Running Time: 2hrs 10mins Director: David Yates Harry Potter ... Full story

FILM REVIEW – TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (12A)

Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Patrick Dempsey, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Kevin Dunn, Alan Tudyk, Ken Jeong, Buzz Aldrin, and voices of Peter Cullen, Hugo Weaving and Leonard Nimoy Running Time: 2hrs 30mins Director: Michael Bay You’d have thought that director Michael Bay would have learned from the criticism loaded at the bloated, ... Full story

FILM REVIEW: GREEN LANTERN

‘In Brightest Day, in Blackest Night’ is the tagline for Green Lantern – but sadly the latest superhero flick is more of the latter. One of DC Comics’ ‘second string’ characters is more akin to the cheesier likes of Daredevil and Fantastic Four than Christopher Nolan’s darker take on comic-book stable-mate Batman – and with a massive ... Full story

FILM REVIEW: BRIDESMAIDS

Directed By: Paul Feig Written By: Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig Starring: Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Ellie Kemper It’s not very often a film appears out of the blue and turns out to be a huge hit. It happened in 2009 with The Hangover and I predict it will happen again this year with Bridesmaids. I attended ... Full story

FILM REVIEW – X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (12A)

Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, January Jones, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Jason Flemyng, Lucas Till, Oliver Platt Running Time: 2hrs 5mins Director: Matthew Vaughn Matthew Vaughn pulled out of directing the third X-Men film – which left the trilogy ending on something of a whimper – but now the British director is back in the ... Full story