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The Adventures of Tintin - The Secret of the Unicorn

The Adventures of Tintin - The Secret of the Unicorn

Distills essence of 1980s adventure cinema but lacks Hergé’s light touch

(4 stars)27 Oct 2011

In an interview shortly before his death in 1983, Hergé, the creator of Tintin, said that the only person who could bring his creation to life on the big screen was a young director called Steven Spielberg. The director himself had only been turned on…

GFF blog: Canadian director Jason Eisener discusses his Rutger Hauer-starring exploitation flick, Hobo With a Shotgun

GFF blog: Jason Eisener on Rutger Hauer exploitation flick, Hobo With a Shotgun

The former Grindhouse trailer gets the feature-length treatment

2 Mar 2011

Almost everything you want to know plot-wise about the film Hobo With a Shotgun is right there in the title. There’s a hobo. He has a shotgun. You can probably fill in the blanks yourself. The film’s genesis has a slightly more intricate story…

Paul pairs Simon Pegg and Nick Frost with Superbad director Greg Mottola

Paul pairs Simon Pegg and Nick Frost with Superbad director Greg Mottola

UK duo riff on the same notes as Tim and Mike characters from Space

(3 stars)2 Feb 2011

(15) 103min The Shaun of the Dead boys have come a long way. Having followed up Shaun’s critical success with UK box office smash Hot Fuzz, stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and director/co-writer Edgar Wright were firmly established as major British…

Scott Pilgrim Vs The World

Scott Pilgrim Vs The World

(4 stars)15 Aug 2010

(12A) 112min Writer-director Edgar Wright has made a career out of subverting genres, as demonstrated by his collaborations with actor Simon Pegg: TV’s Spaced and the films Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. For Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Wright left…

Hot Fuzz

(15) 120min

(3 stars)12 Feb 2007

It is slightly depressing that the highest grossing British films of last year and this were, and will be, television spin-offs. Last year Sacha Baron Cohen delivered up the better-than-we-probably-deserve feature film Borat, and now comedian Simon Pegg…

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