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Self/Less: when a terminally ill millionaire has his mind copied into a young and healthy body he gets a second chance at life… but there’s always a catch. This one has a great, high-concept ...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2016/12/08/selfless/

Contagion: as a lethal virus spreads rapidly around the globe – we observe as the government, pharmaceutical industry and everyday people struggle through the pandemic. It’s always good to se...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2011/10/29/contagion/

Role Models: good old-fashioned comedy about a couple of guys forced to do community service. I call it old-fashioned because it doesn’t rely on gross-outs or shock scenes, instead it just pick...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2010/07/06/role-models/

Speed Racer: (Blu Ray) Follows the Racer family of car-enthusiasts as their son Speed takes on the biggest companies in the world. Off the bat this is blatantly aimed at kids but off the bat I di...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2010/05/12/speed-racer/

Bangkok Dagerous: (2008 Remake) The best hitman in the world goes on one last big job before retirement but breaks all his own rules and ends up in a whole bunch of trouble. Unfortunately this is...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2010/03/18/bangkok-dangerous/

Machine Girl: (Blu Ray) the story’s just a vehicle for the onslaught of gore, so it’s not even worth dwelling on… ‘revenge’ should cover it. This action & blood fest includes…

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2010/01/20/the-machine-girl/

Leon: story of a hitman that takes a 12 year-old under his wing, trains her up and slowly becomes more human in the process. Leon’s pretty complex: made out to be one of the most badass men in ...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2009/12/23/leon/

Avatar 3D: marketed as the biggest and best sci-fi adventure of all time – bold claim. From the start it’s totally otherworldly; with the characters, animals, landscapes, textures and backgro...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2009/12/17/avatar/

Kickboxer: potential lawyer takes up fighting to avenge his once cocky, now disabled, brother in a Muay Thai match against a monster. From the outset (Van Damme and his brother on a boat looking ...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2009/11/02/kickboxer/

Adam: a film about a guy with asperger syndrome who meets his new female neighbour and their time together. Not convinced? Neither was I when I read the synopsis. The director could have made thi...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2009/08/10/adam/

Run Fat Boy Run: the first 20 minutes tee’d the film up nicely but after that it rapidly digressed into an utterly predictable and unfunny folly. Pegg looks out of his depth with drama, and (to...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2009/08/06/run-fatboy-run/

Revenge of the Nerds: two minutes in it was obvious that this film wasn’t going to be the barrel of laughs that it could have. The geeky laughing was about the only thing I found funny, and the...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2009/07/14/revenge-of-the-nerds/