Iron Man 2 tries - and fails - to recapture the magic of the first film - review

Ironman_2

Our eyes in the aisle in Cornwall Stuart McColl thinks the Iron Man franchise has got a little rusty if Irone Man 2 is anything to go by

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One to avoid on Date Night - review

Date Night

Cornwall reviewer Stuart McCoLL manages to find a few faults with Hollywood’s latest instant boredom-inducer.

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Drew Barrymore's directorial debut tries to whip the sports movie genre into shape - Whip It: review

Stuart McColl reviews Whip It

Cornwall reviewer Stuart McColl take’s a look at Drew Barrymore’s Whip It and finds the ‘girl power on roller-skates’ deal takes a sort-of backseat to the rest of the film which deals with a fraying mother-daughter relationship and the problems with coming of age.

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Clash of the Titans replaces creaky stop-motion with overwrought CGI - and pays the price: review

Clash of the Titans film

Cornwall reviewer Stuart McColl takes a look at the CGI extravaganza Clash of the Titans, where the CGI doesn’t make up for the film’s other shortcomings

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Infectiously funny and super-stylish, Matthew Vaughn sets out to Kick-Ass: review

Kick Ass review

The Mark Millar comic book, adapted by Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman is stylised, boisterous and energetic, packed with one-liners. Stuart McColl reviews the film

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Paul Greengrass tackles the Iraq War - Green Zone: review

Stuart McColl reviews Greenzone

Stuart McCoLL looks at the latest film that sees director Paul Greengrass team up with Matt Damon – this time to tackle unresolved issues surrounding the Iraq War – in Green Zone.

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Martin Scorsese's haunting Shutter Island: review

Shutter Island

Stuart McCoLL reviews Martin Scorsese’s paranoia-inducing take on the genre movie. In cinemas now.

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