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Movie review: Sherlock Holmes

Perthshire Advertiser — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

HOT on the heels of a mass murderer with supernatural powers, Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr) has to rethink his tactics to solve a string of deaths.

Avatar spells further success for James Cameron

Perthshire Advertiser — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Avatar (12A)

Reviews of Law Abiding Citizen and Harry Brown

Perthshire Advertiser — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

AFTER his wife and young daughter are murdered, Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) makes it his mission to see that justice is served to the vicious killer and his accomplice.

Movie review: Up

Perthshire Advertiser — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT

RELEASED in 3D, Up is the tenth instalment from Pixar and arguably its best film to date.

Movie Review: Surrogates (12)

Perthshire Advertiser — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT

THE RAPID development ofa futuristic world, in which human beings experience life through their robotic surrogates, has left Bruce Willis feeling like he is missing something, writes Sheanne Mulholland.

Fast and Furious (12A)

Perthshire Advertiser — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:00:00 GMT

ALL-AMERICAN action man Vin Diesel gets all revved-up in Justin Lin’s Fast and Furious.

The Boat That Rocked (15)

Perthshire Advertiser — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:00:00 GMT

BRITISH director Richard Curtis attempts to ride the crest of a wave with his most ambitious comedy riot, The Boat That Rocked (15).

Lesbian Vampire Killers (Cert 15)

Perthshire Advertiser — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:00:00 GMT

TALENTED comedy duo James Corden and Mathew Horne re-invent the notion of the lads’ holiday in Phil Claydon’s horror spoof Lesbian Vampire Killers.

WATCHMEN (18)

Perthshire Advertiser — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

THE NOTION of the comic book caper is given a darker edge in Zack Snyder’s Watchmen.

Seven Pounds (12A)Rating 3/5

Perthshire Advertiser — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

BIG SCREEN superstar Will Smith continues his tilt at world domination in Gabriele Muccino’s moving effort Seven Pounds.

Valkyrie (PG)

Perthshire Advertiser — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

TRYING to restore credibility to those involved in the Nazi war machine is a fraught undertaking.

Defiance (15)

Perthshire Advertiser — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

BASED on Nechama Tec’s book, Defiance: The Bielski Partisans, director Edward Zwick’s latest offering is a dramatic and emotional tale of heroism in World War Two.

Slumdog Millionaire (15)

Perthshire Advertiser — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

SWEEPING the boards at the US Critics Choice Awards and the Golden Globes proves that Danny Boyle’s latest offering has found favour with the pundits.

Lakeview Terrace (15)

Perthshire Advertiser — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A YOUNG couple’s dream move turns into a waking nightmare in Neil LaBute’s Lakeview Terrace.

Australia 12A

Perthshire Advertiser — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

AUSTRALIA (12A) Rating 4/5

Lakeview Terrace (15)

Perthshire Advertiser — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Lakeview Terrace (15)

The Day The Earth Stood Still

Perthshire Advertiser — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Reeves (44) plays the enigmatic extraterrestrial Klaatu, who causes a global panic after arriving on Planet Earth spreading a message of impending doom.

Transporter 3

Perthshire Advertiser — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

As in his last outing, in 2005, Statham finds himself planted inside a supercharged motor and tasked with disposing of a legion of henchmen.

Film review: Pride and Glory

Perthshire Advertiser — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Irish star Colin Farrell plays corrupt NYPD cop Jimmy Egan, whose underhand world comes into the spotlight after four of his force are killed on a drugs bust.

Film review: Quantum of Solace

Perthshire Advertiser — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Craig's second outing as Bond, the film kicks off with MI6’s number one agent interrogating the mysterious Mr White (Jesper Christensen), the only man who knows how Bond’s love, Vesper Lynd, died in 2006’s Casino Royale.