Defiance (2008) Review

The story of Jewish brothers Bielski who battle to survive in Nazi occupied Eastern Europe and must escape to the Belarusian forests where they join with Russian resistance fighters and build a village to protect themselves and other Jewish people.

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Tropic Thunder (2008) Review

Tropic Thunder follows the story of a group of actors who are filming a big-budget water film but everything takes a dramatic turn when they actually become soldiers but still believe they are just acting for the film, with hidden cameras everywhere.

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Sunshine Cleaning (2008) Review

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Sisters Rose and Norah have had a strained relationship for years, their mother committed suicide when they were young and this put pressure on their father Joe. They set up a cleaning business together, but not a normal one clean up after crime scenes, suicides and deaths!

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Nim’s Island (2008) Review

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Nim Rusoe lives on an isolated island with her father scientist Jack Rusoe, who is doing research around the marine life. Nim communicates with author Alex Rover as she is currently reading the latest novel. When her father is missing after a storm she confines in Alex for much-needed help.

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10 Years of The Dark Knight!

Early this week was the date that The Dark Knight was released in cinemas and that film pretty much changed everything about comic book films as well as action films in terms of substance and what they could have in them. I loved the film so much after the first cinema viewing that I went back two more times and now have lost count on the number of times I have actually watched the film. I still personally believe it should have been nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars the following year. Heath Ledger was rightly awarded the Best Actor in a Supporting Role but this really should have been the film to break that Best Picture stigma.

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Christopher Nolan really did take the whole comic book movie genre to a totally different level with his trilogy. Starting and setting the pace with Batman Begins and then moving into this unreal place with The Dark Knight and then finishing it off with The Dark Knight Rises. All of which are brilliant films on their own, so as a trilogy I actually think they are pretty close to being perfect, he set the bar high and I don’t think we have or will ever really see anything like this.

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