Iain Macleod

Latest Film Reviews

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  Down In The Valley (2005)

  Review preview for Down In The Valley

  If you like your cinema challenging, uncomfortable, exciting and enlightening, check this out.

  A pure love story goes dark in the shadow of the gun.
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  X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

  Review preview for X-Men: The Last Stand

  The film moves at such a furious pace, it is hard to hold a grudge against it.

  The mutants battle over a manmade 'cure' for their condition.
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  American Soldiers: A Day In Iraq (2005)

  Review preview for American Soldiers: A Day In Iraq

  The crappiest thing this reviewer has seen in quite some time.

  Does what it says on the tin - badly.
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  Danton (1983)

  The final historical drama that closes the bloody door on the French Revolution.
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  Good Night, And Good Luck (2005)

  Review preview for Good Night, And Good Luck

  Clooney's script, co-authored with actor Grant Heslov, is brisk and zips along at a fast pace, while the black-and-white photography shines as bright as any Technicolor dream.

  The integrity of journalism is pitted against the politics of the Cold War in Fifties America.
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  Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

  Review preview for Zathura: A Space Adventure

  Zathura is a big special effects movie, but it is great to see that it favours a return to practical effects work over CGI.

  A magical board game sends a house into space.
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  Derailed (2005)

  Review preview for Derailed

  All Derailed seems to offer is the chance to see Rachel from Friends get a bit rude.

  The terrible cost of flirting with an attractive banker on a commuter train.
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  A Bittersweet Life (2005)

  Review preview for A Bittersweet Life

  The coolest film in ages comes yet again from South Korea.

  A tale of revenge, infidelity and gangland warfare in South Korea.
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  Crying Fist (2005)

  Review preview for Crying Fist

  Only at the end does Crying Fist falter.

  A South Korean boxing movie that out fights Raging Bull.
• Unleashed (2004)

  Review preview for Unleashed

  For some reason the film is set in Glasgow, but it is a Glasgow populated entirely by cockney gangsters and two Yanks.

  A Jet Li martial arts extravaganza, with sensitive side issues and Bob Hoskins in bully mode.