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How To Train Your Dragon Review: Flaming Good

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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (PG): On General Release From 31st March

Going up against animation giants like Disney and Pixar can’t be easy, but DreamWorks Animation keep plugging away. More often than not, their movies aren’t up to snuff animation-wise (Shark Tale anyone?) but it looks as if they’ve actually found some animators that can actually earn their paychecks.

Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) is a pathetic teenage Viking living on the little island of Berk which happens to be plagued by a variety of dragons. Do It!

Kick-Ass Review: Somehow, ‘Super’ Doesn’t Quite Cover It…

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KICK-ASS: On General Release From Friday 26th March

I get so angry when I think about all the times we’ve been so disappointed by film adaptations of memorable comic books.

When great characters were sidelined (Storm in X-Men), poorly cast (Brandon Routh as Superman) I was forced to lament yet another missed opportunity to create greatness. But now I can put all that aside because Kick-Ass was so satisfying it made want to scream ‘Holy Flaming Fuck-Balls Batman!’

Kick-Ass gave me everything I’d ever wanted from a superhero movie and then some. The only thing missing was a lack of actual superpowers but the film was so mind-blowingly sharp and awesome that I barely even noticed.

Based on Mark Millar’s comic book series, this hilarious caper follows teenage loser Dave Lizewski, whose main hobbies are comic book reading, being ignored by girls and chronic masturbation. Dave soon becomes inspired to try heroism for himself and subsequently takes a helluva beating and a knife in the stomach for his trouble. Do It!