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Hot Tub Time Machine Review: Time Warp

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HOT TUB TIME MACHINE (15): On General Release From Friday 7th May

If you’re expecting clever science and intriguing plot twists from Hot Tub Time Machine then you should do two things: first, re-read the title of this movie, and second, watch the trailer. You’ll soon see that this is a big, dumb comedy with nothing to say about the space-time continuum that you couldn’t pick up from an episode of Doctor Who.

80s teen idol John Cusack plays Adam, a grumpy insurance agent who, along with family man Nick (Craig Robinson), must come to his childhood friend Lou’s rescue after a failed suicide attempt. They rope Jacob (Clark Duke), Adam’s socially awkward nephew, into coming on a trip to the ski-resort they spent their youth in, hoping to cheer Lou up. 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!