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Bad Bromance (The D-Train) (DVD Review)

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bad-bromance-slideStarring: Jack Black, James Marsden, Jeffrey Tambor, Kathryn Hahn, Russell Posner
Directed By: Andrew Mogel, Jarrad Paul
Running Time: 101 mins
BBFC Certificate: 15
UK Release Date: January 18th 2016 (UK)

Our Score

When Bad Bromance (under its original title, The D-Train) first debuted at film festivals, it was met with surprise largely for a single scene, which it appears no one watching was expecting. Indeed, it is perhaps the playing down of that scene that’s contributed to the film making little impact.

Jack Black plays Dan, who’s living a dead-end life in the same town he grew up in. He has no real friends – people actively avoid hanging out with him – and very little to get excited about. He is however the chair of the 20th Anniversary High School reunion committee, but he’s having difficulty getting anyone to attend. [Read more…]

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The Visit (Blu-ray Review)

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the-visit-review-slideStarring: Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie, Kathryn Hahn
Directed By: M. Night Shyamalan
Running Time: 94 mins
BBFC Certificate: 15
UK Release Date: January 18th 2015 (UK)

Our Score

After a strong start with the likes of The Sixth Sense, M. Night Shyamalan has certainly had an up and down career. With his latest, The Visit, he’s stripped things back to the basics, with a relatively little known cast, low budget and ‘found footage’ premise. However, this being Shyamalan he still has a go at trying to surprise the audience and keep them guessing.

In order for their mother to be able to get away for a much needed break, Becca and her little brother Tyler are sent off to stay with their grandparents for a week – despite the fact they’ve been estranged from their daughter for many years. Becca is an aspiring filmmaker and so plans to document the entire trip on her camera, hopefully finding out what happened between her mother and grandparents along the way. [Read more…]

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