About MovieBrit
Known to many as Wet Dark and Wild (aka Kate), I've blogged about Jake Gyllenhaal and his movies for years. As a result, I've discovered I'm opinionated about other films too. MB began at the end of 2009.
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The latest
- W.E. (or should that be Non?)
- The Avengers Assemble (not too shabbily at all)
- Salmon Fishing in the Yemen – definitely worth catching
- Battleship – does exactly what it says on the box
- The Cabin in the Woods – Spoiler Free Zone
- Anonymous – Emmerich blows up Good Queen Bess!
- Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
- Wrath of the Titans – Believe me, I feel the Wrath
- The Hunger Games – nails it
- John Carter – a secret jewel
Author Archives: Kate
W.E. (or should that be Non?)
May has not been a good month for new movies in the cinema. Hunger Games and The Avengers (Assemble) hang on while American Pies and Dictators try to grab a little attention (and for me fail). Thank heavens for DVD … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbie Cornish, Andrea Riseborough, Laurence Fox, Madonna, W.E.
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The Avengers Assemble (not too shabbily at all)
Thank heavens The Avengers was renamed The Avengers Assemble in the UK. That way all my hopes and dreams for the resurrection of Emma Peel could be knocked on the head straight away. So with all my expectations adjusted, this … Continue reading
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen – definitely worth catching
Not being one to let a bad fish eating experience immediately prior to this cinema outing put me off a film about salmon fishing, I am pleased to confirm that Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is not only not really … Continue reading
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Tagged Amr Waked, Emily Blunt, ewan McGregor, Kristin Scott Thomas, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
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Battleship – does exactly what it says on the box
Faced with a choice between watching a movie about salmon fishing or aliens blasting battleships, I decided to opt for the latter, fully aware that this could be a very noisy mistake. Nevertheless, I am drawn to movies about battleships … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Skarsgard, Battleship, Brooklyn Dekker, Liam Neeson, Peter Berg, Rihanna, Taylor Kitsch
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The Cabin in the Woods – Spoiler Free Zone
I have a feeling that this review of The Cabin in the Woods will be ridiculously brief, not because there’s little to say but because I do think that very few films are so at risk from even the smallest … Continue reading
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Tagged Bradley Whitford, Chris Hemsworth, The Cabin in the Woods
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Anonymous – Emmerich blows up Good Queen Bess!
Born and bred in Oxford as I am, it’s a shame that I wasn’t able to catch Roland Emmerich’s reassignment of the city’s most illustrious nobleman as the real writer of William Shakespeare’s plays when Anonymous very briefly brushed through … Continue reading
Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
When a film blasts off to the sounds of Swords of a Thousand Men, I am immediately cheered beyond all reason. Throw in some London Calling from the Clash and mix in a little Blur and Pogues and I was … Continue reading
Wrath of the Titans – Believe me, I feel the Wrath
It seemed like such a good idea at the time… I’d spent a pleasant afternoon at the Oxford Literary Festival listening to Jeremy Paxman talk about Empire, topped off by some cooling cava, and I thought I would round it … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Nighy, Edgar Ramirez, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Rosamund PIke, Sam Worthington, Toby Kebbell, Wrath of the Titans
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The Hunger Games – nails it
It’s not often that I’m so keen to see a movie or, for that matter, so anxious. The reason for both in this instance is simple – I adore Suzanne Collins’ novel The Hunger Games (and its two sequels even … Continue reading
John Carter – a secret jewel
Having been away for ten days, and largely and unusually internetless for most of it, I’ve missed much of the media’s relish in John Carter‘s disappointing performance at the box office. Completely innocent of all negative reviews, I took some … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Stanton, Ciaran Hinds, Dominic West, James Purefoy, John Carter, Lynn Roberts, Mark Strong, Samantha Morton, Taylor Kitsch, Willem Dafoe
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