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TV & movie reviews
Spice and Wolf season 2
a review by Nalini Haynes Spice and Wolf relays the tale of Kraft Lawrence, a merchant, and the wolf god Holo – in the form …
Melancholia by Lars von Trier
a review by Nalini Haynes Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg) are two sisters who are living under the threat of an asteroid called Melancholia …
Battle Royale
a review by Chris Hayes-Kossmann All the world is going nuts for Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games. The young-adult series is the number-one seller on …
Redline
a review by Nalini Haynes Redline focuses on JP, a young Elvis-like man with an enormous quiff that should have its own credit, who raced …
Gantz: Perfect Answer
a review by Nalini Haynes The original Gantz movie was reviewed here. Perfect Answer begins where Gantz left off: Kato was killed by the Buddha …
Greatest Movie Ever Sold by Morgan Spurlock
a review by Nalini Haynes I requested this movie with the intention of writing an article discussing product placement in movies with particular reference to …
Robot Chicken season 5
a review by Nalini Haynes This was my first foray into Robot Chicken so it was quite an education. Each episode is about ten minutes …
Outland
a review by Nalini Haynes The press release sums up the characters in Outland thus: ‘There’s Max (Toby Truslove), insecure and looking for love; the …
Star Wars Fan-made remake
a review by Nalini Haynes At this link you can watch a Star Wars remake that is almost Robot Chicken-esque in its style; the original …
Adventures of Tintin
a review by Nalini Haynes Tintin is a reporter who travels the world with his terrier Snowy, who is part hero and part comical sidekick. …
Troll Hunter
A review by Nalini Haynes Troll Hunter or Trolljegeren is a Norwegian horror/comedy mockumentary movie about three college students, Thomas, Johanna and Kalle, who pursue Hans in …
Space Battleship Yamato
a review by Nalini Haynes Please note: this review is written without having seen the original TV series of the same name. Twenty-second century Earth …
Priest
a review by Nalini Haynes Priest (Paul Bettany) is a former warrior-priest who defended humanity against vampirical aliens until they were rounded up and forced …
Gantz
a review by Nalini Haynes Directed by Shinsuke Sato Kurono and Kato are two young men who die in a train accident then find themselves …