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2012 in Film

Failed Critics Podcast: 2012 in Review/Failed Critics Awards

Welcome to our first ever End-of-Year Review and the inaugural Failed Critics Awards! Get your tuxedo on, raid the free bar, and join Steve, James, Gerry, and Owen as they discuss their Continue reading →

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New Release: Jack Reacher

Before I review the film, I feel like I need to address the controversy regarding the casting of Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher. Clearly fans of the novels are loyal Continue reading →

Sightseers

The Failed Critics Awards – Editor’s Choice

The votes have been cast, and the polls are now closed for the first ever Failed Critics Awards. While you’re going to have to wait until New Year’s Eve for Continue reading →

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What to Expect When You’re Expecting to go to the Cinema in 2013: Part 1

In the first part of James Diamond’s preview of 2013 he takes us through a packed January to March… January The New Year kicks off with a number of Golden-Globe Continue reading →

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It’s a Wonderful Film!

We’ve reached the end of our 12 Days of Christmas Films, and I cannot think of a better film to round off our festive series. It’s a special kind of Continue reading →

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Snow! Snow! Snow! Snow! (White Christmas.)

We have a saying in our family: ‘Gran friendly’, used to describe inoffensive methods of entertainment which the whole family can enjoy together. This means something other than Rammstein on Continue reading →

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Failed Critics Podcast: Christmas Triple Bill

Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas to every single one of our beautiful listeners (we hope the less good-looking ones have a decent time as well), and as an early Christmas present to Continue reading →

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Lenny Henry: The British Robin Williams

I apologise in advance for what will be one of the most obscure posts you will ever read on this site. As we count down to Christmas with some of Continue reading →

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Put a little Bill Murray in your heart

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is the perfect Christmas story. It takes place over Christmas Eve and Christmas morning, features the unlikely redemption and emotional rebirth of its protagonist, and Continue reading →

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They tell me you got the cripple from New York in there. He mention Keyser Soze? Or Santa?

Our toddler dictates that we watch a lot of Disney. The animation of which is all bright colours and rounded edges. It’s inoffensive on the eye, even at the ridiculous Continue reading →

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