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  • January 2010

  • 4

    Employee of the Month (2006)

    When he hears that the new female employee digs ambitious men who are the store employee of the month, a slacker gets his act together but finds himself in competition with his rival, an ambitious co-worker.

    2010-01-27 17:23 0.3
  • 6

    Brothers (2009/I)

    A young man comforts his older brother's wife and children after he goes missing in Afghanistan.

    2010-01-27 17:22 0.3
  • 7

    Un prophète (2009)

    A young Arab man is sent to a French prison where he becomes a mafia kingpin.

    2010-01-27 17:21 0.3
  • 8

    Forrest Gump (1994)

    Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny, eludes him.

    2010-01-20 13:50 0.3
  • 10

    Up in the Air (2009/I)

    With a job that has him traveling around the country firing people, Ryan Bingham leads an empty life out of a suitcase, until his company does the unexpected: ground him.

    2010-01-20 13:50 0.3
  • 6

    The Book of Eli (2010)

    A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.

    2010-01-20 13:49 0.3
  • 7

    Sherlock Holmes (2009)

    Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.

    2010-01-13 14:03 0.3
  • 5

    Nine (2009)

    Famous film director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his professional and personal lives, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother.

    2010-01-13 13:26 0.3
  • 7

    Daybreakers (2009)

    In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.

    2010-01-13 13:10 0.3
  • 6

    Nowhere Boy (2009)

    A chronicle of John Lennon's childhood.

    2010-01-13 13:09 0.3
  • 8

    In the Loop (2009)

    The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war. But not everyone agrees that war is a good thing...

    2010-01-06 11:20 0.3
  • 7

    The Bank Job (2008)

    Martine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street. She targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry. But Terry and his crew don't realize the boxes also contain a treasure trove of dirty secrets - secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal.

    2010-01-06 11:17 0.3
  • 8

    The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

    Bourne dodges new, superior assassins as he searches for his unknown past while a government agent tries to track him down.

    2010-01-01 14:59 0.3
  • 8

    Love Actually (2003)

    Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely and interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.

    2010-01-01 13:39 0.3
  • 5

    Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009)

    Their women having been enslaved by the local pack of lesbian vampires thanks to an ancient curse, the remaining menfolk of a rural town send two hapless young lads out onto the moors as a sacrifice.

    2010-01-01 12:27 0.3
  • December 2009

  • 7

    Mary Poppins (1964)

    A magic nanny comes to work for a cold banker's unhappy family.

    2009-12-30 17:31 0.3
  • 6

    Die Another Day (2002)

    James Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul who is funding the development of an international space weapon.

    2009-12-30 17:30 0.3
  • 5

    The Family Stone (2005)

    An uptight, conservative, businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.

    2009-12-24 20:22 0.3
  • 8

    An Education (2009)

    A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.

    2009-12-16 12:00 0.3
  • 6

    The Informant! (2009)

    The U.S. government decides to go after an agri-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president turned informant Mark Whitacre.

    2009-12-16 11:59 0.3

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The A-Team

If you’ve seen the original TV series, like me, you’re probably intrigued to know how this box office version compares. I loved the TV series, I loved the fact it was a little bit absurd, that they could make a tank out of just a wheel, a battered up old car and some drain piping, it was silly but in a good way. The A-Team was over the top, fun and entertaining, it never took itself too seriously and that was the point.

So what’s this version of the A-Team like? Well, in one word, disappointing. Yes there were some OK moments but these were few and far between. It’s not a bad film but it just didn’t do it for me. I was left thinking ‘why wasn’t that as good as I hoped?’

We pick up the four soldiers in various parts of Mexico half way through a mission. After successfully complete this mission we jump to Iraq where the team have formed a very successful alpha unit with many missions under their belts. They are then asked to perform one final mission in Iraq to recover plates for printing 100 dollar bills that were used to print a…

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