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  • A Gang Story

    Though at times it threatens to become a taut, politicised gangster tragedy, derivative plotting and stale dialogue ensure A Gang Story remains a no more than passably decent true crime flick, in the mould of many, many others.





  • TGIM! The Tricycle Goes Nuclear Film Festival

    Monday morning and already sick of the week? Sitting rigid in your cubicle/ coffin making money for an employer who hates you? Staring dead-eyed into the coldness of the computer screen willing the date on the calender forward towards the next opportunity to drink yourself into a blackout? Well here’s something to cheer you up: NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE!




  • Top 10 Surprise Box Office Flops

    It looks like John Carter is going to fall fast and land hard at the box office. Costing a cool $250 mill’ to make, based on a cherised collection of sci-fi novels, featuring the most sophisticated CGI Disney could afford and being the live action debut of director Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, Wall-E plus writing credits on the Toy Story trilogy), John Carter looked like a shoe-in to be one of the year’s toppermost earners. Right now it looks like breaking even worldwide would be a hopeful return. Which got us thinking….