Film review: BAD NEIGHBOURS, from Built For Speed

Bad Neighbours seems to have been spawned by a vaguely interesting idea, to mix Animal House-style frat boy comedy with the rambling, 30-something relationship comedy of Judd Apatow.  Unfortunately, Bad Neighbours takes the worst aspects of both, namely the crass, juvenile gags of the frat boy movie and the unfocused momentum-free narrative of a Judd Apatow film to create a

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Film review: THIS IS THE END, from Built For Speed

This Is The End is a juvenile, indulgent lark that operates under the dubious belief that Seth Rogen, James Franco and Jonah Hill might be amusing or remotely entertaining playing themselves. In what seems to have been an idea cooked up over excessive amounts of beer, pizza and bongs, This is the End sees Rogen and his long-time Canadian compatriot

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Film review: THE GUILT TRIP, from Built For Speed

From Where’s Poppa to Psycho, the overbearing and intrusive mother and her henpecked son have, for decades, been staples of Hollywood films.   Similarly, the volatile pairing of the miserable uptight businessman and the irresponsible immature nut has been the basis of many road trip comedies.  Guilt Trip tries to combine these subgenres but the comic potential of this union has

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