Dave Evans' Mini-Movie Reviews

Spiderman 3
The most successful of current superhero franchises returns with a darker edge. Comic book obsessives will be anxious to see how Tobey Maguire stands up against new enemies Venom (Topher Grace) and the Sandman (Thomas Haden Church). Exciting, colourful and gleefully sinister, this is a summer blockbuster par excellence.

Lucky You
Given the current mania for online poker, Warner Brothers is clearly hoping to make the most of this thoroughly bland comedy drama. Eric Bana stars as a professional poker player trying to make it big in the World Series. Drew Barrymore plays his love interest and looks bored throughout the movie. To be avoided.

The Invisible
First it was all the rage to remake Asian horror movies and now it's the return of Scandinavian thrillers in this supernatural whodunit. Justin Chatwin stars as a teen trying to solve his own murder from beyond the grave in a film that describes itself as "Ghost meets the OC."

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Nicolas Cage limps closer and closer to career annihilation with this uninspired thriller. Playing a Las Vegas magician who can see the future, he finds himself up against the CIA who wants to use his powers for evil. Julianne Moore offers meek, but beautiful support.

The Condemned
While the idea of WWE's Stone Cold Steve Austin being shipped off to an island in the middle of nowhere is certainly appealing, there's no need to actually watch it. Here he plays a convict being used as a contestant by a reality TV deathmatch show. A deeply subpar Running Man.

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