I used to really love Hugh Grant. But then he bought into his own marketing and he trans-morphed into a vain, preening, self-satisfied hokey old ham of an actor. He’s essentially become unwatchable these days, so self-aware and inward-looking are his performances. As a producer of The Wolverine debacle, you can almost hear him sending…
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Bad American remakes of whacky Japanese horror movies aren’t really my thing. (Sequels of re-makes are even worse.) Shutter though, staring Pacey and a blonde Australian, is surprisingly well made. Pacey’s done well for himself since ditching Joey Potter (who wed-up to Tom Cruise – wow) and that loser Dawson (what happened to him, huh?);…
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