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Oil City Confidential brilliantly tells the story of legendary Canvey Island rockers Dr Feelgood, and is a solid joy from start to finish. But do you have to dig the rock to dig the “rockumentary”?
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As Miyazaki’s wonderful Ponyo arrives in UK cinemas, what lessons can we draw from a recent spate of animations that include a stop motion George Clooney in The Fantastic Mr Fox, an octegenarian lead character in Pixar’s Up, and a hand-drawn heroine in Disney’s The Princess and the Frog?
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A new official trailer for the release of Peter Stebbings’ comedy Defendor starring Woody Harrelson and Kat Dennings has debuted on Trailer Addict. We originally featured an early trailer for this wacky superhero comedy last September before its premiere in Toronto, but this new trailer is a better representation of what to expect from the movie. Yes, the cinematic marketplace is getting a bit saturated with superhero comedies (like Kick-Ass) but this is one that I suggest seeing because Woody Harrelson gives a great performance and because it is mildly entertaining. It’s not that bad, but it’s not really that amazing either. Watch and enjoy!
Watch the official trailer for Peter Stebbings’ Defendor:
If you miss the opportunity to see Defendor in theaters, it arrives on DVD on April 30th.
Reality intersects with delusion in the mind of Arthur Poppington, a regular man who adopts a superhero persona known as Defendor, and combs the streets at night in search of his arch-enemy, Captain Industry.
Defendor is both written and directed by Canadian actor-turned-filmmaker Peter Stebbings, who is making his directorial debut with this film. This first premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last year (you can watch my video review of the film here). It’s being distributed in Canada by Alliance Films and in the US by Darius Films. Defendor will hit very limited theaters start on February 26th this month before arriving on DVD.
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