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Released 29th January 2015 (UK) Directed by Matthew Vaughn BBFC rating 15 After the success of Vaugh's take on the X men franchise, it was probably a safe bet to place him on another comic book movie. The bet has paid off well, with the flick doing incredibly well for itself, being a great stand alone film for the year,as well as one of the top of the spy films in 2015, Kingsman has the perfect blend of action and comedy to create a teen friendly film that doesn't just base all of its jokes on crude language. The acting is very well done, with great performances from Colin Firth and Taron Ederton, pulling together to create a well balanced story and action adventure at the same time. The only issue that I have with it is the pace of the story, it feels like it drags out the training for most of the film, then rushes into him being great at the job, which works well for the story, but can confuse some audiences near the end. There are also some scenes that don't fi...

BBFC rating 12 Released 15th October 2010 Directed by David Fincher The idea of a biopic of the life and creation of Mark Zuckerberg may have seemed like an uninteresting story to many, but thus original film takes a massive surprise, almost as large as the success of Facebook itself, and pulls and dramatic yet factually accurate docu-drama onto the big screen. The performances from Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield are superb, showing a relationship that is well developed throughout the whole film, as well as good supporting acting  from Justin Timberlake of all people, and makes each of the characters unique and memorable even after the film has finished. And it's not just what the film is delivering to the audience through the actors, I think Aaron Sorkin on screenplay was great, and managed to highlight each person in the development of the site that many people may not know about. It's emotional, its detailed, it doesn't go into moments where you lose focus, i...