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Matthew Vaughn | The Accidental Director

Posted by: Steve, on August 10, 2010, at 6:43 pm

For our Vault pick this week, we did a retrospective on Matthew Vaughn, director of Layer Cake, Stardust and Kick-Ass.

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Have we got a Kick-Ass show for you!

Posted by: Steve, on August 9, 2010, at 8:08 am

This week we review the blu-ray release of Kick-Ass.

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Kick-Ass | Like Falling in Love All Over Again

Posted by: Steve, on August 6, 2010, at 6:50 pm

Sitting down to watch Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass for the second time was in some ways better than watching it the first time.

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Top 5 Fridays | Laying the Smackdown

Posted by: Steve, on July 16, 2010, at 8:08 am

Steve opens up a can of whup-ass with his Top 5 Beatings.

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The New Gangster Paradigm

Posted by: Steve, on November 20, 2008, at 11:57 am

Steve elaborates on a rising trend in the gangster movie: The Boss is the Rat.

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Layer Cake Review Now Online

Posted by: Steve, on November 10, 2008, at 11:59 am

The Film Cynics latest review of the DVD release of Matthew Vaughn’s modern gangster classic Layer Cake is now online.

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Munich

Posted by: Brian, on August 2, 2008, at 12:31 am

Sometimes a movie passes me by. Its not for a lack of trying on the movies part. Hell, It was nominated for 5 academy awards. Why didn’t I see it when it came out? Maybe the 2 and half hour running time seemed like a long time to park my butt in a movie theatre seat,

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