The problem with reviewing a film like Step Up is that it’s a dance film. Not a musical, a dance film, a relatively modern phenomenon in which the storyline, acting, dialogue, cinematography, mise en scène and anything else Film Studies ‘A’ Level can teach you doesn’t matter in the slightest compared to the moves being busted. If you like dancing, the movie lives or dies on the strength of the routines. And as such, I am hopelessly biased. I was [...]

A man walks vigilantly into the embassy building, he furtively flicks through his numerous passports and produces the correct one. From across the room, Security eye him closely, speaking into the radios concealed in their jackets. They arm themselves and walk towards him. The man, with slightly blonde hair and an athletic physique, knows exactly what will happen. With a snap of wrist, and a shrug of his body he has broken the arm of one guard, punched another man [...]

Oh, yes, please. This is the sort of movie that proves the eternal dichotomy of popcorn; totally pointless outside of a cinema, perfect accompaniment to a film like this, yet you’ll end up spitting most of it out in fits of laughter. And frankly, if lines like “I’m as serious as an erection problem” don’t have you rolling in the aisles, then a) stop reading now, b) you’re much more mature than me, well done, and c) you’re reading the [...]