Any discussion of this film inevitably has to include a consideration of John Carpenter’s classic, the original The Thing.

I spent the weekend watching, for the first time, Paranormal Activity with my wife and our eldest. There had been so much hype about the film.

Depending on who you talk to, Smokin’ Aces was either a crazy, over-the-top and off-the-wall action film, or a total mess and an abomination.