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Well, the World Cup is done and dusted for another four years (Well done Spain). The British Grand Prix has now likewise been and gone, and Wimbledon is just a hazy memory, but thankfully we still have a couple of months of summer ahead of us.

As it was so very lovely and sunny over the weekend I decided it would be the optimum time to go and sit in a darkened room and watch the new Predators film. Now, I like Robert Rodriguez as a director. I think that film like From Dusk Till Dawn, and Planet Terror are brilliant, not taking themselves too seriously, and the former proving that George Clooney can actually act, unlike his turn in Batman and Robin. Unfortunately I was convinced that after the travesties that were the Alien Vs Predator films, that this could well turn out to be a similar disappointment.

It was with some relief that I watched the film and, although it is in large parts basically a remake of the original Predator, I was suitably entertained. I won’t go into detail in case you haven’t seen it yet, but I would recommend it for fans of the first two. Fans of the AVP films, if there are any, would do well to watch the original Predator film, as I can’t believe anyone has, and liked those atrocities.