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Eragon Eragon is one of those films I've seen in the shops for quite some time, but because it looks like another budget D&D romp, I've shied away from it. Until now. I should've kept shying. The film starred Pinocchio or one of his wooden relatives. In support of a most unenthusiastic kind was Jeremy Irons, and underused were John Malkovich as the Evil King and Robert Carlyle as his Evil Henchman. There was some pointy, bony skinny girl as Princess Ariel, and a blue dragon which was forever likely to set the wooden boy on fire. The film ended threatening a sequel, but Irons and Carlyle managed to escape that fate by dying. Poor old Malkovich got really pissed off at a tapestry at the end. He was obviously angry that he'd signed up for the sequel and couldn't get out of it without severe financial penalties. Blood and Chocolate This is another werewolf story from the makers of Underworld , but where that was not intolerable, this is. Werewolf girl meets human bo...