20 March 2011
Cast: Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg, Melissa Leo, Mickey O'Keefe
Script: Eric Johnson, Paul Tamasy, Scott Silver
Genre: biopic, sport
Setting: 1990s, Massachusetts
8 Stars
4 Comments
IMDb ; Metacritic Micky Ward is the youngest of a large family. All his life he has looked up to his older brother, Dicky, who once knocked down Sugar Ray Leonard in a fight. But Dicky is no longer the … Continue reading
8 March 2010
Cast: Liam Aiken, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Imperioli, Michael Peña, Rachel Weisz, Saoirse Ronan, Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon
Script: David Koepp, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, Scott Silver, William Monahan
Genre: drama, sff
7 Comments
I read the book this was based on a long time ago. So long ago that I don’t really remember the details. But I do remember thinking that it wasn’t the most film-friendly of novels when I heard that it was to be adapted. But of course neither was The Lord of the Rings and look how well Jackson et al did there. This, however, is a very different kettle of fish from LOTR Continue reading
19 November 2008
Cast: Amaury Nolasco, Beau Bridges, Chris O'Donnell, Ludacris, Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Olga Kurylenko
Script: Beau Thorne
Genre: thriller
3 Comments
I knew going to see this film that I’d be disappointed. Was a big fan of the game but I’d heard negative things about this film. Often when that happens you go to the cinema with your bucket of popcorn … Continue reading
17 June 2008
Cast: Ashlyn Sanchez, Betty Buckley, John Leguizamo, Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel
Script: M. Night Shyamalan
Genre: sff
7 Comments
IMDb ; Other reviews I just don’t know. I really wanted to like this film. The few trailers I saw really seemed to hint at an interesting film. And despite the low-key opening weekend I was expecting some form of … Continue reading
18 December 2007
Cast: Alex Veadov, Danny Hoch, Eva Mendes, Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Duvall
Script: James Grey
Genre: thriller
Setting: 1980s, New York
5 Stars
7 Comments
Bobby is a night club manager. It is the 1980′s, New York. Life is good. Until the day his brother comes calling. Bobby’s brother, Joe, you see, is a cop. A drugs cop and he arrives in full on SWAT-mode … Continue reading
1 December 2006
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Matt Damon, Ray Winstone
Script: William Monahan
Genre: thriller
9 Stars
6 Comments
It took me a while, but I finally managed to go see this film last night, and now I want to go again, because it really is fantastic. Bloody, violent, full of no-good nastiness and general scumbaggery. But wonderful to … Continue reading