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
15 March 2006
Cast: David Wenham, Emily Watson, Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone
Script: Nick Cave
Genre: drama, western
Setting: Australia
10 Stars
4 Comments
Sometimes you go to the cinema hoping for a good film, but thinking that what you are about to watch isn’t going to be fun, it may not even qualify as entertainment. The Proposition written by Nick Cave had that … Continue reading
13 December 2005
Cast: Anna Popplewell, Dawn French, Georgie Henley, Liam Neeson, Ray Winstone, Rupert Everett, Skandar Keynes, Tilda Swinton, William Moseley
Script: Andrew Adamson, Ann Peacock
Genre: Juv/YA, sff
Setting: Narnia
7 Stars
2 Comments
That is The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe for those of you trying to figure out the abbreviation. Georgie Henley,Skandar Keynes,William Moseley,Anna Popplewell,Tilda Swinton,Liam Neeson,Ray Winstone,Dawn French,Rupert Everett – Fox (voice) I really wanted to love this film. I … Continue reading
20 August 2004
Cast: Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd, Keira Knightly, Ray Winstone
Script: David Franzoni
Genre: Action, historical fiction
Setting: Britain - Rome
5 Stars
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This film suffered from many poor reviews. Both from critics and, in my case, from friends who found it boring. Course I don’t read reviews before I go see films, I try to make up my own mind. Still I wasn’t expecting a lot from this film.
I’ve never really been a huge fan of Arthur films. First Knight was really really crap, imo, and Excaliber was a bit wierd. Plus there is the whole Monty Python thing :)
So why’d I go to see it?
Ray Winstone of course! Continue reading
22 July 2004
Cast: Ben Walker, Clive Mantle, Jason Connery, John Abineri, Judi Trot, Kane Mason, Mark Ryan, Massimiliano Andrighetto, Michael Praed, Nathaniel Lindsay, Nickolas Grace, Peter Llewllyn Williams, Phil Rose, Philip Jackson, Ray Winstone, Robert Adie, Robert Pattinson, Scott Ryan
Genre: historical fiction
Setting: Britain - Normans, England
10 Stars
1 Comment
I don’t know if I actually remember this from when it was originally shown on RTE, or if it was repeats. Then again, the last series, the third, was made in 1985. I was six then, so it is entirely … Continue reading
15 November 2003
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Eileen Atkins, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ray Winstone, Renée Zellweger
Script: Anthony Minghella
Genre: historical fiction, romance
Setting: North Carolina
8 Stars
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I’m going to start this review by saying that I loved this film, it was really great. And I had had doubts before I went to see it. I hadn’t much liked the trailers, but a lot of reviews were … Continue reading