Silent Hill dir. by Christophe Gans
The phrase, based on a computer game don’t really inspire much confidence do they? And I’ve never played Silent Hill, but, you know, a creepy film. Sean Bean. Its free. I...
28 April 2006
Tristan & Isolde dir. by Kevin Reynolds
I’m going to admit that I was looking forward to this film. Which is strange, because I didn’t expect it to be good. I even expected to be annoyed by the...
26 April 2006
American Dreamz dir. by Paul Weitz
The things you’ll do for family. Yes, I took my little sister and my cousin to see this horrible excuse for a film while I was in Sligo this weekend. It...
23 April 2006
She’s dead or possibly dying and the rescue crew thinks they can save this baby. When they take the baby out, it goes “mama” and someone has shoved a plastic doll in her uterus and the fetus is missing
Edit: cause I can’t be bothered to write a whole new post Over the weekend I caught half an episode of Charmed, but then again it seems to be trying to...
16 April 2006
Junebug dir. by Phil Morrison
This is a film that perfectly fits that horrible description; a quirkie independent film. But never annoyingly quirky, so don’t worry about that. For the majority of the time the film...
15 April 2006
The Dark [based on book] by Simon Maginn dir. by John Fawcett
With atmospheric camera work over waves the opening credits of this film make way for Adele and her daughter Sarah as they drive through a remote part of Wales, looking for...
12 April 2006
The Village dir. by M. Night Shyamalan
Its been two years since this came out in the cinema, and I’m finally getting to see it. Given that I’ve liked most of what Shyamalan has done, and given that Joaquin Phoenix is a star I’m a little surprised that it has taken me this long. I really enjoyed The Sixth Sense, and loved Unbreakable, but I did hate Signs.
8 April 2006
Tsotsi [based on book] by Athol Fugard dir. by Gavin Hood
This traces a few days in the life of the teenage gang leader Tsotsi. When we first meet him, he and his friends are playing dice, deciding what to do that...
2 April 2006
Inside Man dir. by Spike Lee
You know Clive Owen is an actor that puzzles me. I always think that he could do a lot better than the films I’ve seen him in. King Arthur was a...
26 March 2006
V for Vendetta [based on comic] by Alan Moore dir. by James McTeigue
I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised by how good this film was. Then again I had been expecting rubbish, and as we all know low expectations makes it...
22 March 2006
The Proposition dir. by John Hillcoat
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...
15 March 2006
Capote [based on book] by Gerald Clarke dir. by Bennett Miller
Truman Capote is best known for writing In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and this film deals with the six year it took him to write the true crime novel...
8 March 2006