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Writ & Dir: Martin McDonagh

• Colin Farrell … Ray
• Ralph Fiennes … Harry
• Brendan Gleeson … Ken
• Clémence Poésy … Chloë

Ray and Ken are two Irish hit-men hiding out after a job. Hiding out in Bruges on orders from their boss, Harry. Ken is all set to relax and enjoy the medieval scenery and architecture. Visit the castles and churches. download free phone ringtones24 theme ringtones,24 ringtones themelg phone ringtones,ringtones for lg wireless phoneringtones maker software,nokia ringtones maker,ringtones makerdownload free ringtones lgcingular free mp3 ringtonesfree phone ringtones verizon,free verizon ringtones,customer free ringtones verizon wirelessalltel free real ringtonesdownload free mosquito ringtonescingular ringtones shop,cingular shop ringtonesdownload info remember ringtones,download info pcs remember ringtones sprint,download free info remember ringtones samsungdownload free cricket ringtonespolyphonic ringtones for sony ericssonyahoo ringtones free downloadfree country music ringtones,country music ringtonesfree real ringtones for sprint phone,sprint ringtones,free ringtones for sprint pcs phonefree music ringtones,download free music nextel ringtones,free get music ringtonesfree us cellular ringtones,free ringtones for us cellular carrier,free ringtones for us cellular phonefree cingular music ringtonescellular download free phone ringtonesfree nokia 1100 tracfone ringtonestv theme ringtonesdownload ericsson free ringtones sonycingular free music real ringtonesinfo nextel remember ringtones wallpaper,info nextel remember ringtones,info nextel personal remember ringtones wallpaper24 free ringtones6560 nokia polyphonic ringtones,nokia polyphonic ringtones,nokia 3560 polyphonic ringtones100 free virgin mobile ringtonesfree mp3 ringtones suncomfree real music ringtones sprintblackberry download free ringtonesfree crazy frog ringtones downloaddownload free ringtones to pcchristian music ringtonescell game phone ringtones wallpaper,cell phone ringtones wallpaper,cell phone ringtones and wallpaperfree logo nokia phone ringtones,free nokia phone ringtones,free ringtones for sprint phone nokia 3588imobile phone ringtones virgininfo polyphonic remember ringtones wwe,info polyphonic remember ringtones sagem,info polyphonic remember ringtonesfree ringtones from cingular,free cingular ringtones and graphicdownload nokia ringtones,download ringtones for all nokia phone,download info nokia remember ringtonesdownload free suncom ringtonesfree ringtones creator software,free ringtones software,free ware ringtones softwaredownload free real ringtonesfree ringtones convertercellular customer free ringtones usfree motorola ringtones tracfonego phone ringtonesnextel real music ringtonesfree nextel real ringtonesdownloadable cell phone ringtones Harry says it is like fairy tale, coming in on the canal. Ray isn’t so sure of that, but when he comes upon a film shot he is much more interested.

And that is enough of a plot recap. Any more would be to give away details that might spoil the enjoyment of the film. Suffice to say that this is a really good film.

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• Bryce Dallas Howard - Ivy Walker
• Joaquin Phoenix - Lucius Hunt
• Adrien Brody - Noah Percy
• William Hurt - Edward Walker
• Sigourney Weaver - Alice Hunt
• Brendan Gleeson - August Nicholson

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.

Whatever the reason, I’m glad that I’ve finally gotten to see it, as there is a lot to admire here. As with most of Shyamalan’s films there are twists and turns. Some I saw coming, others took me a little by surprise, but I’ve never really been wowed by the sudden, unexpected twist. Afterall, if a story is to be believable and real then you should have some idea that the twist in question is possible. But this isn’t really a twist-film. Not is it a horror, monster-type film. Rather it is a character film.

The setting is an isolated, rural village, surrounded by a forest. And we open on a funeral, a funeral that could possibly have been prevented. The elders of the village founded it to escape the violence and crime of the towns. They have taken oaths never to return, even if medicines are needed. And then there is “those we do not speak of”. Strange creatures that inhabit the woods. They have come to a sort of truce with the villagers. The creatures will not enter the village, and the villagers must never enter the woods. They maintain a border, with watch-towers and torches burning through the night. Ready to hide if those we do not speak of should make an appearance.

Overall I really enjoyed this film, Phoenix is wonderful as the taciturn Lucius who doesn’t seem to fear the creatures, and who wishes to visit the towns in order to bring back medicine. Howard also gives a great performance as Ivy, the love interest. And then there is Brody as the “village idiot”. This threesome is the heart of the film.

The film’s action is quite slow, and is more atmospheric and tense rather than jumpy or scary. Although there are a few jump-in-your-seat moments. Although they are mainly down to overuse of sound cues and a soundtrack that tries too hard to make you scared. That being said there are moments of fear in the film, but the main one is because you believe the fear of a character, rather than that of a “scary movie”.

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D’you know what I hate? Do you?^[1] Well, never fear, I shall reveal all.

What I hate is having a topic to blog about on the way to work, or way back from lunch, but then getting distracted by utter nothingness and forgetting what that topic was. Isn’t it weird the way stuff can just fly out of your head, yet it requires so much effort to get new stuff in there? So I intend to keep typing until an idea either returns, or a new one is born^[2]

Also, fuckers who can’t mute their laptops so I get to hear that lovely windows start-up and shut-down tone over and over and over again. Thats lovely that it. Gorgeous. Do you know what they should do, they should release it as a ring tone.

Which in turn, reminds me of something I don’t hate, but do in fact love. That ad for Amstel beer. Not the one where they are sailing to the new world, cause that’s a bit pants. But the Trojan Horse one. Coupla lads, sitting in Troy’s battlements hear a funny noise from outside. So they take a quick look. Nothing there but a big giant horse^[3] In a not-too-strong-but-very-recognisable dublin accent, one turns to the other and says “D’ya know what we should do? We should bring it inside.”

I swear, that fella has the best possible delivery of that line ever. This big grin on his face like this is the best idea ever. Strike that, it is even better than that So all look at each other. Cut to them having a pint, when one of the others repeats the line, in a tone of voice that says nothing but “you fucking daw you”, and we see the horse stuck in the gates. It isn’t the best advert ever made, but I just love the delivery of that line.

And, no. I still haven’t mernembered what it was that I was going to post about. Must be old age.

And now I’ve gone and said that I’ll type til I think of it. This threat might have backfired. I’m still typing, but the inspiration, she be going. then again, I never said my typing had to be words, did I? Maybe I’ll just type random letters, I’ll be like one of those monkeys trying to come up with the works of Shakespeare. Chained to the keyboard for all eternity. Still, I suppose, if that happens I’ll never actually hit publish, and none of you will ever read this…

Oh, guess what. I’ve remembered. Numfar, do the dance of joy.

Course if you are still reading after all that pointless crap you’ll be expecting a big old payoff won’t you? Well, sorry to disappoint, but unless you lower your expectations I can’t help you. My original topic was The Kingdom of Heaven, yes, the silly film with Orlando Bloom and many many more big names.

Flatmate bought it over the weekend, and we watched it last night after Life on Mars. Well, we watched part of it. I was only going to watch until Lamb^[4] died, but then I got distracted by Brendan Gleeson’s great mad bastard character. But, back to the dot beside the point, wasn’t that a terrible, terrible film? In what world did it make sense?

First off, why exactly were we supposed to empathise with Balian^[5] as he killed the priest for saying bad things about his dead wife? Surely it was a hell of a lot worse to actually burn someone alive no?

And how in the hell did Balian become such a gorram weapons expert? Maybe all that sword practice he did as a blacksmith in Pirates of the Carribean paid off?

And yet, despite all that shite, it is quite watchable. I mean, I wouldn’t go out of my way t turn it on, but it does have Gleeson’s mad dancing murderous soldier, and I could listen to Jeremy Irons anyday^[6] and of course lovely Lamb.

You know what, they should remake that film, only remove the Orlando bits. Oh, and the pointless love story. just keep the mad bastards. It’d be so much more fun don’t you think?

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Dir: Wolfgang Peterson
Writ: David Benioff based on poem by Homer
* Brad Pitt - Achilles
* Eric Bana - Hector
* Orlando Bloom - Paris
* Diane Kruger - Helen
* Sean Bean - Odysseus
* Brian Cox - Agamemnon
*Brendan Gleeson - Menelaus

So the Illiad up on the big screen. The most expensive film ever made. Bound to be rubbish right?
Well it isn’t great, but it is far from bad.

The films opens with a brief history lesson; with an outline of the political situation in the Ancient World, letting the audience know who is who, and where they all lie. We also get an introduction to the awesom fighting abilities of Achilles as he fights the champion of Thessaly and defeats him in an instant. (Maybe modern wars should also be decided by one on one challenges, save a lot of hassle).

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For those of you who don’t know, Neil Gaiman is involved in bringing the story of Beowulf to the big screen. And the cast, imo, sounds great so far; Ray Winstone, Brendan Gleeson, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie and others. Of course they won’t be seen on the screen as performance capture technology is being used to create the film. Not motion capture. That is something entirely different.

But it seems as though there is more than a little discontent in the Beowulf-loving community, with phrases like “spitting on your grandmother” and insults such as “overly literal twit” being bandied around. Has madness really taken over the Anglo-Saxon community?

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