Tag Archives | Oscar nominee
Adam’s Rib
Warren Attinger has been a bad husband, but his wife, Doris, has caught him out. She follows him one day […]
Posted on 24 May 2014 | By Fence | Leave a response
12 Years a Slave [based on the memoir]
In pre-Civil War New York Solomon Northup lives a good life with his family and two children. He is a […]
Posted on 18 January 2014 | By Fence
Black Swan
Nina Sayers is a ballerina in the New York Ballet. She lives with her mother, and her whole live revolves […]
Posted on 30 January 2011 | By Fence | 3 responses
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford [based on the book]
I loved this film. I loved everything about it. The acting was brilliant. The way the story unfolded. The narration. […]
Posted on 8 January 2008 | By Fence | 11 responses
A Little Princess [based on the book]
based on book by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Sara Crewe lives a spoiled life in India with a devoted, doting father, until World War I intervenes, and he enlists, sending Sara off to boarding school in New York to keep her safe. There she must adjust, whereas before she had free rein to do as she pleased, now she must submit to rules and regulations that she doesn’t understand. And, most difficult for her, she must keep her imagination in check. But Sara isn’t a selfish, “poor little rich girl”, she is bright and kind, and soon makes friends with most of the other girls, from those in her class to the scullery maid. She is also the only one who can really get through to Lottie as they have both lost their mothers.
Posted on 29 July 2007 | By Fence | 4 responses
The Pursuit of Happyness
At the start of the film Linda is pulling double shifts while Chris is out selling bone density machines, struggling […]
Posted on 18 January 2007 | By Fence
Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noel)
Before the opening credits rolled on this film I had been thinking that I really wasn’t in th emood for […]
Posted on 4 January 2006 | By Fence
Corpse Bride
Poor old Victor just can’t get his through his wedding rehearsal, can’t remember his lines, bumps into things, sets the […]
Posted on 22 October 2005 | By Fence | 2 responses
Pride and Prejudice [based on book]
Sometimes directors really make you think, make you stop and consider their work, make you want to never ever see […]
Posted on 26 September 2005 | By Fence | 3 responses
Ladyhawke
I’ve wanted to buy this film on dvd for a long time now, but kept putting it off because it […]
Posted on 18 September 2005 | By Fence
Cinderella Man
– Joe Gould Based on the true story of James J Braddock. A boxing film. Set during the Depression. Consider […]
Posted on 16 September 2005 | By Fence
Oscar time again, can you believe it?
And the nominations are: Best picture The Aviator Finding Neverland Million Dollar Baby Ray Sideways – I’m guessing The Aviator […]
