Gran Torino dir. by Clint Eastwood
This is an odd film. Hard to write about because there are so many different ways to take it. On the one hand it is about a racist old man who...
12 January 2009
Eden Lake dir. by James Watkins
See also: IMDb ; Other reviews Jenny and Steve have a quiet weekend in the country planned. A romantic weekend, and Steve is bringing an engagement ring. Awww. Steve wants to...
20 September 2008
300 [based on the book] by Frank miller, Lynn Varley dir. by Zack Snyder
I have a feeling that how you feel at the end of seeing this film will be hugely coloured by your mindset before the film began. Personally I loved it. Wonderful visuals and a great story. Wasn’t overly impressed with the characterisation, but you can’t have everything.
The film begins with a voice-over, and this narrator pipes up throughout the film, sometimes describing the action that we are watching on screen. I have no doubt that some will find this redundant, but, given the ending and who the narrator is I think this device actually works really well. Plus he does add to the melodramatic, over the top atmosphere that make this such a good film.
23 March 2007
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Or the evening redness ISBN: 0679728759 See the child. He is pale and thin, he wears a thin and ragged linen shirt. He stokes the scullery fire. Outside lie dark turned...
6 February 2007
Pan’s Labyrinth dir. by Guillermo del Toro
El Laberinto del Fauno I really wanted to go see this film ever since I heard about it, and yer wan at the desk who tried to put me off by...
28 November 2006
Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
Your Vocabulary Score: A- Congratulations on your multifarious vocabulary! You must be quite an erudite person. How’s Your Vocabulary? via: Wyvernfriend A-, I’m a little disappointed. But never mind, I’m sure...
13 November 2006
Rome – Season 1 dir. by Michael Apted
it has been four hundred years since the founding of the Republic, and in that time Rome has grown into a mighty power. But military might, and subjugated lands don’t mean...
19 September 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
Green Street dir. by Lexi Alexander
Just so you know, this film is called Hooligans, Green Street Hooligans and Green Street depending on where you are. Football has never really had a good film made about it,...
4 October 2005
A History of Violence dir. by David Cronenberg
This is a strange film. I suppose I should have expected that from the director though shouldn’t I? We open with two criminal-types, drifting across America, leaving a trail of casual...
2 October 2005
Sin City [based on comic] by Frank miller dir. by Frank Miller, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rogriguez
It is hard to know how to describe this film, I suppose I could say that Sin City has three stories, each based on a different graphic novel by Miller. Or...
7 June 2005
Kill Bill vol 2 dir. by Quentin Tarantino
Bang bang, my baby shot me down You know there isn’t really all that much for me to say about this film. Did I enjoy it? Yes, but it isn’t great,...
25 April 2004
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