If you are searching for a 'feel good' romantic film to sit and watch with your teenage daughter then this is it!! You won't have to worry about inappropriate content. Just relax and remember what it was like to dream of the perfect romance. This is a story that will sweep you along and will have you thinking about that 'love' which might have been. It had me captivated from the start and hoping that the ending would be a happy one. You will have to watch to find out if this is the case. I would recommend it to anyone who wishes love was as uncomplicated as they once thought it to be!!
Engaged girl meets single boy who Grandmother is searching for her long lost love.
I thought The Avengers was a bad film. I mean, my friend actually fell asleep mid-way in the cinema. But no, Basement is perhaps the worst film in history and the only saving graces are that Danny Dyer gets knocked about a bit and DSI Burnside is in it. The plot unfolds by way of a seemingly unrelated incidents, and characters often find themselves doing the most ridiculous things. Why would you stop in the middle of the forest for no real reason, and why would you continue to walk through and get yourself lost? Most of the film is set in the "basement" where everyone continues to walk around in circles for a long time until the climax of the film. This is cinema at its worst.
After returning from an anti-war demonstration, Gary (Danny Dyer), Sarah (Kierston Wareing), Saffron (Lois Winstone), Pru (Emily Beecham) and Derek (Jimi Mistry) stop in the country. Staggeringly, Derek and Saffron discover a metal hatch in the middle of the forest -- yeah, as if -- and they decide to explore inside. The others search for their missing friends and find follow them to the basement when predictably the hatch closes behind them. Hilarity ensues.
I was slightly apprehensive before I watched this film because I thought it would it wouldn't be as good as the book, but I was pleasantly surprised. Obviously the book goes into a lot more detail than the film but you can certainly follow the storyline and Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana's acting bring it to life, it was exactly how I'd imagined it to be when I was reading.
There are some sad moments (I was crying at the end) and the story line does jump around a lot (but what can you expect from a time travel film) Overall, I really enjoyed it and would recommend it for a quiet night in. Definitely a good film for your mum or sister.
A Chicago librarian (Eric Bana) suffers from a rare genetic disorder that sends him hurtling through time whenever he is under extreme duress; despite the fact that he vanishes at inordinately frequent and lengthy intervals, he attempts to build a stable future with the beautiful young heiress he loves (Rachel McAdams). This film is based on the best-selling book by author Audrey Niffenegger.
Amazing British comedy on such a (noticeably) low budget. Never an easy thing when the setting is on a spaceship in the future. But the original Star Wars did it and so does Red Dwarf. Of course, the two are incomparable in many ways but I'd rather watch Red Dwarf any day of the week.
This first series gives the roots to the story and manages to replicate the book well, including many of the smaller jokes too. A true classic, which should be watched by anyone who enjoys comedy and especialy the fans of Douglas Adams.
No matter what anyone says, 'Home Alone' is a Christmas classic. It's entertaining for anyone willing to be entertained by a family favourite, with light comedy and Disney-esque disaster abound. Culkin's comments often bring a smile to the face if not a full-blown giggle and the inclusion of the late, great John Candy is the icing on the cake.
Obviously not a cinematic great in many respects, but for what it aims to be, it succeeds.
From what I have seen of this series so far, Morgana is the real deal, a true chameleon and funny as hell. If you like proper female comedian talent, it doesn't get much better than this - blows Catherine Tate out the water...
Truly funny female comedian
Released the same year as The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford and No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood proves American cinema is healthy and vibrant, which is reassuring considering the current CGI 3D obsession. In simplest terms, Paul Thomas Anderson's epic drama is The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre, as seen through the eyes of Robert Altman (the film is dedicated to him). It's a fascinating look at the American psyche, cold-hearted and serious, yet devilishly entertaining.
The story encompasses a lifetime of greed and will haunt you long after the credits role. Daniel Day Lewis plays Daniel Plainview and the story follows his development from miner to oil tycoon, with his son ("and partner...") H.W. (Dillon Freasier). It's a parable on capitalism, in conflict with religion (embodied by Paul Dano playing young preacher Eli Sunday).
Some may have found Anderson's previous films to be too obvious and rigid (Boogie Nights, Magnolia), but no-one could deny his skill behind the camera. There Will Be Blood feels like a natural growth from those earlier films, along with a welcome playfulness here, despite the cynical story (neither capitalism nor religion come out of it well!). It has an abstract nature throughout, frequently underlined by the incredible score from Jonny Greenwood. The music is organic and expressive, using all sorts of unusual sounds (one sequence of Daniel's growing oil field has a wonderful rhythm) to create a theme often abrasive and more akin to a horror film. The changing tone unusually brings your attention to that score and for good reason. Take the very opening scene, a shot of the mountains before focusing on Daniel, mining alone. It's accompanied by a horn that is almost a long shriek. If you knew nothing else about the story at this point, you might already consider Plainview a monster.
And he is a monster. Daniel Day Lewis is astonishing as Plainview. He seems to become him utterly, that every movement, every tick is beyond acting. You will especially note his distinct, measured tone of voice, based somewhat on John Huston, which is so hypnotic to the characters and us the viewer. Not only is he a monster, he is such an accomplished creation that the film, so centred on his performance, could be classed as Horror from a certain perspective.
A great performance needs able support and Paul Dano as Eli Sunday is fantastic. He is so much younger than Daniel Day Lewis, but he holds his own with a confident turn as the manipulative preacher. He is softly spoken, yet with a penchant for sermons where he appears possessed, full of fire and brimstone. The film hinges on their relationship over the years and it is fascinating to see them locked together. Both men are opposites, but both manipulative and see the hypocrisy in each other. Finally there is the boy, H.W., who represents an enigma in Daniel, in that this is the only person in the world he could possibly love and therefore is the only real source of redemption. Young Dillon Freasier is excellent. He and Day Lewis complement each other so well that the relationship is convincing.
It's pacier than you might expect, and a dark, epic plot, but beautiful. Paul Thomas Anderson's own screenplay, developed from the novel Oil! By Upton Sinclair is a nuanced masterpiece. While Daniel Day Lewis won the Academy Award for Best Actor, Anderson lost out on Best Adapted Screenplay to the Coen's No Country for Old Men. You can debate the choice, but it just goes to prove what an incredible year that was!
The film is perfectly realised visually. Some shots might stand out as being particularly breathtaking, but Robert Elswit's photography is consistently striking throughout, while Anderson's direction is subtle and focused. He wisely lets Daniel Plainview do all the talking and while there are uncompromising moments that pack a punch -like a oil drill bit to the head, literally(!)- he resists turning them into set-pieces and doesn't even resort to zooms, quick edits or slow motion. It's such a change from his usual style of bringing attention to the craft, though there isn't anything wrong with that approach. For example, Boogie Nights had a raw Scorcese feel about it and Magnolia even had a musical number to emphasise its story of shared fate. These are fine films and when I say There Will Be Blood is better, I mean only in a realisation of a larger ambition.
What few critics there are of There Will Be Blood seem to find the ending a challenge amongst other things, or even a betrayal of what has gone before. I argue they were not watching closely enough and the brilliance of that closing scene is in the contrasting absurdity. Well, if you do follow the theory this is a Horror film, consider that the best of that genre usually do have one moment of pure madness. It is a terrifying scene, yet you may laugh nervously, as the film is brought to a simple and effective close with a single line of dialogue. If you do find it odd, just let it simmer on your mind for a couple of days and hopefully you'll see what was intended; that all the threads of a life dedicated to obsession, hatred and existing on the edge of madness, are so beautifully tied off.
As I said before, The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre was a proud influence on Anderson, but it also bears a resemblance to Citizen Kane and occasionally has a Kubrick feel to it, though warmer. That this is indelibly Anderson's film and can stand to be compared with the very best, is testament to a visionary director who has clearly made his Masterpiece and struck black gold in possibly the best American film for 20 years.
Jobbing actor Steve Coogan embarks upon a series of restaurant reviews with friend and erstwhile collaborator Rob Brydon, in 'The Trip': A hilarious, hyper real, six-part comedy that takes in the wonders of rural England whilst poking fun at the foibles and insecurities of its egotistical protagonist.
Coogan plays himself with an air of conceit and revels in scenes of self-reflexive, self-parody with digs at his well documented love life and stalled movie career: "You just need one film, Steve" implores his agent, "I've done 10!" comes the exasperated reply.
Rob Brydon also readily takes the p*** of out himself as a talented, but irritatingly repetitive, impressionist (fans of the duos well known, excellent impersonations of Roger Moore, Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Al Pacino and others are in for a treat) with Coogan berating Brydon's family man persona and middle-of-the-road routines: "You can't go through life like you're on a Radio 4 panel show", he bemoans.
Director Michael Winterbottom, who last worked with the pair on 'Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story' (2005), pretty much covers the same ground here. Directs from a distance, lets the material speak for itself and leaves it up to his stars to cut loose on camera...and by cut loose, we're not talking action here; just one liners, pathos and consistently amusing dialogue. 'The Trip' is better paced than 'Tristan Shandy...' and is definitely worth seeing for fans of the old Steve Coogan.
Christopher Nolan, the mind behind films such as Memento, Insomnia, The Prestige, Batman Begins and Batman The Dark Knight has always had an interesting approach to films and whilst his previous efforts have all been intelligent and well-devised, Inception is a cut above the rest in terms of elaborate and complex storytelling. You will need all your powers of concentration to get through this film with anything of an idea of what is going on. And even then you still might find it all just too confusing to bear. I've seen it twice now and I'm still not sure if it makes sense or not, to me at least.
Sure it's an entertaining Matrix-esque action film, packed full of top-notch stars with a number of high-energy running gun battles and car chases as well as some excellent special effects that help Nolan to realise his alternative worlds of his protagonists' dreams, but what exactly is it all meant to mean? Can the audience fully appreciate it? Can they fully understand it? It all happens at breakneck pace, and whilst the actors and Nolan himself spent months, if not years, working with the script and with the ideas and notions behind the storyline - the concept of inception and the dreamworld - the audience are not privy to the same information or knowledge. The audience are thrown into the mix without even a scant briefing beforehand and have only just over two hours to get to grips with it, by which point, on first viewing at least, the film has already passed them by. Sure this is great for the Box Office receipts, but it's not very fair to the audience. Nevertheless as one of the main criticisms of films often seems to be that they are not inventive enough or not creative enough, then maybe Inception should be praised. Assuming that the general public mostly watch Hollywood blockbusters, rom-coms and horror films then this is likely to be one of the most arty and challenging films that they will have seen in recent years. Of course if you can't keep up with the storyline then there is still plenty of exciting action scenes that will get your blood pumping.
Leonardo DiCaprio is Cobb. He infiltrates people's dreams to find valuable corporate secrets. He puts in another good performance after his turn in Shutter Island. His supporting cast is also excellent. Tom Hardy (amazing in Bronson) is Eames - a 'forger' on Cobb's team who has the ability to assume the identities of people within dreams in order to help manipulate targets. Ellen Page (fun and perky in Whip It) is Ariadne, an extremely intelligent and creative young student, who knows nothing of the concept of inception until she meets Cobb who employs her to be an 'architect' - someone who is able to create a dreamscape that, once again can be used as a method of manipulating targets. Finally there is Cobb's go-to-man and sidekick Arthur, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt (likable and vulnerable in 500 Days of Summer) who has some mind-bending skills of his own.
The pacing is good, it will certainly keep viewers on the edge of their seats, and the direction is excellent, especially considering how complex the film is, but the plot just seems needlessly complicated. In the world of Inception where there are four different levels of the dream state it all becomes rather confusing.
By the end you'll be asking yourself is Cobb still dreaming? The problem is that because Nolan has concentrated on action and intrigue, more than on his characters, you may simply not care.
Knight and Day is an undeniably fun film. Tom Cruise - he's funny, and he's not scared of poking fun at himself either - his cameo performance in Tropic Thunder has to go down as one of the finest in recent memory. Outstanding. His performance in Magnolia was exceptional too. Plus he can really act as well of course, he was brilliant in Collateral and also simply stunning in Vanilla Sky.
Knight and Day sees Cruise as a sort of trained assassin/super-agent. He stars alongshide Cameron Diaz as an everyday woman looking for some excitement in her life. When she meets Cruise's character, boy does she get it. Back to Diaz, I didn't really enjoy Charlie's Angels but you have to say that Diaz is an actress that knows how to have fun and pick the exciting roles, from her earliest role as a smoking-hot blonde-bombshell in The Mask to a trio of kooky roles in There's Something About Mary, Very Bad Things and Being John Malkovich, all the way up to date with fairly recent, fairly decent comedies such as The Holiday and What Happens in Vegas, she's always entertaining. And even when she's in a less-than-a-blockbuster type of film, she's still the best thing in it. That's truely one of the marks of a good actor - the film might not be great, but the actor can transcend the material and pull a great performance out of the bag and still retain audience respect. Cruise and Diaz can both do this. Fortunately with Knight and Day they don't need to, it's a fun, exciting film full of car chases, motorbikes, planes, trains, speedboats and explosions, gun fights and rooftop chases. Not to mention a dizzying number of locations including Boston, Seville, little Pacific islands where spies and the like hang out when they're in hiding, as well as the Alps and the Caribbean.
Tom Cruise is Roy Miller a secret agent who comes to the rescue of June Havens played by Cameron Diaz, trouble is June doesn't exactly want to be saved, know that she potentially even needs to be saved, or from who. They both produce excellent performances. They may not be Oscar-worthy but that's not what the script, or the film, calls for.
Cruise and Diaz are light and breezy, likable and fun, exactly what is required. They keep the film afloat even when at times it looks a bit iffy. Director James Mangold proves he is the right man for the job by directing with skill and precision.
Overall Knight and Day is a really fun film that might not linger long in the memory but will still reward repeat viewing for the many laughs along the way.
Who is Evelyn Salt? It's Angelina Jolie. Everyone knows Angelina Jolie she's from the Tomb Raider films. Oh sorry I'm being silly. Evelyn Salt is actually a CIA agent, she's the best, well one of the best, you can't really know who is actually the best can you, it's not the Olympics is it?
Anyway the Russian President is about to be assassinated during his forthcoming visit to New York City for the funeral of the U.S. Vice President. And the would-be assassin is named as Evelyn Salt. How can it be, she's a CIA agent. Or is she? Evelyn goes on the run. It's a bit like Jason Bourne so far isn't it? You know what with the memory loss, being a CIA agent, being a top assassin and going on the run from your bosses. But only with a woman, not Matt Damon, that one who was Good Will Hunting, in a much better film. He wrote that you know, with Ben Affleck. It won an Oscar for best screenplay. Quite right as well. Why haven't they written more together? That film was ace! Thoughtful, funny, poignant - makes Salt look a completely daft by comparison. Of course they are totally different films and it's highly unfair to compare them, still Salt ain't gonna win anything.
Anyway Angelina Jolie's boss, I mean Evelyn Salt's boss, a chap by the name of Winter, refuses to believe that Evelyn is a double agent, secret, sexy, Russian spy type, but if she isn't then why is she on the run and what is she planning? Just who the hell is Evelyn Salt? Oh I'm repeating myself. Get used to it so does the film.
So Salt, the film, is a big budget, mainstream Hollywood film with a big A-list star. Jolie was brilliant as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider and I definitely have a sexy, Russian spy sex fantasy, that incidentally already starred Angelina Jolie before Salt was ever thought of, so why can't I get excited at the idea of watching this film? Clearly Jolie doesn't disappoint, this role is the sort that was written for her and her action skills after films like Tomb Raider and Mr and Mrs Smith leave little to be desired, but it just seems like it's going to be some sort of James Bond film with a woman instead of Sean Connery. Plus you just just know it's intended as a big franchise. three films. buy the boxset, you know the sort of thing and that just a bit irritating as firstly we'll have to wait about five years to find out what really happens in the end and secondly it's all a bit crass, in terms of bleeding the viewers for three trips to the cinema and three DVD purchases.
It all starts a bit brutally as well. I don't like seeing women being physically assaulted on screen, I think quite frankly, no jokes here, that it's extremely distasteful, but no doubt the filmmakers had decided that gender was not an issue and Evelyn Salt is a spy and that spies often get tortured or beaten up, doesn't mean I have to like it though. I almost switched off there and then. Despite this, the pace rarely dips, right from the off it's totally full-on. Jolie as Salt goes through a plethora of guns and other weapons, does loads of running, jumping and climbing and of course more fighting. It's an action-junkies' idea of the perfect film.
Director Phillip Noyce does his job more than adequately and the performances are all strong throughout. Noyce brings plenty of visual flair and throws several striking set-pieces into the mix, but, all of that said, I still couldn't get past that initial feeling of there being something that I didn't like about this film. It's personal taste perhaps, but for me, something is wrong.
Salt is exciting, well directed, believably performed and well written but despite these particular elements that make up the film, being very good individually, it's just that whole idea of not knowing exactly what's happening, or who Evelyn Salt is, or something else entirely that I can't quite put my finger on that just irks me somewhat and ultimately detracts from the overall success and likeability of the film.
i love lost! its brilliant. gripping, thrilling, nail-biting, just the right amount of far-fetched. you never know whats coming next. well worth the money!
One word: AMAZING!! I absolutely loved this film.
The film starts with Riley a new character being turned into a vampire by Victoria. My favorite scene is the battle scene. In the battle scene all the new born vampires are fighting the cullens and most of the werewolfs, except seth as seth is guarding bella and edward at the top of the mountain. All the newborns are killed except one a new born vampire girl who the cullens decide to take into their care except when the volturi come they kill the last new born as "the volturi don't give second chances". Also Jacob gets injured during the battle sadly but Carlise heals him. The film ends with the battle really.
The question: Would I reccomend it?
DEFINITELY
The question:Is it the best Twilight film do far?
YES
Victoria is out for revenge on Edward for killing her love James. Victoria decides to go for Bella to hurt Edward.
A great story about 5 footballing friends who met up on the freestying circuit decide to embark on a journey to meet and play football with thier idol Diego Maradona.
They manage to get a free flight to New York and from there they must use their skills and tricks to entertain crowds and essentially make money for them to be able to get to Argentina.
The film shows the struggles the boys encounter, the arguments they have, their highs and lows as they travel through North America and South America to meet their objective.
But who makes it?
Watch the film to find out.....
5 football freestylers go on the ultimate journey to meet and play football with their idol, Diego Maradona
A beautiful and timeless masterpiece from director Ang Lee; 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' is known in its native China as perhaps the finest example of the Wuxia genre. Wuxia, from the root words Wu (meaning martial art or war) and Xia (meaning an honorable warrior-poet) are stories rooted in the ancient style of Chinese literature (e.g. 'The Huaben').
Chow Yun Fat stars as Lee Mu Bai, serene and humble warrior on a mission to bring his master's assassin; the notorious Jade Fox, to justice and protect The Green Sword of Destiny. Matters are complicated somewhat by the arrival of willful young maiden Jen-Yu (Zhang Zyi) and his unrequited love for Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh). Chen Chang also puts in a good performance as the brooding and reckless Luo Xiao Hu.
Adapted from the book by Du Lu Wang, cinematographer Peter Pau ('God of Gamblers', 'The Killer') works in harmony with martial arts choreographer Yuen Woo-ping ('Huo Yuan-Jia', 'The Matrix') to realize Ang Lee's epic vision. Chow Yun Fat steals the show as usual, though it's Zhang Zyi's tempestuous wildflower that gets the most memorable scenes (e.g. Ninja theft, crossing blades with Shu Lien and the sublime duel in the treetops against Lee Mu Bai).
With 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon', Ang Lee has made a film that's both entertaining for modern audiences whilst paying respectful homage to its roots in Shichuan Zhang's 'The Burning of Red Lotus Monastery' (1928), Xiang Kairen's 'Legend of Strange Hero' and the rules of the Wuxia genre itself. A fantastic film, which ought to be seen by all. .
Excellent series, as far as I'm concerned Joan hickson was the only one, who played this part, to bring out the character, as I feel sure, was intended. All of the the other efforts, even those with excellent and well respected international stars, do not come close.
Toy story 3 was hilarious! Twists and turns, laughter and sadness - made us adults feel like we had grown up with Andy - the kids loved it and glued to the TV arent the words! Could watch this over & over and would say its the best Toy Story yet!
We took our daughter to see this movie in the cinema and she loved it. Now she wants the dvd for xmas.
This film shows that with hope anything is possable. The film follows Andy Durfersne Played by Tim Robbins a hot shot banker who is in prisoned for the murder of his wife and lover with all the evedence pointing to him and with no alibie andy is sent to Shawshank prison where his presants stands out from the other prisoners. He soon makes friends with another inmate called Red played by Morgan Freeman who is the man to know inside if you require anything from tooth paste to posters of hot women. When Andy first starts speaking to Red its to ask for a rock hound which he descibes as a small pick axe for rocks Red is worried as he knows thats the Sisters a group of gay rapests have a thing for Andy and worns Andy not to sink it into there head. Andy has to put up with the Sisters beatting on him night after night.
After a few months inside the Govener decides to use the inmates as cheap layber which Andy and Red end up on, while on a job tarmacing a roof Andy over hears one of the Gards has just come into some money that he had been left in a will only for the govenment to take most of it but Andy who decides that he should help walks over to hom asking the Gard if he trusts his wife which upsets the Gard so much that he goes to throw him off the roof in the short time before the the drop Andy manages to convince the Gard that with the right papperwork, his help and a cupple bottles of beer the Gard could keep the lot by giving it to his wife and before long hes helping all the Gards with their money including the Govener who is also taking back hands so Andy using his banking skills covers up the money comming in. the Gards do Andy one favor and beat up the leader of the Sisters taking him out of Shawshank prison forever.
After ten years inside a new inmate comes into Shawshank prison that has information that could sent Andy free but the Govener not wantting to lose Andys banking skills decides to get rid of the new inmate by having him shot as if he was trying to escape.
Andy who now is angry decides to carve his name on his cell wall and notices that it is made of a chalky type of stone so with his rock hound that Red got him and a massive poster and time Andy tunnels his way through the wall and crawls through a tunnle of shit to freedom where he takes all the money that he was hidding for the govener.
The friendship between Andy and Red played by Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman that is so believable makes this film shine and keeps the viewer inthrilled till the end making you care for tha characters along the way this film is by far a masterpiece that will last the lenth of time.
A new classic one film that will always be enjoyed by the viewer. Which gives birth to two of the best actors of our time Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins. A massive shame it didnt do well at the cinema but it has exsploded on Video and Dvd to become one of the gratest films around.
Charmed is great complete boxset, you can watch it over and over again. The 3 witches who are sisters battle many different demons in the end always win. There are different twists to what happens throughout the complete series and none of them are really obvious to what is going happen. They carried out 8 complete series and I would recommend it to anyone whether they just like the actresses or they really enjoy witches and si-fi series. Charmed is definiately the best series I have purchased.
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