Very emotional film. you have to watch it, there's nothing i can say without spoiling it for you. A great film - a must see.
"Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" is a smart, funny murder-mystery from "Lethal Weapon" writer Shane Black. While fleeing from a toy store robbery, Harry Lockhart (Robert Downey Jr.) stumbles into a Hollywood audition and inadvertently impresses the casting director. He is then whisked off to a glamorous LA party, and teamed up with private eye Gay Perry (Val Kilmer) in order to get some first-hand experience for the role he mistakenly got. From there the newly acquainted duo find themselves embroiled in a murder case, trying to find out who is behind it and why they are trying to pin it on Harry. This film is smart, really smart, so smart in fact that it takes the time to literally stop and have Downey Jr. narrate a bit about how smart it is. These days however, this is just what we need more of, Downey Jr. and Kilmer are both easily likeable and the chemistry between their characters is the main charm of the film. Michelle Monaghan also puts in a good turn as Harry's ditsy dream girl, Harmony. The dialogue is sharp and fast paced, if not a little self-indulgent. The plot is genuinely interesting throughout, keeping twists consistent and ending with a highly effective climax.
The crew of the Battlestar Galactica whose numbers are slowly diminishing must find a home to keep the human race alive. They must battle with themselves, their new alliance with the rebel cylons and their own equipment in order to survive. Who or what is Kara Thrace? Who is the Final Fifth Cylon? Will Glactica survive the Final Battle? All of this will be answered in the final episodes and in dramatic style. This series is fast paced and focused and as always filmed in the gritty way that previous Galactica fans will recognise. The 2 hour finale leaves you wanting more but it's clear that one way or another it will be the end.
The final episodes of the poular American SciFi drama Battlestar Galactica.
A fantastic start to a spin-off from the world of Doctor Who. Brought about by Russell T Davies, after Elisabeth Sladen's successful return in the parent series as investigative journalist, Sarah Jane Smith, this series has proved to be a hit with children and even adults. Set on the mysterious Bannerman Road, and through the eyes of the new girl on the street, Maria Jackson, we see the world in a whole new light just like Maria does as she and Sarah Jane battle Bane, Slitheen, Gorgons, Kudlak and the Trickster. Along with Sarah Jane's super-intelligent adopted son, Luke Smith, cool kid Clyde Langer and the supercomputer Mr Smith, we are plunged into a world of excitement and outerspace amazement as the team battle to save Earth.
The acting is top notch, complimented with the excellent scripts and storylines. This is a definite five-star show.
The funniest TV burp ever! I think if it was any longer I would have laughed myself to death - so funny! I think it's the best DVD ever, but in the words of Harry Hill there's only one way to find out - FIGHT!
Very good programme! Amazing acting and effects, the animation is out of this world. Andrew Lee-Potts plays the best character and his acting makes the show become like everyday life! Amazing series! Definitely will be watching the next series!
The funniest thing ever! You miss most of the DVD because you're laughing so much, I've watched it nearly 100 times and it's still as funny as the first time. What a legend!
An excellent series and great ending to Friends - all the actors have one of their best performances in the final two episodes. A great series and what an ending!!
When you take the disc out of the folder and put it in your player, please select subtitles and no English dubbing.
The story unfolds frenetically and the original German language lends urgency by tone and inflection.
The piece is made up of photography, animation and live action. Multiple plotlines and scenarios make up a very well filmed movie, the music is first class and the camera work is second to none.
Intriguing sub-plots unfold as the story goes but do not digress from the point.
This refreshing piece is the abstract of what Godard meant by beginning middle and end. There is enough to go on to follow a very intense depiction of the plot.
The movie is graphic and although not offensively so, it does contain imagery which would not suit the young or very young. 10/10.
Non Linear Eurocinema, Multiple Storyline (Subplot).
Benjamin's mother dies in child birth and appalled by his withered appearance, his father abandons him at an old person's nursing home. Queenie, a black woman, who looks after the elderly at the care home, takes Benjamin in and raises him as her own. Benjamin fits right-in with the elderly as he looks just like them; he even makes a new friend named Daisy who is the grandchild of one of the residents. The two remain friends throughout their lives and their paths always rejoin along the way.
Benjamin continues to grow younger and stronger, even getting a job on a tug boat. Eventually Benjamin leaves the retirement home with a hunger for life and goes off to experience the world and embrace life. This eventually leads him back to Daisy and the pair's relationship develops into an epic romance, but one that is ill-fated from the start, as Daisy is growing old as Benjamin is turning into a child.
This beautifully rich film is a thought-provoking exploration of true love, growing old and making the most of what life throws at you. Told from Daisy's death bed, the film is skilfully put together, well acted by Brad and Cate and visually believable - it's a testament to Fincher's talent as a director!
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, is an imaginative and gripping tale about a boy who ages backwards.
Wild Child is a film about an American girl, who after him mum dies lashes out, so is sent by her dad to boarding school in England. At first she would like to leave and her only option is to go out the headteacher's son. She gets in trouble along the way by putting things in pools, changing translation disks and many other things. It turns out that Poppy's (Emma Roberts) mum went to this school a long time ago. This film is very good and I would recommend it to every teenage girl. it's a good film that you would enjoy with bag of popcorn and a nice drink.
Good story telling, lovable characters and a fantastic sense of humour in this western meet sci-fi.
The Morse code sets the tone and then hooks you. What's happening, what's coming and how is the town of Jericho going to survive - very addictive!
Funny, witty and you'll love the characters - this series really grew on me.
A good old-fashioned family film, mixed with comedy and a few surprises. A must for softies everywhere.
The stunning performances from Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart build up an amazing atmosphere of young love and sexual tension. The film is based upon the award winning book from the Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer and makes its incredible screen début with stunning visual effects, incredible casting and a gripping love story that will have you on the edge of your seat.
Seventeen year old Isabella Swan moves to Forks to live with her father after her mother remarries. She is quickly befriended by many students at her new high school, but she is intrigued by the mysterious Edward Cullen. Soon Bella falls for the alluring Edward but unearths a secret - he's a vampire!
American bozos Vin Diesel & Paul Walker rekindle their bromance as street-racing ex-con & cop double act: Dominic Toretto & Brian O' Conner in part four of the vacuous, clichéd but consistently entertaining and hugely popular franchise. A saga that began in 2001 with Rob Cohen's guilty pleasure of a movie 'The Fast & The Furious' followed up by Oscar nominated auteur John Singleton's surprisingly good '2 Fast 2 Furious' (sans Diesel) and most recently, a brand new timeline with Justin Lin's 'The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift' (which bridged its predecessors with a final act cameo by Diesel). Justin Lin marshals the chaos once more; in the hotly anticipated return of the film's original stars, including Michelle Rodriguez & Jordana Brewster. The wafer thin storyline barely warrants repetition and is frankly ludicrous, even more so than all the other 'F&F' pictures, in fact, story wise; 'Fast & Furious' is the weakest of the quartet: revving up, as it does, some divertive hokum about a cross-border smuggling cartel. 'Fast & Furious' opens with a bang: as Dom & Letty (Rodriguez) botch a daring tanker heist on a perilous stretch of mountain road, but soon fizzles out as the filmmakers, for reasons that go above and beyond baffling, begin to think they're shooting a movie that isn't 'The Fast & The Furious'. Someone should've told them that no one cares about flashbacks or subplots whilst few will even acknowledge their commendable attempt at narrative continuity (this being a prequel to 'Tokyo Drift', they mention the Han character as being Dom's ally in Asia). Some hot Russian chick turns up halfway and you begin to wonder why they invited Brewster & Rodriguez back, only to treat their characters as if they were odd items of unwanted furniture, disdainfully shuffled around the casualty bay at MFI. The original, however silly it may've been; had some memorable one-liners, a cool below-the-chassis truck-jack and an innovative, albeit CGI heavy, approach to the car race. 'F&F' on the other hand, more or less fails to deliver even the most basic requirements of a street racing movie (i.e. street racing), sure we get a mildly amusing sat-nav rally but where's the sealed off quarter mile or the tricked out signature rides that gave even the sketchiest of bit players some character? And if you've gone to the trouble of getting some aesthetically pleasing vehicles together in a line, why render the entire scene pointless by driving them through a cave? And yet despite its many, many flaws; fans will still delight in seeing familiar faces Dom & Brian, Starsky & Hutch for the ADD generation, back behind the wheel as our NOS powered petrolheads. Diesel after his disastrous foray into action-comedy with 'The Pacifier' and Walker after...well, pretty much every movie he's been in since '2 Fast 2 Furious' (notwithstanding a small part in 'Flags Of Our Fathers'). 'Fast & Furious' would've been an unwatchable, wet meringue of a movie had it not marked the return of buff behemoth Vin Diesel, now believe it or not, but they've actually set up another three possible sequels set in different narrative timelines! Who'll see them is anyone's guess, for 'Fast & Furious' rattles about the screen like a shot exhaust, and though the bodyworks good it takes a Herculean effort to push this stalled franchise over the finish line: They make it, but only just.
Not quite thrilling enough to be a thriller, nor dramatic enough to be a drama; 'Awake' is essentially an episode of 'The Twilight Zone' unnecessarily stretched out over 90 minutes. Hayden Christenson (still struggling to act his way out of a wet paper bag) plays nice-but-dim heir to the family fortune; Clay Beresford Jr. whose spur-of-the-moment marriage to sexy maid Sam Lockwood (daft-as-a-brush beauty Jessica Alba) provokes the ire of his domineering mother (the magnificent Lena Olin). But that's not the half of his problems; for Clay's about to have open-heart surgery under the knife of friend Dr. Jack Harper (Terrence Howard, good as usual) an MD with a less than enviable track record. 'Awake' has an excellent opening hook with a title card that informs us of Clay's impending predicament: "Of the millions of people who go under anaesthesia each year, a minuscule number experience anaesthesia awareness, unable to move, speak or otherwise indicate they are wide awake". Wow, you think, Anakin Skywalker's about to be operated on and he'll be, as the title suggests, awake throughout his procedure. But don't get your hopes up, for it's a good 40 minutes of boring exposition before we finally cut to the commendably suspenseful, but hysterically convoluted, surgery scene. 'Awake', when it works; works well and when it doesn't, we're forced to endure God awful, toe-curling lines like: "I think my new heart will love you as much as my old one". Somebody slap this guy already. But when they finally get down to what the synopsis promised, it makes for compulsive viewing and that's why 'Awake' is such a frustrating experience: for all they needed to do was trim the edges and settle on a tone or, if they really had to, shift the tone once for dramatic effect. Instead, director Joby Harold's haphazard approach to the material makes the film feel like an unconvincing hodgepodge of half-baked ideas. As it stands, 'Awake' won't put you sleep but it's not a movie you're ever likely to watch again. In the end; for all its flashily tricks, misdirection and tacked on subplots 'Awake' has one message and one message alone. The moral of the story? Always Listen To Your Mum. Worth a look.
Originally a book based on a true story by (and about) Danny Wallace, Yes Man accounts the life of a man who says no to life, but then attends a conference that changes him.
The storyline deviates slightly from the book. For one thing, the film is set in America, whereby the book's central location is London. Events leading from a "Yes" are different from the book. And the conference is unheard of (originally it was a stranger on a double decker bus). So, basically, most of the core parts of the film deviate from the book, but the ideas behind it remain true.
The film is clearly a comedy, and this is also reflected in the book. Although a lot of the events deviated slightly from the book, the film didn't quite feel like a betrayal to the original storyline as normally expected. In fact, this "brand new" film was refreshing whilst keeping the humour that originally was intended. Both clever and stupid jokes were incorporated to keep laughter from dying. Jim Carrey (Carl Allen) played an excellent lead, balancing comedy with romance without too much of the clichéd annoyances associated with romantic comedies - appreciated as this was a comedy with a touch of romantic mishap. Zooey Deschanel (Allison) played a fantastic "alternative" girl that would be far from the typical character that works well as a direct contrast to Carl. This helps emphasize the boundary Carl had to get over by saying "Yes" to anything and everything (said without sounding too pretentious... but it's true! I guess...)
All in all, a fantastic movie if you want a good laugh. It also can be very life-changing. I too have started to say "Yes" to a lot more opportunities (not necessarily everything) and it has worked wonders!
Such a fantastic show, with great extras and interviews on this DVD. Well worth £37.49 :)
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