Went to see “We own the night” with Corky tonight. It stars Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg and its written and directed by James Gray who made one of my favourite films, “The Yards“. Based in New York in the 80’s its an excellent story about a fractured family brought together in the war on… Continue reading

Rather liked this film about an old man’s infatuation with a much younger woman. Its quite a good story, extremely well acted by Peter O Toole and Leslie Phillips. The relationship between the two old men is quite touching and the banter between them is dead funny. 7/10 Continue reading

Quite an interesting(ish) story about a group of men kidnapped and locked in a factory. A chemical accident causes them to lose their memories. Piecing together information around them, they realise that some were kidnapped and some were the kidnappers. They decide they must work together to figure out how to get away before the… Continue reading

We watched this film in instalments last night, its a really lovely little film. The true story of Burt Munro a New Zealander who in 1967 set the under-1000 cc world motorcycle land speed record which still stands today. He set the the record on an 1920 Indian scout which he had modified and rebuilt… Continue reading

French film starring Daniel Auteuil and Gerard Depardieu. Its the story of quite a dull divorcee who hears he is going to be sacked. So, on his neighbours advice he pretends to be gay in a bid to keep his job. The company keeps him on to be politically correct, female co-workers want to seduce… Continue reading

Finally sat down and watched this film properly this morning and I’m glad I did as it is an excellent film. Based in East Germany in the early 80’s it is the story of a devout member of the Stasi, Gerd Wiesler, who is in charge of surveillance of a playwright and his actress girlfriend.… Continue reading

An extremely well made film, the animation is fantastic. I really enjoyed Shrek, The Incredibles and Finding Nemo they were all laugh out loud funny but this is pretty boring. It is just no fun, there a few laughs but they are few and far between. The cinema was pretty well full of kids tonight… Continue reading

Watched this again last night this would definitely be in my list of top ten films ever. Made in 1957 this fantastically well written film about 12 jurors discussing the verdict on a young man who has been accused of murdering his father. As it is a murder case the jury has to return a… Continue reading

Incredibly overrated boring tosh. If you are standing in the video shop and you fancy something with a bit of meaning, a storyline, something substantive then don’t, whatever you do, get this film. 0/10 Continue reading

A Russian film about two boys whose father returns home after a twelve year absense. He then takes the boys on a fishing trip, his motives are unclear and he has an ulterior motive for taking them to the island where they fish. But, it is the boys reaction to him and his efforts to… Continue reading

A German film about the last few days of Hitlers life when he was holed up in a bunker in Berlin. This is an excellent account of what happened as the Russians closed in and Hitler and his generals gradually realise the war is over. Not the most cheery film but absolutely fascinating and very… Continue reading

Its a pretty good film although I didn’t think it found its stride until about a third of the way in. Had it not been for the brilliant performances by Leonardo diCaprio and particularly Djimon Hounsou this would have been just a regular action thriller. 8/10 Continue reading

Excellent. I really enjoyed this film, when I first heard of it I thought it was just some depressing wheepy, but I was so wrong. The story is about a couple struggling to cope with the murder of their son and the fact that the murderer is out on bail, is probably only going to… Continue reading

Absolute rubbish! I cannot think of anything good to say about this film, rubbish story, script and direction and the acting was poor as well. It is so rubbish that I am disapointed I actually wasted time watching it. 0/10 Continue reading

At 10.30 last might I was cleaning a dvd with a banana! I was desperate to get it working again using this remedy as we were enjoying the film so much it was driving us crazy as it kept jumping and pausing and it worked! The film was far better than we expected, I had… Continue reading

Very Very Good I am a big fan of the Bourne films and this finishes off the trilogy perfectly. Great plot, great action, great fight sequences where anything will do as weapon even a book! You guessed it it was great! 10/10 (unanimous with no discussion needed!) Continue reading

Watched this at the Corkys on their super new telly. I really liked it, the story is nothing spectacular but I am quite a fan of Mark Wahlberg and had another “action hero” played this part it could have been just another wronged good guy gets revenge movie but he brings a maturity to the… Continue reading

Good film and a brilliant performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman. It focuses on the time in Capotes life while he was writing “in cold blood” a book about a quadruple murder in Kansas and his relationship with one of the killers Perry Smith. Its a fascinating story, although it is not made clear in the… Continue reading

Made by the same director who made Amores Perros and 21 Grams This is one of those films where you are witness to a violent event and a story unfolds of the people involved. Done well, these films can be very good but it needs to have characters with depth who interest you otherwise you… Continue reading

A story about a man with an incredible sense of smell who becomes obsessed with preserving the perfect scent, the smell of young beautiful women. So he bonks 12 girls on the head, covers them in fat which absorbs the smell and creates a super perfume. These murders don’t go unnoticed and he is eventually… Continue reading