Movies 2011
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
This is the American interpretation of the first in the Stieg Larsson trilogy . I really enjoyed the swedish version and I was a bit worried when I heard the Americans were going to do a version as well. However, I think that David Fincher is one of the best directors around and he has… Continue reading
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Inbetweeners
Four lads go to Malia to get as much action as possible. I thought it was alright, not as good as the series but I suppose its going to be hard make a film funny throughout. 7/10 Continue reading
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Sarah’s Key
Based in 2009 and 1942 this French film follows the story of an American journalist’s investigation into the Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup where in July 1942, French police in German-occupied Paris rounded up over 13000 Jews who were then taken to Auschwitz. Realising that her husbands flat in Paris was taken over by his family once… Continue reading
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The Next Three days
An American remake of the 2008 French film “Pour elle” anything for her. following an appeal, John Brennan’s (Crowe) wife is facing 20 years in prison for a murder she did not commit. Feeling that there is nothing else he can do he becomes obsessed with the idea of breaking her out. I was a… Continue reading
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Fair Game
Based in 2003 during the time when Bush was justifying going to war with Iraq, this is the story based on the autobiography of Valerie Plame, a CIA agent who was involved in covert operations to stop Iran acquiring nuclear weapons and also investigating whether Iraq had nuclear weapons. Her husband, a diplomat is asked… Continue reading
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Retreat
Taking a break on an isolated island, This really boring couple, Martin and Kate are about to find that their island retreat is about to become a prison of unimaginable terror. (oohh maybe something will happen!) When a blood soaked stranger stumbles through their door claiming a virus is sweeping across Europe, their lives are… Continue reading
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Ironclad
loosely based on the siege of Rochester towards the end of the First Barons war when King John retaliated against the barons for forcing him to sign the Magna Carta. Its not a bad film, I suppose I stuck with it because its British. Its ok, unfortunately it doesn’t really have anything new or exciting… Continue reading
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The Help
Based in Mississippi in the 1960’s this is the story of Skeeter who wants to be a journalist she decides to write a controversial book from the point of view of the black maids, exposing the racism they are faced with as they work for white families. When I first saw the trailer for this… Continue reading
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The Way Back
This film is loosly based on a book called “The long walk” a book by S?awomir Rawicz, depicting his alleged escape from a Siberian gulag and subsequent 4,000-mile walk to freedom in India. Although there have been allegations that the long walk never happened, its a gruelling and touching story of human determination as they… Continue reading
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Source Code
Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal), wakes up on a train traveling to Chicago. He finds that to to everyone on the train he appears as someone else. As he comes to grips with this, the train car explodes, killing everyone aboard. He regains consciousness inside a cockpit and through a screen, an Air Force Captain verifies… Continue reading
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Battle Los Angeles
This story follows a platoon of us marines during an global alien invasion as they try and rescue some civilians from a police station before LA is bombed in a bid to rid the city of the invading aliens. Well what can I say? I thought it was rubbish really. Just a big long gun… Continue reading
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Limitless
Eddie Morra is dumped by his girlfriend and is on the verge of being dumped by his publisher as well when he meets a former acquaintance how has become a drug dealer who sells him a new drug called NZT-48 which apparently allows humans to access 100% of the brains power rather than the normal… Continue reading
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Super 8
A group of kids are making a spoof zombie film when they witness a train derailment caused by a truck driving onto the track. Over the next few days strange things begin to happen. Dogs, people and appliances start to disappear and the air force, who have taken over the crash site are up to… Continue reading
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Paul
Graham and Clive are two sci-fi nerds who, after visiting Comic-con hire an RV and go on a road trip visiting all the sites of Extraterrestrial events. One night they are nearly involved in a car crash and there they meet Paul, an alien on the run from government agents. Loved it! I think I… Continue reading
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Burke and Hare
Based on the true story of the Edinburgh murders. Burke and Hare become body snatchers when they discover that a dead body can get a good price from medical professers. However demand soon outstrips supply and fresh is soon required. Its ok, I got pretty bored there was only one scene that made me laugh.… Continue reading
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Hereafter
This film tells three parallel stories about people affected by death in different ways; George, a reluctant psychic, Marie, who survives a near-death experience during a tsunami and Marcus, a British boy who wants to communicate with his dead brother, Jason. The central character is George(Damon) and how his psychic abilities have affected him and… Continue reading
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127 Hours
This film is based on Aron Ralstons account of when his arm is trapped by a falling rock while hiking alone in The Canyonlands National Park in Utah. Its an incredible account of Aron’s Psychological journey to finally making the decision to amputate his arm to save his life. When we watched the film I… Continue reading
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The Fighter
Mickey Ward, a welterweight boxer struggling in his career not through lack of talent but by being poorly managed by his mother and getting haphazard training from his cocaine addicted, former boxer brother Dickey. After being soundly beaten in an obvious mismatch Mickey struggles to find direction for his career eventually his father takes up… Continue reading
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Kings Speech
King George VI seeks help for his stammer from speech tharapist Lionel Logue. The two men become friends as they work together. Edward abdicates and George becomes King and relies on Logue to direct him through his radio broadcast which he makes on the day Britain goes to war with Germany at the start of… Continue reading
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Tangled
“Rapunzel” renamed as “Tangled” this is an excellent film. It feels just like a classic Disney film, really funny with some great characters (I really liked Maximus the horse). We all enjoyed it – Emma was really laughing. Emma’s score 12/10 website Continue reading
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X-Men: First Class
Although I have enjoyed all the x-men films this is the only one where I have felt really immersed by the story. It centres on the relationship between professor X and Magneto, how they started the X-men and how the feud between them began. The film dips a bit in the middle but it all… Continue reading
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The Kids are Alright
A Lesbian Couple have each given birth to a child using the same sperm donor. Their son Laser, wants to meet his donor/father. At 15 he is too young to do so, so he persuades his 18 year old sister Joni to find their father. Joni meets their father Paul, and is impressed and is… Continue reading
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Back and Forth
If your a fan of the foo’s then this is a must see. It charts each band members history and the ups and downs the band has been through. The editing is superb, there’s a great sequence before their gigs at Wembley Stadium where you see various shots of them playing The Pretender in venues… Continue reading
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Life Cycles
Featuring world-class mountain bike talent including Cam McCaul, Brendan Semanuk, Darren Berrecloth and Matt Hunter, this film traces the life of a mountain bike from its manufacture until its sad demise. The footage of mountain biking is fantastic, really scary and beautifully shot. There is a preview on youtube. [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJgaSTuwp7I[/tube] You can rent it on… Continue reading
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Monsters
Having discovered alien life forms a deep space probe crashes in Mexico releasing the aliens and causing the Americans and Mexicans to enforce a quarantine zone. A photojournalist is hired by a wealthy newspaper owner to get his daughter back to the states from San Jose and guess what they have to go through the… Continue reading
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Due Date
Peter Highman (Downey Jr) is on his way home to his wife who is about to have a baby. |But it all goes wrong when he meets Ethan Tremblay (Zach Galifianakis). When I read about this I thought its just a rip of off of Planes Trains and automobiles and not being a big fan… Continue reading
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The Town
Four men rob a bank taking the female bank manager (Claire) hostage. Releasing her once they have escaped, the robbers soon discover that Claire lives in their neighbourhood. Jem (Jeremy Renner) believes she is a loose end so Doug (Ben affleck) decides to follow her to keep an eye on her but instead starts a… Continue reading
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The Social Network
The story about the founding and the lawsuits of facebook. At Harvard in 2003, having been ditched by his girlfriend an angry Mark Zuckerberg creates a website called “Facemash” where students can compare how hot the students are. The site succeeds in getting a lot of traffic, upsetting a lot of sutdents and crashing Harvard’s… Continue reading
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Adjustment Bureau
What if your fate is preordained but then by pure chance something disrupts the path of your life and your fate is changed? Now that your fate is changed it becomes the task of the Adjustment bureau to readjust your life and get it back on track. What if that disruption to your life’s path… Continue reading
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True Grit
No doubt you know the story- Mattie Ross hires Rooster Cogburn to hunt down her fathers murderer believing him to have “true grit”. Its been years since I’ve seen the original so I was able to watch it without comparing it. Its all quite enjoyable but I must admit I wasn’t exactly on the edge… Continue reading