The Queen Of Versailles 4/5 (C)

Carlos 3/5 (R)

Difficult to make an attachment and therefore feel much investment in the story. Might have worked better if it had been told in reverse.

(Not sure which version this was, screened on Film 4 in three 2ish hour parts)

Red State 4/5 (I)

London River 3/5 (R)

The Lodger 4/5 (C)

Away We Go 3.5/5 (R)

Greenberg 2.5/5 (I)

Looper 4/5 (C)

Looper is a good film, possibly a great film but definitely over praised. It's nowhere near as smart as I thought it was going to be or perhaps should've been. Wherever The Matrix comparisons came from (they are mentioned in nearly all the reviews but never attributed), there is no real basis for them. There are more obvious comparisons to other time travel films such as The Terminators, 12 Monkeys, Donnie Darko or even sci-fi-noir such as Blade Runner. My initial disappointment will probably have faded by a second viewing with lower expectations.

I also started thinking about the general state of films. If a good film like this is getting five star reviews then it only highlight how poor the three and four star films are at the moment.

Jaws 5/5 (C)

It took a cinema screening to finally realise just how great Jaws is.

London: The Modern Babylon 4/5 (R)

Mirrormask 3/5 (R)

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel 2/5 (R)

Paprika 3/5 (R)

Infamous 3/5 (R)

Bolt 2/5 (R)

Lawless 4/5 (C)

Swandown 3.5/5 (C)

A Separation 4/5 (D)

They Live 4/5 (C)

The Wicker Man (2006) 2/5 (R)

It's not that bad but it is completely pointless when the original film is still available.

Also I like to think that "good" Nicolas Cage is playing "bad" Nicolas Cage is a series of terrible films for a as yet unannounced I'm Still Here style film.

Land Of The Lost 2/5 (R)

State Of Play 3/5 (R)

Take This Waltz 4.5/5 (C)

Surviving Progress 3/5 (R)

Le Quattro Volte 4/5 (R)