31 October 2007

24 October 2007

Day Watch 3/5 (C)

Disappointingly lacks any of the things that made Night Watch special but still somehow pulls itself together for a satisfying climax.

21 October 2007

A Mighty Heart 4/5 (C)

Nightwatch 3/5 (R)

Second time around it definitely seemed to be a case of style over substance.

13 October 2007

Black Sheep 4/5 (C)

A thoroughly entertaining experience which is only let down by losing it's way somewhat towards the end and some clunky lines and acting.

11 October 2007

Control 3/5 (C)

It looks amazing (but what modern black and white film doesn't?) and is full of wonderful performances but until the great, if inevitable, final scenes it rarely amounts to anything more than the standard music biopic.

03 October 2007

29 September 2007

27 September 2007

Hallam Foe 4.5/5 (C)

Simply wonderful.

Don't Look Back 3/5 (R)

Some interesting insight (the fee negotiation being a surprising favourite) but not that great a film.

26 September 2007

Death Proof 3.5/5 (C)

Moments of brilliance but drags out too long, can't help but feel it would be better in it's original Grindhouse form

16 September 2007

Paris, je t'aime 3/5 (C)

A few of these short films are great, all are watchable but some seem rather pointless.

13 September 2007

Atonement 4/5 (C)

The wonderful ending makes it seem better than it probably is. It's still a fantastic film (and adaptation) let down by some boring bits in the middle.

27 August 2007

The Bourne Ultimatum 4.5/5 (C)

Fantastic. I'm still not convinced by Greengrass' frantic camera movement though.

17 August 2007

The Bourne Supremacy 3.5/5 (D)

Slightly disappointing compared to Identity but still better than most films in this genre

15 August 2007

The Bourne Identity 5/5 (D)

I watched this again in preparation for seeing Ultimatum next week. I remembered it was a good film but I didn't realise it was this good. You can probably pick holes in the plot if you tried to but everything else is done so amazingly well.

14 August 2007

Sherrybaby 3/5 (C)

Average story, wonderful performances.

11 August 2007

The Prestige 4/5 (D)

Doesn't have the same impact on a second viewing but still a solid great film.

Following 4.5/5 (R)

Fantastic early film from Christopher Nolan

Transformers 2/5 (C)

There may well be a good film in there but Michael Bay has transformed it into a turgid mess.

10 August 2007

Dogtown and Z-Boys 4/5 (R)

Everything a documentary should be.

08 August 2007

Die Hard 4.0 3/5 (C)

Not quite pointless but not that great either. It's best to try and ignore the silly plot because it just gets in the way of the action. At times it's too ridiculous (all of the jet plane)which is irritating but at least Kevin Smith is fantastic in his small role. Overall it just made me think how good a 24 movie should be.