The ones on my "to see" list are 12 Years A Slave, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Great Beauty and The Act Of Killing.
Going to see 12 years today, great beauty very good. Difficult to say what I think about Act of killing. Documentary about Indonesians recreating the massacres, thought provoking if not entertaining.
If anybody gets the chance, go and see The Square - we only have limited screens due to late acquisition and a Netflix premiere soon, but it is a fantastic documentary.. Genuine 4* and 5* reviewed movie and shortlisted for an Oscar. I can't normally plug many of our movies as they are not brilliant, but this is truly breathtaking....
Just watched this with the Mrs. Both thought it was good but by no means blown away. Few hard to watch scenes but is only a 15 do not overly bad. Thought Django was better.
Captain Phillips
Fantastic - was gripped from the word go till the last second. Hanks at his best.
Hunger games
Better than the first one IMO - loved it. Didnt even realise it was based on a book till after.
Went to see Wolf of Wall Street last night. Liked it a lot. Very funny. Very manic. Lots of swearing, Lots of nude bodies and depravity. Violence level was low which I like. The subject matter and the depravity of it all meant that it had to be a comedy just so that viewers don't take it all too seriously. And it worked. Leanardo Dicaprio was immense.
I really struggled with this film. I loved the characters , but the story did absolutely nothing for me. I was left scratching my head as to what had happened and i thought it was way too convoluted.
Written , directed and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt , this film is about a man addicted to porn and how it affects his life and relationships. I really liked this. It's witty and thought provoking and you believe in all the characters.
Very good and well worth seeing but, for me, not quite in the excellent category - 8 out of 10. A lot of strong performances, especially from Michael Fassbender, who was outstanding.
Some interesting results from the Golden Globes. 12 Years A Slave won best drama but American Hustle picked up three awards (both films had seven nominations). The Great Beauty won the Best Foreign Language Film, Matthew McConaughey got best actor for Dallas Buyers' Club and Cate Blanchett best actress for Blue Jasmine.
The true story of unarmed Oscar Grant who was shot by police while out on New years eve 2008. To say i enjoyed this would be the wrong choice of word but it was a good film yet a very sad one. Well acted and directed .
Saving Mr Banks. Personally enjoyed the film although I was left feeling a little sad at the end. It did make me think about stuff from my childhood, and I guess whilst Ive always focused on the bad stuff, Tom Hanks portrayal of Walt Disney did make me think about all the good stuff from the early sixties. I was recalling to my wife about the Easter editions of "Disney Time" The early ones introduced by Walt with snippets from all the Disney favourites. I still remember the newspaper announcement of Walt's death in 1966 and me telling my Grandparents that it couldnt possibly be true as Walt made magic...Anyway, I came away and read up on some of PL Travers life and found the film to be a bit wide of the mark in a few places, but overall, I have to say I enjoyed the film and for the sheer acting presence by all the cast. Im going 8/10.
I have finally got around to seeing this extraordinary film. It beggers belief how naive but extraordinary evil the people on show in the film are . How they talk about murdering and raping as if it's the norm. Horrific. I would like to see their faces when they actually saw the final cut of this film and if they even realised what kind of film the director had made.
Watched the wolf of Wall Street yesterday. Thought it was excellent and terry winter's script was fantastic. Thought it could've been cut by about 20 mins or so and tries to hit the spot goodfellas hit and missing by a few fractions. Still a brilliant watch and up there with some of Scorsese's best work.
I have finally got around to seeing this extraordinary film. It beggers belief how naive but extraordinary evil the people on show in the film are . How they talk about murdering and raping as if it's the norm. Horrific. I would like to see their faces when they actually saw the final cut of this film and if they even realised what kind of film the director had made.
I have recently watched the railway man. The story of Eric Lomax, a very brave man much damaged by his experiences as aprisoner on the Burma rail road. The direct takes some liberties with his biography for dramatic effect, but catches the moral of the story. Some scenes are very harrowing I have to say, but over all a good movie.
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I've seen it described as 'Goodfellas remade as a black comedy'. Can't wait!
Going to see 12 years today, great beauty very good. Difficult to say what I think about Act of killing. Documentary about Indonesians recreating the massacres, thought provoking if not entertaining.
Just watched this with the Mrs. Both thought it was good but by no means blown away. Few hard to watch scenes but is only a 15 do not overly bad.
Thought Django was better.
Captain Phillips
Fantastic - was gripped from the word go till the last second. Hanks at his best.
Hunger games
Better than the first one IMO - loved it. Didnt even realise it was based on a book till after.
Chiwetel Ejiofor should get best actor too.
I really struggled with this film. I loved the characters , but the story did absolutely nothing for me. I was left scratching my head as to what had happened and i thought it was way too convoluted.
5 out of 10
Written , directed and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt , this film is about a man addicted to porn and how it affects his life and relationships. I really liked this. It's witty and thought provoking and you believe in all the characters.
7 out of 10
Very good and well worth seeing but, for me, not quite in the excellent category - 8 out of 10. A lot of strong performances, especially from Michael Fassbender, who was outstanding.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/golden-globes/10567600/Golden-Globes-2014-full-list-of-winners.html
The true story of unarmed Oscar Grant who was shot by police while out on New years eve 2008.
To say i enjoyed this would be the wrong choice of word but it was a good film yet a very sad one.
Well acted and directed .
7 out of 10
I have finally got around to seeing this extraordinary film. It beggers belief how naive but extraordinary evil the people on show in the film are . How they talk about murdering and raping as if it's the norm. Horrific.
I would like to see their faces when they actually saw the final cut of this film and if they even realised what kind of film the director had made.
8 out of 10