Gone Baby Gone

New to DVD!

Ben Afleck's directoral debut is like no other film you will find, very original!

A little girl is gone missing, our hero must search all of his untoward contacts in order to find her... when he does find the girl it is not in the way that he had expected...

This movie is relentless, it is a drama in the legend of "Good Will Hunting" yet this movie refuse to be a clone and will never resort to being a general "feel-good" movie!

I basically just got this movie because it was exclusive to Blockbuster, and I'm not usually a fan of the Drama genre, as I tend to think of them as an excuse for poor plotline... But this movie is relentless, excellent original storyline!

Crime, Guilt, Family, Love, all to be found in this movie, a wonderful mix of emotions!

Starring Cassey Afleck, Michelle Monaghan, Meg Ryan, Ed Harris, and Morgan Freeman, A great cast, Ed Harris is particularly good in this movie!

Movie Rating 9/10

Parental Guidance?

Superhero Movie

With the launch of the DVD, I figured I ought to review this great spoof movie!

I enjoyed this movie a lot more than the recent "Disaster Movie" and it's a sure recommend for anyone looking fora good laugh.

The movie is basically a spoof of the Superhero genre as a whole and in particular of Spiderman! extremely funny for a fan of superhero movies!

I was laughing throughout the movie, even on my second viewing! And I rarely find silly jokes funny, but this movie is a pure gem!

I guess I'm giving it a few too many good points, but my only basis of comparison is with Disaster Movie, which really does not kick up much of a fight.

In reality, I can't say much about the movie, but it will certainly attract those that are fans of the superhero genre and also people that are just generally out for a good laugh!

So I'll certainly recommend this movie, but please don't expect anything too intellectual!

Movie Rating: 8.75/10

parental guidance?

Taken

Excellent movie! A king of the revenge/spy genre!

Personally I thought this film was superb, wonderful, and I want to recommend it to anyone reading this blog!

Starring Liam Neeson! I'm a fan of Liam Neeson, I'll tell you straight away so I won't say any more than, that I was really pleased with his acting and that he didn't lat me down at all!

Liam Neeson plays a retired government spy, and when his daughter is taken by woman traffickers he has to hunt them down to prevent his daughter from permanently becoming a whore...

OK, not quite as perverted as it sounds from the synopsis, but it certainly gives you the feel in the movie that there is a lot to be lost if he fails, but also a lot to be gained if he succeeds in retrieving his daughter.

It's an action movie! It does very well at doing that, in fact I'd almost go as far as to say that it's the best action I've ever seen on screen! It's relentless and extremely tense! Certainly a great film if you want fun!

The film was on a very personal level, so you could really get to know the characters and start to love or hate the case may be...

I found the movie extremely exciting, but yet very wholesome too! I have nothing negative to say about this movie, and it seems most other reviewers have given it very favorable reviews too. So... get to your cinema, and go watch it!

Superb!

Movie rating: 9.25/10

parental guidance?

Righteous Kill

When is a kill righteous? When is it not?

The main selling point of this movie is to have Robert DeNero and Al Pacino together in one film: Pacino vs. De Nero. I personally like Al Pacino better, but that doesn't have any bearing on the movie whatsoever. Both actors act very well in the movie, so I'm sure you won't be disappointed!

The story line is extremely good and almost deserves all 5 stars, there is a series of murder cases to unravel, and that is a geat classic story line, DeNero's character is a very likely suspect, how is he going to cover up what he has done?

I liked the movie, and there was just enough action for me, great actors, great cast all round, and I'm sure it can make it's way into being a few people's favorite movie...

But for me, I found it just slightly confusing at times as to what the whole point of the movie was, so not a popcorn movie at any rate, but if you are in the right mood, I'm certainly going to recommend as a fun watch!

In all a great watch!

Movie rating: 8/10

parental guidance?

A few general movie updates!

Del Toro will be co-writing a trilogy of Vampire Novels

There will be a prequel to I am Legend, starring Will Smith

Johnny Depp will star as The Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's upcoming: Alice in Wonderland

Pirates of the Caribbean 4 is on it's way

Valkyrie's trailer will be premiering this evening, along with a short documantary about the movie

Seems like there's quite a bit of news recently, so I thought I'd break it to you all in one go! Enjoy!

A Movie Fan's Travel Guide: Spain

Spain is the real place that amazes me in the filming industry. I seem to have an affiliation with a lot of Spanish works!

The Movie of note that comes from Spain is Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth earning 3 Oscars and nominations for yet another 3. This is perhaps what really put Spain in the brightness of the movie world!

After watching Pan's Labyrinth I proceded to watch all of Del Toro's movies, which all became favorites to me, and soon I decided to try out other Spanish film makers, like Baleguero (who makes some really scary horror movies) and Paco Plaza (who is also very good on horror, but has a slightly more fantastical slant to his movies). So I think in reality Spain is the master of the horror and Fantasy genre, but I'm not going to argue that point as I like a lot of other foreign horror!

There are a number of famous acting talents from Spain including Javier Bardem who has recieved acclaim from both Spanish and Enlish speaking roles including his recent: No Country for Old Men.

Another great acting talent from Spain I'd like to draw your attention to Ivana Baquero (Ofelia from Pan's Labyrinth), she has recieved much acclaim from acting in Pan's Labyrinth, and is now just finishing off her first English language role, so expect to see her more often in cinenas over here.

It almost seems as if to be a really successful actor you will have to learn english, but perhaps in the future this will change!

Love Film

I have been persuaded to try out Love Film by a friend. It's a great idea, you have unlimited rentals of DVD's but you are only allowed 3 at a time, it only costs 16 pounds a month so seems a very cost effectual strategy, but I will tell you in future how this goes.

The thing that caught my eyes was that blu-ray dvd's are included in the package, so even if I only borrowed 1 a month, it should be worth it.

More later!