Bugsy Malone: Well, this was a fun movie – made for kids, with an all child cast, but it’s in the top 250, so it was on the list. I’m surprised I’ve never come across it before on TV as a child.Jodie Foster was recognisable quite easily – and she was the only actor/actress that […]
Month: November 2008
Movie: Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Silence of the Lambs: Apparently I’m one of the few people in the world that hasn’t seen this movie. I think I’ve done well, and not let the hype that surrounds this movie get to me, and I really enjoyed this.Some scenes, or parts of scenes I’ve seen previously, but not enough to know what […]
Movie: Firewall (2006)
Firewall: Not a particularly great movie – I think it was added to my Lovefilm list a few months ago purely because it had Harrison Ford in it. It did have an amusing thing for people who know Cisco’s IOS command line interface where Harrison Ford stopped a hacker by entering an access-list. I wonder […]
Movie(s): Double Indemnity (1944), and, Hellboy (2004)
Double Indemnity: An IMDB top 250 movie, this was enjoyable to watch. The character development was rather rapid at the beginning – it did feel like the insurance salesman was a bit of a sap and just fell a bit too easily for the woman. The investigator character ‘Keyes’ was excellent – and the way […]
Movie: Black Sheep
Black Sheep: Black Sheep is a comedy horror movie, made in New Zealand and it is rather surreal. It doesn’t take itself too seriously, which in a comedy horror needs to be the case! It’s probably easiest to describe the horror as zombie/were-sheep.I’m not even sure how it got onto my Lovefilm list – I […]
Movie: The Omen (2006)
The Omen: Firstly, I did not realise I had picked the 2006 movie in my Lovefilm subscription, so was a bit surprised at the start. This was a more interesting movie than I expected, so in that way, I was pleasantly surprised. The cat out of bag moments didn’t really catch me, and I don’t […]
Movie(s): Vertical Limit, and The Bridge on the River Kwai
Vertical Limit: Excellent scenery in this film, but the story was just… forced. The climbing scenes did hit my fear for heights though. I’m not really sure it’s worth watching, unless you’re into climbing, perhaps.I give it 5/10. The Bridge on the River Kwai: An interesting movie about prisoners of war held by the Japanese […]
Movie(s): The Lives of Others, 21 Grams, and S.W.A.T (2003)
The Lives of Others: Simply – very good. I’m not sure how I can describe this movie – it really is something that I think must be watched. It’s an interesting view of how the Stasi treated people (artists in particular) within East Germany, and the fear they caused within people. 21 Grams: This was […]
Movie(s): The Shining, and A Few Good Men
I totally forgot – I watched The Shining on Friday night (Halloween!) with a couple of friends. Absolutely fantastic scenery, and a pretty damn good story. Great acting too, perhaps a little overacting by Jack’s wife, but then, who wouldn’t be freaked out in that situation? 9/10 I think! Tonight I watched ‘A Few Good Men’. […]
Movie(s): Malcolm X, and Wall Street
Watched Malcolm X last night. Still find it tough to describe really. Denzel Washington looks scarily like the real Malcolm X in later life too. It was tough to like Malcolm X in the first part of the movie – but I think that was the point. He really was a rather immoral person. I […]