National Treasure: A movie from my ‘hi-def’ list, so it’s not on the IMDB top 250 or anything. It has 6.8/10 as an average on there as I write this. Well, an odd one. I’ve always wanted to watch it, but there’s been something niggling at me about this movie that’s put me off ever buying […]
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Movie: Rocky (1976)
Rocky: This is the story of Rocky Balboa, a ‘bum’ as he’s described in the film, whose life is going nowhere, until, out of the blue, he is chosen as a contender for the world heavyweight champion.I think Stallone was very good in this movie, his character wasn’t really very smart, and the character himself knew […]
Movie: Thirteen Ghosts (2001)
Thirteen Ghosts: One word: Rubbish. And, no, it was not an IMDB top 250, it was a random choice from my ‘hi-def’ list, I don’t really recall adding it, it must’ve been added in the early days of my lovefilm subscription. Fancy special effects, but stupidly crap movie. It used lots of cliches, and stupid […]
Movie: Persepolis (2007)
Persepolis: Owen lent me this movie. And I am so glad he did. It’s an absolutely amazing film.The story is of a girl growing up in Iran since the late 1970s, and her experiences. From when the Shah was deposed during the revolution, to when the new government came to power.There are some amazingly powerful […]
Movie: Species (1995)
Species: What can I say – a movie for boys who like girls. But still vaguely interesting. Kind of a horror/sci-fi. Interesting concept of alien lifeform making contact with Earth – reminds me of some old John Varley books I’ve read. The Ophiuci Line specifically – just the bit about how the aliens communicate. I don’t […]
Movies: Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), The Third Man (1949)
Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer: Well, this was a movie I have wanted to see for a while, but knew it had very poor reviews. I can see why now. Even with all the really good special effects, it could not be saved.How Doctor Doom got to Latveria was not explained. Why the […]
Movie(s): The Boys from Brazil (1978), Chinatown (1974)
The Boys from Brazil: Lots of German accents in this movie. The movie starts off with a Jewish kid investigating a neo-nazi group in Paraguay. It’s all going fairly slowly until he uncovers a plot that is being hatched by the group.This movie kept me in suspense for a long part of it, because (to […]
Movie(s): Outsourced (2006), Signs (2002), North by Northwest (1959), Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Outsourced: This is a film that I’ve been trying to get hold of for some time.Basically, an American company wants to outsource their call centre to India, and this is the story of the American guy tasked to go out there and improve things. It’s a comedy drama, and it’s simply very good. It’s mostly […]
Movie: Bugsy Malone (1976)
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 […]
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 […]