Slumdog Millionaire: Well, this film got a lot of fanfare when it was released. I’m not 100% sure why, after watching it. It’s good, sure, but, that good? The film follows the life of the main character ‘Jamal’, his brother, and the love interest – from childhood, into adulthood. Along the way, there is lots […]
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Film: The Proposition (2005)
The Proposition: I’m not sure why this was on my list. It’s a kind of wild west film, but, set in Australia. It’s possible someone I was talking to on IRC recommended it to me. It’s been too long on the list, so it’s difficult to remember! Anyway, it’s a bit slow moving at times, […]
Film: The Bank Job (2008)
The Bank Job: I thought this film was very engaging – it’s about a real bank robbery (Baker Street Robbery) that happened in London in 1970, which apparently made the press at the time for a few days, and then was hushed up. According to wikipedia, that’s not strictly true – The Times did report […]
Film: Days of Glory (2006)
Days of Glory: A war film about North African soldiers, fighting for France, in world war 2. The discrimination shown in this film is very interesting – it’s apparently based on reality, but, I obviously don’t know that for a fact. The interestingness is that even though these soldiers were fighting to free France, and […]
Film: Juno (2007)
Juno: I’d seen a part of this film before I watched it completely, and I thought the humour was excellent. So, I thought I should watch the whole thing. I know the whole foul mouthed teenage girl might be a bit cliche, but, it works well here. The subject matter that was tackled was done […]
Film: Assembly (2007)
Assembly: I’m not sure for what reason another war movie has made it onto my ‘normal’ list, but, I’m glad this one did – even though I didn’t fully understand what happened in the middle. As the synopsis says – this film is based on reality (as much as you can believe, anyway) of a […]
Film: Inglourious Basterds
Inglourious Basterds: A Tarantino film, but, I think you could’ve got away with not realising it was. A film set in a slightly alternate reality of the second world war. It’s very violent/gruesome at times, and also incredibly funny, with a few emotional parts too. I also thought that Brad Pitt’s acting in this film […]
TV: Afro Samurai (2007)
Afro Samurai: I initially thought this was meant to be a movie, so was a bit confused, when I realised it was episodes, as it was a mini-series. It’s about a ‘samurai’, who is on a mission of revenge against the man who killed his father. It’s very violent, and our main character ‘Afro’ is […]
Film: Changeling (2008)
Changeling: I watched this on recommendation from a friend. It’s about a single mother, who has a son. One day, she goes to work, and comes back home, and he’s not there. There’s a bit of a spoiler here, but, not much – apparently, in reality, she gave her son a dime, to go watch […]
Film: The Assassin (1993) (Point of No Return)
The Assassin/Point of No Return: A film about a woman who is taken by the US government to be trained as a killer. That really is about all you need to know about this film. She initially hates the system, because she’s a spoilt brat, but can kind of fight, then she ends up becoming […]