Cheryl's Talk

Disney's A Christmas Carol

First off the CGI and details in this film are phenominal, the story tells the traditional Classic tale by Charles Dickens and is brought to life superbly by the likes of Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman and Bob Hoskins.

It?s definitely worth seeing this film in 3D if you get the chance, not quite enough popping out of the screen at you moments, but none-the-less a wonderful watch.

The rating for the film is PG, but would have to admit there are a few things there that may scare the really young a little.

Revolutionary Road

This one makes it to 4 stars based purely on the acting. It is a performance driven film as there isn?t so much as a storyline more about a fly on the wall watching of the ins and outs of a couple's relationship.

The content acting-wise was huge and I?m sure quite challenging to both main stars.

Reunited again, are Titanic stars, Winslet, Dicaprio and Bates.

Nothing like I had expected the film to be and yet an intriguing tale of love.

Låt den Rätte Komma In (Let the Right One in)

I have to admit I watched this film, knowing nothing about it at all and had I known it was a vampire film, perhaps I wouldn?t have watched it with the same enthusiasm, however this is the most naturally acted Vampire film that I?ve seen to date.

Two fantastic child leads and the storyline came across more like a genuine murder tale.

Slightly stretched out in parts, but most certainly worth the watch. The accompanying music is simply beautiful.

Los Cronocrímenes (Timecrimes)

exellent film, a man, enjoying a piecefull day at his countryside home, spots a naked girl in woods behind house, he investigates, and is atacked by a masked man, he runs, and comes across a lab, and generously a lab tec helps him out, and hides him, but what apears to be a time machine, he comes back out, a few hours before. and so begins a great story and plot devices, just like marty in back to the future 2, has to put right, andalso set up events to guide his other self to carry on timeline, and from there a great adventure, great suprises, and not at all complicated, great scenes again seen from other him, filling in all the mysteries, set up before, this grabbed me from beginning to end, with great central performances, the film never gets stupid, or over top, as even though itstime travel, the situations seem real, a superb, film anda exellent suprise

A Serious Man

michael stuhlberg i feel will get nominted for a oscar for his breakthrough role here,as larry gopnik going through family problems in the latest coen brothers film, as usuall, thecoens trademarks are on show, and im guessing will infuriate non fans,but coen fans willget a lot out of this, like turtorro in barton fink, and william macy in fargo, stulberg has created a marvellous sad charactor, and the film telling so much, watch this andwatch it again, i feel ill get a lot more out of it

The Informant!

matt damon is exellent as the informant of the piece, letting the f.b.i know of a price fixing scam in his company,and from there getting inway over his head, damon is this film, but some superb direction from soderdberg, using his loose style seen in his films like traffic, the limey and oceans films, the film flys by as we watch damon bumble his way, through plot,and also we learn not all is what it seems, a exellent score, which adds a lot, and nicely set early 90s setting, even scott bacula coming back from the dead, as the f.b.i agent in charge, is exellent to watch, soderdberg has shown with this type of material, a great film can be made

Harry Brown

following gran torino, another old man, taking law into his own hands, but where eastwood dealt with, the question of foreigners, and his dislike, but getting to like and ge on, here caine is fed up with his own kind and there total disrespect in hisarea, when his only close friend is murdered, he takes law into own hands,and with a back ground in special forces and northern ireland behind him, takes action, even though out of depth and breath. caine is exellent, aglimpse of get carter in there. the situations feel real, the hoodie kids genuinly realistic and scary, and showing the britain today. with the cops trying but not getting far. harry is told, but you were in northern ireland, yes he said, they were fighting for a cause. these kids are just bored. too true

Cold Souls

like in eternal sunshine of the spotless mind,we see a world where theres a company specialising in brain work, here taking your soul and storing it, paul giamatti plays himself who takes up procedure when a play hes doing isnt working, and from here goes on a journey, without his soul, trying other souls and of course wanting soul back,but soul is stolen, giamatti is great here, playing up his self a bit, and on his status as not exactly a list, al pacino is the actor whos soul is wanted here,and many more actors after. if anything its not eternalsunshine in greatness down to direction, its not as inventive, but seems to borrow from kauffman, im not sure the sauce material, if its original or based on book, but do see influences, a enjoyable film throughout, especially for giamatti performance, check it out

The Tiger's Tail

john boorman teams up again with brendan gleeson, as a wealthy dublin businessman,who starts to see a double of him self, events take a turn for the worse, when said double, doestake over his life, leaving him, trying to prove himself, with questions to be answered. gleeson is great to watch, and the story runs along nicely, with some great moments of drama

The Magdalene Sisters

A brilliantly acted, very down to Earth story depicting realistic activities within the many of the asylums in Ireland during this era. Horrific circumstances that allows women to be treated as prisoners for shaming their families, whilst repenting their sins.

The individual stories of each are tales within a tale and are a harsh reality reflected of the time, where pride is thicker than water!

Hard hitting British Drama at it?s best.

Boku no kanojo wa saibôgu (Cyborg Girl) (Cyborg She)

a interesting film throughout as a lonely young man, trying to get over a great night with a atractive young women,befriends a robot from the future 1 year later again on his birthday,with super humen powers, and robot skills she makes his life happier,and there is a reason she has contacted him. full of suprise moments throughout, romantic moments, some violence, and even a great sci fi, action last 20 minutes involving earthquake and the future, all directed with style. great acting from the leads to. full ofcharm and emotion

An Education

carey mulligan is exellent as the oxford hopefull,getting charmed by a older man played by peter sarsgaard, still in school she hastodecide if the relationship, is needed,with oxford so close, butwith himshowing herthebest time of her life,andher parents liking him, he could be the one,a charming 60s set london drama,and showing what it was like forwomen in those days, career or housewife

Dead Man Running

enjoyable caper,and a fine leading role for hardman tamar hassan, and interesting idea as a guy has to buidup a 100 grand from nothing in 24 hours, aided by ofcourse his good friend played by cockney geezer andnational treasure himself, dany dyer. some good moments and sometimes logic out the window, but never looses its entertainment value

The Men Who Stare at Goats

mcgregor and clooney are exellent together, in a interesting war satire,mcgregor is a bored reporter, wanting to get into irak, here through some fate set up earliar, he meets lyn, a former soldier of the first earth betallion, sort of hippy trained andnon lethal techniques,brought into us army in the 80s, hes in irak also, a bit unclear why,sothe two hook up, and go on a adventure,and throughflash backs see how this came to be, a interesting story, possibly true, and in parts funny,clooney reliable as ever,and mcgregor,shock horror good as a american, the story is engageing throughout. with a great cast. bridges, and spacey rounding it off. another great thing and funny thing here. cloney telling mcgregor that they were jedis, and mcgregor once a jedi knight of cours, trying to get a grasp of this concept, makes the film film funnier, just because of the casting ofewen mcgregor, exellent

Jennifer's Body

from the mind of diablo cody,who wrote the really good juno, comes another winning script, amanda seyfield plays a geeky girl,whos has a bit of a crush on her sexy schoolmate played exellently by megan fox, but one night her mate,while making it witha up and coming indieband, disapears into the night,and reapears all bloody and acting rather strange and strangethings happening, she has turned into a demon women,due to the band trying to sacrifice her for fae and fortune, as indie bands do. and now she must feed, prefably on young high school males, now its up to the gekky one to get sence ofall thisand put a stop, to it, or not let her feelings destroy things, like heathers some 20 years before, the script by diablo is razorsharp liketarentino, diablo, has a signiture, and throughout, you see her words comeout, speaking the mind of todays youth, the filmis also a great atempt at teen horror, and although not all out gore, there are some moments, andcertainly the best ofthe bunch these.days. fox and seyfield, play there roles well, and shows foxisjust not a object to look at, andthe band also, tell me dont you think they are inspired by the killers, especially the lead singer. so much crap teen horrors come out these days, its good to se one can come along that has great writing andhorror elements

Trick 'r Treat

Trick r Treat interweaves four short tales into a workable feature flick. Not your typical horror film as the story plays on the folklore which surrounds All Hallows Eve. Entertaining in an odd way....