John HALL (johndhall99)

Can I just say that, in amongst what has been an outstanding Leeds Film festival this year, I expect 'Coffin Rock' to be the worst film I shall see in 2009. I am intending to see Nic Cage in 'Bad Lieutenant - Port of Call New Orleans' so obviously the jury is very much still out on this one. The bunny-boiling cod-Irish emo boy talking to his dead dad on disconnected phones didn't come across as scary, just as someone you'd dearly like to slap. The scene where he took out his rejection frustrations on his pet kangaroo was unintentionally hilarious and provided the statutory pet animal massacre shockarama this kind of nonsense demands. Like a bad tv movie with added violence.

I could be flippant and call this one for ladyboy enthusiasts everywhere, featuring some of the most gorgeous Korean men you could ever hope to meet. It is all that, but also a well-staged and moving historical romance in which a king enlists his boyfriend to impregnate his queen only to throw the biggest hissy fit of all time when the couple actually fall in love. Some nice swordplay.