Lisa's Talk

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

Traitor

terrorist attacks lead back to samir horn played by don cheadle,a american citizen but with ties in middleeast, we see him deep in it, working for a teror group,planning there latest attack on the u.s,andgetting in closewith the headsof the group,on his tail, is fbi agents lead by guy pierce, aentertaining film dealing with currentevents in the world of terrorism, cheadle is watchable,andalso guy pierce some good moments throughout

Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee

shane meadows follows up somerstown with another slice of british life, here concerning 2 guys, one arap artist wannabee,and another aloudmouth guy taking charge,as they are invited to aarctic monkeys gig, with a chance to perform, while bbeing filmed for a film,again like somers town, a very slim running time which flies by, and paddy considine doing great work, ful ofenergy and dialogue, and like meadows filmsbefore a great improvised script flowing, it be goodto see more of these guys

Colin

shot for a a parent 45 english pounds, on camcorders and mobile phones,we see britain overrun by zombies,and colin recently bitten, now a zombie walking the streets of london, with a past telling him to go somewhere, a fresh look at the zombie genre,and the viewpoint from a zombie is certainly diferent, the low budget on show, you see some interesting moments and production, and the pace and story is enjoyable,and dark and moody, exellent soundtrack also. this is director mark price calling card,and certainly looking forward to anything else he does in fuuture

Fantastic Mr. Fox

if your a fan of director wes anderson, he of such films as rushmore, royal tenubums and life aquatic, youll love this. all andersons trademarks are here, from the holding of the book, telling title at beginning, right through, catchy soundtrack, pans across, dry observations, and ecentric charactors, and dialogue coming from there mouths, its all present, anderson has magically, transplanted his world to animation, and stop motion too, george clooney as the fantastic fox is well suited,and a great supporting cast, including, meryl streep, bill murrey,, a exelent jason schwarzsman, who almost steals there show, the story is engaging, and although young kids might be put of by andersons style, lots of tallking, during beginning, it does turn into a adventure, but maintaining his wit and style, its been a long long time since i read the roald dahl novel, i was a kid, and read all his books,so cant say how much is changed, but as a film, i liked it a lot

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

a entertaining light horror for teens that both they and adults can enjoy, 2 friends come upon a freakshow,and events take them to joining the underworld of vampires, john c riley is exellent as the one who takes one in, and teaches him, but with another gang, out to get the boy, its set for a showdown, some exellent touches throughout, nice c.g.i, and horror action, it never gets dull, as riley steels the show,

A Few Days in September (Quelques jours en septembre)

juliet binoche plays a protector escorting brother and sister from paris to venice, to meet upwith there father,eho has had very secret dealings in goverment things, john turtorro plays a hitman with motives not clear, quite entertaining, and the three are a good watch, tuetorro isexellent as usuall, playing on events around september 2001, which is pretty relevent

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

terry gilliam visuals on full show here, with some exellent moments, when ledger died during filming, it was not known what was going to happen, but gilliam braiinstormed, tweked the script a bit,and called in jude law, colin farrell, and johnny depp, close friends of ledgers,to finish scenes, of his charactor, on otherside of parnassus's mirror,and it works great, the three getting ledger well, some amazing moments here, reminded me of gilliam films like baron monchausen, and stuff from monty python,the story isengageing throughout, and never dull, another slice of gilliam

Triangle

melissa george, turnsup to her friends yaught,and they sail off for the day,they get caught in a storm,and board a deserted ship,and thisis where events turn weird,for her in particular, theres someone else on ship she may be connected to,a twisted thriler,which makes use ofits location very well, with a great pace,and tension,the story goes nicely, and always keeps you guessingandwhen it all makes sence, its cool to think about it,

Triangle

melissa george, turnsup to her friends yaught,and they sail off for the day,they get caught in a storm,and board a deserted ship,and thisis where events turn weird,for her in particular, theres someone else on ship she may be connected to,a twisted thriler,which makes use ofits location very well, with a great pace,and tension,the story goes nicely, and always keeps you guessingandwhen it all makes sence, its cool to think about it,

Dead Snow (Død snø)

nazi zombies, who needs them, as a bunch of medical students going for a break in the mountains find out, a slow start and crappy annoying charactors, gives this a slow start, butonce it gets going, theres great moments,andthe gore and violence is pretty inpressive, a charactor they chance on, explains why there could be nazi zombies walking around, but after that its all mayhem, death and blood, yes they could just be zombies walking around in the snow, being nazis doesentreally add anytthing, and indeed to story, but its diferent i guess,

Zombieland

entertaining throughout, with some great humour action and gore throughout, jesse eisenberg plays what he plays whatever hes in,but exellent here, and woody harrelson,again superb, the film flys by, and a centrepiece,where it does slow, will have you in stiches when a actor playing himself steels the show,very funny, yes logic sometimes goes out the window for some scenes, but its a horror comedy, so its cool, a great score, and especially a opening 5 minutes, sets tone perfectly, and doesent let up,heres to more adventures in zombieland

The Invention of Lying

like ghost town, although that was better, gervaise keeps it going,and makes it so much better than it should be. any gervaise fan will like this, and forgive some things, the story isnt perfect, but sometimes concept does grab you, and is funny, and sometimes, it doesent work, but the comedy to drama moments work i guess,and some amusing cameos help the film along,

Good

viggo mortensen is a germanwriter in the 30s nazi germany being seduced into the regeme, due to his book he wrote some years earlier, aparently hitler was a admirer,and wanted to have the writer on there team, the filmlike many others recently, showing not all germans were nazis,and were caught up in events, his jewish mate played by jason issacs shows a side to this,and how his life is turned up side down, mortensen puts good work in here

The Firm

nick love tackles football hooligism once again after the interesting football factory, and based on the 1988 tv movie of the same name starring gary oldman, taking a bit of a diferent aproach,as that charactor is still a focus,but mainly focusing ona young lad getting in with the gang, superb 80s setting, where bright coloured, tracksuits were the rage. andthe dresssenceis a major part of the story, bex the leader, being guy who sees it as a statement, dom sees this, a young lad being taken in and following his ways, a engageing story following doms rise and the crews dealings with a rival firm, all told nicely the80s faithfully recreated,and a superb 80s soundtrack, all actors give it there best,and, when violence urupts its engageing, not the most violent of the football hooligism films to come from the u.k,but for me overall one of the best

Away We Go

charming tale of 2 people in love getting ready for the rest of there lives,a baby on the way, and no real family around, decide to go to various places around the country where friends or relatives live, to see where maybe a better place to live, so off they go, and discover themselves as a couple, some great moments watching them interact with the people they think are what they need, john krasinski, and maya rudolph are great together, ful of charm and touches of comedy, but also, showing a couple worrying about a future without each other, directed by sam mendes, a diferent look at a relationship after revelutionery road, a great pace to the film, and music to help out story, a touching film

Gamer

from the guys who did the crank films, gerald butler is a conficted felon in the not too distant future having taken part in a game, where conficts are used like a player in a video game, shooting his way to survive, through a mind control device, once hes getting closer to his target of thirty plays he is to be killed anyway, some good action and violence throughout, the directors again bringing that crank edge to action and story, there are dull bits, and sometimes story doesent totally convince, and i feel there was more story not seen, but it is enjoyable, full of action and carnage, and perfect saterday night viewing

District 9

news footage tellls us, after years of a alien space craft sitting over joanesberg south africa, eventually dying aliens are found on board, and eventually being refugees in district 9, just below ship, where alien inhabidents are housed and detained,and againafter many years of crime and violence to city, its to be moved out of town, out of sight and out of mind, its here where, the agency involved in keeping control, are to go in and start proceeding with movement, and one officer, newly in charge, getting more than he bargained foe, when events go wrong, and he must go on the run from, goverment agency, and geting in with the people, i,e the aliens, he once controlled. this film is a breath of science fiction fresh air, like other film,, moon, this year, another low budget film, sticking finger up to hollywood. neil blomkamps direction is amazing, mixing first person news reports with film, some terrific action throughout, real energy to it, a great performance from sharlto copley in a main role, hes a great watch, the aliens are superb here, fitting in perfectly, even in harsh sunlight, top work there, the violence is on show too, people exploding from alien technology is a joy to watch, and with quite a bit of action throughgout, never a dull moment, even the robot suit, fight towards end, will give people getting bored with bays transformsrs,something to cheer, a great story throughout, and visually inpressive, andeven though its so oviously the apartait troubles transplanted to aliens, it doesent spoil, and a relevent film to watch, the film also leaves a lot of questions, not only to what goverments are doing, even though the dealings with alien weaponry is a big plot point. and what will happen next, heres to district 10 i say