Lisa's Talk

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

(500) Days of Summer

guy loves girl, girl doesent love boy, ina tale set over 500 days and a guys fasinationand love for a girl named summer, hence the title, and told structurly out of order, going fromday 34, to 400, scene to scene, showing, happiness,l ove dispear, forming a story, joseph gordon levitt, is terrificas the love torn guy, and zooey deschanel, again is superb asthe girl, who doesent believe in love, but going in toa relationship. the story goes at a terrific pace, and the jumbling of days make it enjoyable, the mix of scenes really work, great soundtrack too, lots of montages and scenes using the score to help along story, a nice alternative love story

The Damned United

mchael sheen isfasinating to watch as english football manager bryan clough, here looking at his days at derby,and leeds united, and his demons concerning him wanting to better leeds former boss, both at derby, and then when hetakes charge of leeds. the 60s and early 70s is recreated, the story while never going more than a tv movie, although released in theatres, isentertaining enough, and of course sheen shines, after playing, blair, frost, hes certainly making a name in this type role

The Damned United

mchael sheen isfasinating to watch as english football manager bryan clough, here looking at his days at derby,and leeds united, and his demons concerning him wanting to better leeds former boss, both at derby, and then when hetakes charge of leeds. the 60s and early 70s is recreated, the story while never going more than a tv movie, although released in theatres, isentertaining enough, and of course sheen shines, after playing, blair, frost, hes certainly making a name in this type role

The Fall

Utterly jaw droppingly gorgeous!
The stunning photograghy will have you drooling throughout this lovely little tale of a man in hospital spinning a yarn to a little girl of heroes all sworn to kill an evil governor who has wronged them all in some way!
Don't miss this!

The Hurt Locker

jeremy ranner, who ive noticed in the past, is exellent here as apart of a bomb squad in irac, doing a tour, risking there lives tackling bombs, and gunfire, whilequestioning why this,although he is a wisecracking show off, and cares a lot, the film looks great, and some tense and entertaining moments throughout, just one scene doesent belong concerning a friendship blossoming, then its concequences, but its over before you know it, and back to drama and action, a interesting look at the conflict

Funny People

judd apatow directs his third feature after knocked up, and40 year old virgin, and once again, some cracking dialogue, and male relationships on show, adam sandler puts in a performance almost on par with his barry egan from p.t andersons masterpiece, punch drunk love, playing a charactor not far from him self, a hollywood big shot, whos made his name in dumb comedies, and getting some bad news that hes dying, thtough this, and his stand up, which he decides to take up again, he meets a struggling stand up, played by seth rogen, here he takes the struggling artist on as a joke writer and assistant, a working friendship is born as the two, try to lead there lives, with troubles on both sides, rogen and sandler are a joy to watch throughout, full of humour and crude jokes, very funny to watch, yet great drama and direction from apatow, also great turns from joana hill, and jason shwartsmann, as rogens house buddys, and also eric bana putting in some great, and amusing work, towards end. the film is long in lenth, but never dull or boreing, and comedy moments sprinkled throughout, sandler showing his dramatic,and comedic side well, im moments the film lifts you up, and some great music adding to emotion. judd apatow, is certainly a director/writer to watch

Inglourious Basterds

tarentino brings his long delayed passion project to the screen, and with it comes his dialogue, music, look, and violence weve come to expect, im sure his genuin fans will get this film, although people going in after seeing posters and trailors may not,its not the basterds on a mission film they would expect, for a lot of the film they along with pitt are sidelined, but thats by no means a bad thing, firstly theres the jew hunter, col hans landa, exellently played by christoph waltz, tracking down jews and wanting the basterds captured. then theres the story of a runaway jew, who escaped landa, and years later running a cinema in paris, being asked to stage a premier which will be attended by hitler, again this role brilliantly played by melanie larent, showing talent in a tarentino film, remenisant of thurmun. all stories linking up for fantastic finally. brad pitt, shows once again, hes a great actor, giving a weight to film, even eli roth, the cabin fever director, as one of the basturds, putting in great work, especially at end. it could be argued like a lot of other tarentino films talking could be cut down, but it does work and adds to film. like kill bill, a great score has been found by using sources from other films, it really sets a tone, throughout theres great tension, just from people talking, and of course tarentino violence, this film also is probely tarentinos funniest, not a comedy but moments to laugh at from the way people react and do and say, and when it all comes together for climax it doesent disapoint, full of all the above ingredients, tarentio along with death proof, and kill bill this decade, has shown he can move away from the crime films of l.a during the nineties, andi look forward very much to what he does next

Entre les Murs (The Class)

a fasinating lookat a french class and teachers thoughts at a french hi school, very realistic in its aproach, feels like a documentary throughout, with both pupils and teachers in situationsb very real, most of the running time is taken up by watching pupilb and teacher interact over topics. also the story does go somewhere, with a pupil/teacher situation arising,again, this is a fasinating development in story, great performances all round, anda genuin french gem

Brüno (Bruno)

bruno is no borat, and it does take a while to get into his latest creation, unlike borat, but there are very funny moments here throughout, laugh out loud moments, but nothing here to top the naked wrestling in borat, but certainly some funny x rated humour, andlike borat, it dips a little at end, when oviously a 1 hour 25 minutes is clearly to long, beware in uk, from 24th july, a 15 rated version is apearing, see the 18

Moon

sam rockwell, puts in a terrific performance, as a employer of a major coperation, harvesting the moon to provide electricity to earth, doing it alone, with only his faithful computer to aid him, andnearing his end of contract, of 3 years, but bad visions, causes him to crash, and when awokend, finds himself having to deal with another him, a exact model, why is he there, what happend at the crash, and, is he a clone,are all questions he has to answer, this film is very well made, thestory engageing from the fantastic opening credits, right through to the end credits, rockwell plays two charactors, who are the same person, but adds so much depth to each, and the interaction between both isso great to watch, great use of effects to get them together also, lots of interactions, the music is exellent also, and kevin spacey puting in great vocal work as gerty the robot, a film very 70s in its style for me, and, 2 films, soloris, and silent running, being 2 films you should see, if you havent, a great suprise for 2009