Lisa's Talk

100 Feet

panic room, with a touch of disturbia,then add a bit of sam raimi influence, janssen is a convicted murderer out of prison and living back in the house where she killed her husband a few years before, but as she settles in she finds there is a presence in the house,nd its her dead husband out for a little revenge, his ghostly spirit being pretty violent with her. this film i dident expect much from,so it was a nice suprise to watch,jansenn is a good watch, and moments throughout very watchable, a great death scene a highlight, yes some effects are dodgy, but the film usesthe plot and devices well

Transsiberian

emily mortimer andwoody harrelson are 2 american travellers, travelling by train from china to russia,and get involved with drug dealers, a well made thriller, which never goes the way you expect,keeps you guessing till the end, with situations that thrill you. mortimer is exellent as the wife who gets herself in a situation, and kingsley is always great, the harsh winter of russia adds something, and the train setting used for most of the film is used well

Rivals (Les Liens du sang)

1970s setting french drama following 2 brothers, one a cop, the other a criminal freshly released from jail, the cop gets on with his brother and helps him get started again, but with life on the outside hard, will it be a matter of time when his own ways start again. the 70s setting is authentic, with a great soundtrack throughout, and the story while at times conveniant and a lot of events linked, engageing, the two leads are worth watching,while the rest of the cast are too. a good little french crime film

The Crew

a entertaining british gangland film, as a crew are contemplating the next heist while rumbles in the gang, and loyalties splitting along with a local gangboss murder, coming to the forefrontsome cracking scenes and acting, and a good crime story

Defiance

a very interesting acount of events during world war 2, as jews take to the forests,and hide out, while around them, germans and locals hunting any jewish people, taking to the woods in both summer and harsh winter, building shelter and going out on patrols for food and weapons, led by a young man whos own family were killed played by daniel craig, with morale low,and constant threayts of death, a well made look at events i dident know about, the drama is exellent,with nice turns from craig, and other leads,some nice action, throughout, edward zwick, doing good work, after the last samuri,

Punch-Drunk Love

paul thomas anderson, what can i say, this guy is a genius, hard eight, nice little debut, boogie nights, is in my top 5, magnolia, suberb multicharactor drama, what will he donext i thought, oh no a adam sandler film, things wernt looking good, this guy cant act, i thought, p.t, what are you doing, then watched the film, was blown away, not just his direction, but sandler, this guy can act, just give him a good script, exellent director, hes got it this story could be straight out of magnolia, set in l.a, sandler plays barry a lonely bachelor who runs a nice little business, but gets involved with a lady, superbly played by emily watson, while at the same, time a misunderstanding, with a phone sex companywhilst trying to take advantage of a pudding offer, it all fits together pretty well, looks great, for me, p.t is a directorwith amazing style, and odd music which fits perfectly, a great watch, oh and i hate it when so called sandler fans, havent seen this or dont want to see it, because they heard its a drama, whats that about.n are you a sandler fan, what you think,

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Drag Me to Hell

remember spiderman 2 when doc oc attacks the surgeons trying to save him, sam raimi directed like he was back on the evil dead set, it was what we loved about raimi, well now hes back to doing that, no bruce campbell here, but alison lohman takes his place as a movie punchbag, playing a young bank assistant, who gets on the wrong side of a poor old gypsy women, who puts on her a curse, in which consists ofthree days of torment, then finallybeing dragged to hell, a frightening opening set in the past demonstrates this at work, and sets up well whats in store, as the torment starts, lohman is tossed punched, thrown up on, and all manner of funny and disturbing images, from sick getting into her mouth to being thrown bruce campbell style across the room, raimi has great fun here, the film is full of shocks, and a great charactor in the gypsy women doing her business, raimi certainly knows where to put the jumps and great use of sound,and even silence, the film certainly has a sence of horrors from the past, and at times a roger corman vibe. the film never realy drags, although some acting bis a bit off, but i think thats intentional. heres hoping raimi likes it here and maybe a sequel or two, before he gets back to spiderman

S. Darko (S Darko: A Donnie Darko Tale)

I wasn't going to watch this film, as no sequel should have been even spoke about in the first place, but I did watch it, and it wasn't disappointing; just an average film.

In the Loop

exellent political comedy, with superb observations on the british and u.s politics concerning going to war, fact finding missions, and parlement members putting there foot in it, and certainy whats been happening with our british politicians lately, and there expences, very relevent to showing the idiots at play, superb performances all round, lots of shouting, great shouting, from peter capaldi as a brit goverment official, such great scenes and put downs, the story concerning brit politicians going to washington and newyork, concerning a up and coming war is both relevent, and interesting to watch, the great lines just dont stop throughout, and james gandolphini doing great work also, this being based on a tv series, in the thick of it i believe, i will be checking out very soon

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel

a very enjoyable time travel comedy from the u.k, very brit sitcom in style but also riffing on a tone of films, especially back to the future and bill and teds exellent adventure, with full of charm wit and situations as 3 ordinary guys 2 of which are sci fi geeks talk shop in the pub, and head to the mens room, but theres a paradox, and when they emerge time has altered, and as they realise its the toilets go back, and it happens again, a paradox happens as now they must avoid there other selfs, while a future time person played nicely by anna faris is on there case, popping up now and then, this film is very clever in places, and worked out so well for what looks like a simple story, its not a big set piece kind of film, just great charactor moments and sci fi done with great comedy, like the pegg/frost comedy program spaced, knows what to talk about and knowing winks throughout, great british comedy at work

Bad Taste

d.i.y filmmaking from kingkong and lord of the rings director peter jackson, this being his first film from way back in 1988, its interesting to see, his career going in the opsite direction to where he is today, shot over 3 years, every weekend when possible in his native new zealend, for a show string budget, this is splatter cinema at its best, forget the exploits of eli roth, this is, gore cinemA at its best, a group of ordinery men are a team of alien hunters, and on there local comunity aliens are planning a attack on the world, whilst eating a odd humen or two, so its up to this bunch to sort the mess out, this film is gory, and for what jackson had to work with a exellent achievment, death and mayhem done really inventive, yes it looks really cheap, and the music, sounds really cheap, but certainly adds to the inventiness of this film, and joins the films of el mariachi, clerks, slackers and blair witch project, as really influencial low budget films, jackson made 2 more splatter films after this, the exelent braindead, which manages to out do this film, and arguebly is better, but this is where it started for him, and meet the feebles, a puppet movie, with sex and violence, so a brilliant start to a career, hopefully one day jackson while inbetween his next blockbuster, will knock out a nice little splatter film and remind us who he once was

Shifty

shot for £100.000 as pat of a london film program, a very good piece of british cinema, as daniel mays plays a young man who got out of london and headed to manchester, who comes back to see his best buddy played by riz ahmed, living life as a drug dealer, here we spend the day watching there friendship and events that could ruin there day, daniel mays who was exellent in vera drake, the bank job and a little role in atonement, is exellent as is riz ahmed, the story flows well, and although nothing original, its well handled

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

exellent swedish horror, very atmospheric and some great moments and touches, kare hedebrant is exellent as the withdrawn 12 year old who is being bullied in school, and spens his lonely dark cold winter nights out on his own sitting thinking, here he meets eli a girl who only seems to see him at night, after dark, they form a friendship, needing each other, but eli is a vampire, and her guarding failing to secure some fresh blood, she has to seek out her own, or die, so as these 2 get closer, it seems they will be helping each other out with there situations, this is very well made, catch it before the ovious american remake, the two young leads are very good here and show great potential, also the other stories involving the old residents is enjoyable too, not just a drama, some great moments of horror, and not over used, a very watchable film

Crazy in Alabama

Loves it.

Sling Blade

A 1996 film starring AMAZING performances from Billy Bob Thornton and a very young Lucas Black - Really should see this!

Fifty Dead Men Walking

inspired by the true acounts of martain mcgartland, a i.r.a loyalist fighting the cause in northern ireland, who also was working for the british goverment, at the height of the troubles, and the title fifty dead men walking representing the lives of british army and security services, he must have saved along way, a gritty and edgy looking film taking us back to the 80s, and his coming up the ranks, a interesting look at the troubles from foot soldier level, and implications involved, jim sturgess whos inpressed in across the universe, and 21 shines again here in his very good belfast acent, and even though libertys have been taken with story, you can see where, thought is for storytelling rather than truth, its well told, another interesting i.r,a story, whih there have been many good ones

Sukiyaki Western Django

very enjoyable eastern film, although considering it comes from master filmmaker takashi milke, shot in english, or at least my copy was english, and dubbing very good, it concerns two clans, the whites, and reds, who seize control of a prosperous mining town with gold on there minds, and here they stay, trying to rule the little town, but white slightly winning the war due to there leader being a bit mithical, a figure from the past returns to what he sees, and must get to work, with the help of other mysterious people hidden away, well directed, bloody action sequences throughout, a great mithical story, humour, and carnage, it looks great, and maybe if in its original language would add more, but its still very enjoyable, a good eye for spaggetti westerns here, even tarentino, showing up throughout, doing his thing, adds something. seven samuri, yojimbo, dollers trilogi, if you like these check it out