Lisa's Talk

The Young Victoria

emily blunt shines as victoria, as we see her in her year before and after she becomes queen of england, and the struggle for her to come through and not pass pover duty due to her age, and the eventual marriage to prince albert of belgium, as usual with these kind of films, it looks very nice to look at, great locations, and a slice of british history, worth knowing, blunt, finally getting the role she deserves after shining in everything shes been part off

Bronson

tom hardy, handsome bob in rock,n,rolla, totlly transforms here into notorious english hardman prisoner, charles bronson, who is still in prison for being considered britains most violent prisoner, here we see a glimpse of his life inside, his many incarnations, and state of mind, and early life outside the walls, done with dark humour, throughout, as told by charlie, with a wicked smile and joker face, we see his short patience to the system, some scenes are shot, from what i see as his viewpoint in a cinematic way, something he would like to see himself, hardy doing bronson as a stand up clown is a clever scene, and goesa some way showing the man he is, hardy lives and breathes bronson, and throughout the film, is a joy to watch, the 80s setting is spot on, and prison life looks grim, and some nice touches throughout

Gran Torino

eastwood plays a grumpy old man in his retirment years and we se him as he becomes a widow, he grumbles and moans at his neighbours who are korean and not american,and grumbles some more at his two sons who really just care for him, and the grumbles some more at the local priest who really thinks clint should confess in church, its when he gets tangled up with his neighbours that his life changes and he sees what other people, if a little diferent, can offer, but its a very dangerous pathy he can get into, this is definatly dirty harry retired in my eyes, ven though its not, he really doesent like whats going on around him, and eastwood geting old here playing old well, he still has what it takes, and as usuall directing also, the story is simple yet heartwarming, and runs along smoothly, predictably maybe, but eastwood always watchable, his racist oldman may come off funny someimes, and his roans throughout, whenever something happens, takes getting used to, but its never dull, yes it could be a little more gritty and less soppy, but a good film here

The Escapist

brian cox in a exellent role as a old geezer in prison, seeing a possible escape plan coming into place and the guys he needs to get the plan done, a exellent prison film, the structure is great also, going forward in time to actuall escape, back to plan in planning stages, the obstacles inway, and fellow prisoners spoiling plans, brian cox in role that naturally would have gone to a younger man, shines in this, as do others, direction is well handled, and snappy, and a special mention to the score, a great use to move story forward, and in the final act a nice little twist that fits well and makes it more humen

My Bloody Valentine 3-D

the best 3D movie ever!!!

The Wrestler

rocky showed the guy living his life, hopeing for that big break, here we see the guy who lived the dream, and now years later the dream and support has left him a trailer park trash, working a job as a store hand, but living some kind of past glory wrestling the halls where he does draw a crowd, his fame and career now bargain basement, hoping for a glimpse of the past, mickey rourke is superb, and certainly deserves best actor, bringing a lot to his charactor in both emotion and the wrestling scenes throughout, most of the time, watching this seemed like a documentary, shot hand held for most part, with gritty and realistic locations, something you only get in independent film, aronofsky diects with little fuss, unlike his others including the fountain, some great scenes to be had, rourke behind the counter of the meat stand, is a highlight, and all wrestling scenes done great, support from marisa tomei, as a stripper friend, whos story is in a way similer to his, some 20 years earlier, and her need to get out, is a good setting, and the few scenes with daughter played by evan raheal wood, tells a nice story. at times you see his payne, and his health taking second to his wrestling, and a film that does it well

Milk

FOR JOANY
sean penn is great as harvey milk, the 1st openly gay public oficial voted into office, the film shows his arrival in the castro district in san francisco, in the 1970s, which was a haven for gay people wanting to escape, gus van sant directs, with a indie feel to it, with lots of his trademarks, and a fine cast filling there true life charactors well, and josh brolin, doing great work as dan white, the guy who murdered milk in later years. the film deals well with the gay movement that took place, and eventual, rights being brought in, and the films is very informative in this,

Frost/Nixon

sheen as frost and langella as nixon are 2 great reasons to watch here, as a very famous british journalist, gets the oportunity to interview the disgraced former president, ron howard diects with a great eye for the period. the film goes along well, with a great insight into the events and organisation that took place, during the period, based on a stage play, you can see it come across on the screen

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

david fincher and pitt team up for there 3rd effort, it may seem like a forest gump type tale, but its engageing throughout, and the story of a newborn, who is old in age and condition, growing backwards as we hear his story, is always engageing, sad and epic in its look, pitt, who im sure will get a oscar nomination for his work is watchable as usuall, and his work from very old to a young man shines, the make up and visual effects for old age is terrific, but always relighing on pitts acting, fincher whos gone for a sort of fairytale here, and in a way a departure, is on form, once again his work looks superb, a great eye for detail, cate blanchet also bringing something to the table as the love of his life, a film sad at times, and funny and tthought provoking.

Seven Pounds

will smith isa good watch, and story is engageing, as a man with a mysterious plan in motion, as helping 7 people is on the cards, not anything great but smith certainly brings something to the table

Slumdog Millionaire

not the feegood film the poster makes out, but quite gritty in places, as awe watch a young man getting close to his fortune on who wants to be a millionaire in india, and his fllashbacks showing how he got here from his childhood to the love of his life, danny boyle is fast becoming the english scorsese, again like trainspotting, and others showing a great sence of music to images, and his pace always pleasing, acting is great all round, it does drag in places especially towards the typical 3rd act, but stick with it and theres something to be had

Gran Torino

Really Want to see this movie! - Eastwood is back! - I wonder if this is his final acting role!

Eden Lake

Amazig British horror film :D

In Bruges

Amazing - 'nough said

Che: Part One (The Argentine)

exellent, and a superb performance from benicio, as the title charactor, and a film that certainly benefits ffom having two parts, ive yet to see if part 2 will be a worthy film, but this part dealing with che castro and there troops making there way through cuba towards havanna, certainly benefits the extra time devoted to it, making there way across country, spreading there message to the people of cuba, and building there army for the uprising to overthrow the goverment, great detail in there campaign is seen, and inbetween a look at 64s u.n speech, snipets of speeches and comfrontations in this time, put in at good points throughout the film, theres also great set pieces throughout, not just making this a walking and talking pic, and the seige on the nearest point to havanna towards end is a highlight, great directing from soderdgerg, clearly showing he can switch from his ocean 11s to this with ease, benicio is superb, and im sure a oscar could be on the cards, his che is superb, heres looking forward to part 2

Chopping Mall (Killbots)

very bad but funny in a good way., a 80s video nasty, AS killer robots on rampage in mall, after hours with a group of over sex teens there pray, they are there to defend mall, but killing is there game, some nice deaths throighout, badly acted, and very enjoyable, and a very very bad 80 score