A fantastically clever and well-made film, with some great cinematic techniques and a rocking score. However I have to say I came out of it feeling ‘dirty’ somehow, and very sad.. It has such a sense of squalor and quiet desperation/hopelessness to it that I couldn’t really say I enjoyed it, even though in a […]

Wasn’t really what I was expecting, can’t say I really enjoyed it that much. I guess it was a good film though; I just didn’t enjoy it.

Adaption of the Sebastian Faulks book (which I’ve not read), with Cate Blanchett (who I hardly recognised) and others. A rather traumatic story from WW2, based mainly in a small French villiage, it tells the story of the French resistance, and a British agent sent to help them. Very compelling watching though – although I […]

Saw Searching for Bobby Fischer over the weekend (On a region 1 DVD – my PS2 chipping worked!!!!). Very enjoyable film, although the friend who lent it to me led me to believe there was a romantic/emotional subtext involving a woman, which I spent the whole film looking for!! Going to watch it again this […]

A moderate film; not really enough plot or action to satisfy, and only one significant car chase in a film where 50 high-performance cars are stolen!

A very pleasing little number – Reese Witherspoon is suprisingly good too – but I can’t help thinking that this is a story and script which deserves the stage. But very engaging and funny, can’t really fault the acting or screenplay. Definitly worth watching if it’s your thing!