Archive for the ‘Movie reviews’ Category

July 4, 2006 4 Comments

Movie Roundup – June 06

A rather nice little story about a lady who makes everyone happy, apart from herself, with the healing power of chocolate. I was pleasantly surprised by this film and would recommend it to anyone who wants something nice and peaceful to watch on a Sunday afternoon - naturally chocolate must be involved (my favourite is white chocolate)

I had read a little about the story of Tristan and Isolde ...

June 9, 2006 0 Comments

Movie Review – Confetti

It's a bit late now but a couple of weekends ago my girlfriend and I went to see a new Brit flick, Confetti, at the cinema.

Like Spinal Tap and, more recently, The Office - Confetti (FWIW Tim, Martin Freeman, from the Office is one of the leads) is a mocumentary (Mock Documentary).

The film follows three couples as they attempt to win a magazine competition for the most unusual wedding. The movie starts as the couple ...

June 7, 2006 1 Comments

Movie Roundup – May 06

Not the movie but the cartoon series. Saw the first series a while ago and, whilst I thought it was ok, wasn't overly impressed. The main problem was a lack of narrative - each 5 minute cartoon was self contained. This is a problem the second series doesn't have and it's much better because of it. The stories all combine together to make a single uninterrupted episode (shown as a ...

May 13, 2006 7 Comments

Mission Impossible 3

Went to the cinema the other day to see Mission Impossible 3.

Unfortunately I can't decide whether I liked it or not. There was lots of action, some of it quite cool, and it was a lot more emotional than previous films (or at least it tried to be). There appeared to be an attempt to make the movie more like the tv series 24 with smaller set pieces where anything can, and ...

May 4, 2006 3 Comments

Movie Roundup – April 06

One for the 'Not what I expected' pile. I know it was loved when released but for me it underperformed. Didn't help that I was ill when I was watching it, which meant that I couldn't concentrate properly.

I enjoy Baz Lurmans Moulin Rouge and thought the idea of Romeo and Juliet using the original script in a modern setting would be great. The leads were pretty good but I had forgotten ...

April 5, 2006 4 Comments

Movie Roundup – March 06

Serenity is a spin off movie from the cult tv show Firefly. The show only lasted one series, and I haven't seen a single episode, however the producer, Joss Whedon, also worked on Buffy the Vampire Slayer one of the best TV shows ever - so Serenity was always going to be interesting. I quite enjoyed it, but there were clearly things going on that would only make sense if you've seen the original show. I'm ...

March 5, 2006 0 Comments

Movie Roundup – February 06

Jim Carrey... in a serious movie... whatever next? Ok, he's done some straighter less comedic stuff before, but this is the most serious I've ever seen Jim Carey act and he pulls it off rather well. The story revolves around a man whose girlfriend (Kate Winslet) erases all her memories of him and their time together. Very upset he does the only thing he can, and erases all his memories of her. ...

January 30, 2006 1 Comments

Movie Roundup – January 06

I wasn't expecting much from this, but simply because of Tom Hanks and Stephen Spielberg figured it was worth a try. The film itself was a quite nice enjoyable simple little movie. Apparently the film was inspired by Merhan Karimi Nasseri an Iranian refugee who has been living in the departure lounge of Terminal One in Charles de Gaulle Airport since August 8, 1988 (apparently he is still there).

Another Tom Hanks ...