Mike OBrien <mob61uk@y...> wrote:
> The central chilling idea – a murder committed purely for
> intellectual reasons – is promising, It's based on a...
Bill gets killed in the end. Oh shit I forgot that spoiler warning. Alright then let me start from the beginning; oh no that was the other film wasn't it. Or...
Here are my impressions:- Thankfully, after the brazen fanfare of Volume 1 (which I enjoyed, but could not face the thought of another couple hours of the...
Hi Mike, tell me do you think it is two whole films worth though, or perhaps should it have been edited into one longer epic ? Mike filmfan99uk ... same), ... ...
Hi Mike There's been quite a gap between me seeing the first and second parts, and because I enjoyed both films there is a part of me that wants to give...
What was I thinking ? Well I don't know, maybe that this might be some sort of stylish Buffy type caper. Wrong, wrong, wrong, this was more like the crap the...
Interesting little film about a subculture that has been with us since the Sixties; namely football hooliganism. Now when I was going every week in the...
So that would be Tuesday then ? Oh whatever. Anyway what we have here is the first real film about the weather since TWISTER; certainly makes those puny little...
Ever since I saw `Far From Heaven', which was inspired by the quality `50s melodramas made by Douglas Sirk, I've kept an eager eye out for any of Sirk's films...
I loved this film. The simple story unfolds effortlessly, at the kind of leisurely unforced pace which allows time to observe the finely nuanced performances....
Yes, I'm still here - just wrapped up in studies at the moment! Anyway, just in case anyone is going to be around this neck of the woods in a week or so, you...
Hi Mike Good to see you're still here. Like you I am also wrapped up in my studies (well okay I would have been if it wasn't for Wimbledon and Euro 2004, and...
Yes, it's all been a bit hectic! I haven't managed to get out to the cinema much (although I did go and see Harry Potter with the wife last weekend - don't...
Cambridge Film Festival 2004 It's a good job I enjoyed this, as I am already signed up for the UK Premiere of its companion piece `Before Sunset' – the...
UK Premiere: Festival Opening Film Special guest: Richard Eyre I could say that this film, set in Restoration England, has much contemporary relevance with...
Cambridge Film Festival 2004 Moore proves again that he is a master of the populist documentary. Love him or loathe him, its hard not to be affected by a film...
Yep, hoping to catch this next Tues or Weds. I have read quite a few reviews on this, and all fall into either a pro or anti Moore stance (very little middle...
Well I saw this on TV a few years back (that being the first time I had ever heard of Julie Delpy). Then I thought it was one of the most magical films about...
Cambridge Film Festival 2004 It's gems like this that make a film festival so exiting. Vodka Lemon is just wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. An off-beat,...
Cambridge Film Festival 2004 UK Premiere I was impressed with Fontaine's `Comment j'ai tue mon pere' (2001), and the excellent `Une Liaison Pornographie'...
Cambridge Film Festival 2004 This is one of those films which I find hard to evaluate on one viewing. It's an intriguing analysis of a peaceable, lonely young...
I do find that as I have thought about it more after the film, there are a lot of logical elements that begin to unravel, although I'm perhaps being unduly...
Cambridge Film Festival 2004 Special guest: Marilou Berry A film which mixes natural, unforced comedy with real depth of characterisation. Lolita is trapped at...
Cambridge Film Festival 2004 If only for its cinematography, this is a pretty amazing film. Christopher Doyle has done a fantastic job. But there is so much ...
Cambridge Film Festival 2004 This story of a radical street theatre group nicely captures the idealism and energy of youth. Not only this, but as the group's ...
Cambridge Film Festival: UK Premiere It begins with a nice visual joke and an amusing scene between the two protagonists (men who look like gangsters but are...
Cambridge Film Festival 2004 Special guest: Julian Richards A horror movie which has moments that really do make you squirm - either from what is being shown,...
Cambridge Film Festival 2004 I watched this to see what all the fuss was about. My suspicion was that it would be one of those documentaries based around a...
Cambridge Film Festival 2004 UK Premiere Maggie Cheung gives a first-class central performance as the rock star partner trying to give up drugs and achieve...
"We got to stop the terror; now watch this (golf) drive". There was a brilliant programme on BBC2 recently called GRUMPY OLD MEN, which basically consisted of...
