(500) Days of Summer

Saw this film on Saturday night at the cinema and actually really liked it! I initially thought it might have been a bit too smug for its own good but was a funny and original take on the rom-com. Last film I reluctantly saw in this genre was The Proposal with Sandra Bullock the romantic [...]

The Damned United twice in one day

Tottenham got spanked good and hard by one of the \”top four\” teams in the Premier League today. It was tough to take surrounded by braying Manchester United fans in a busy pub but that\’s par for the course when your team isn\’t in this upper tier!
I followed it up with a trip to see [...]

I Love You, Man

We haven’t been to the cinema much this year but all the films I’ve seen on the big screen so far (with the exception of He’s Just Not That Into You) have been well worth the wait: Che Part One, The Wrestler, Gran Torino, and even I Love You Man which we watched last night [...]

5 Films from 2008

Pretty cool list of favourite films from last year on xetera, got me thinking about what I enjoyed watching in o8.

1. Wall-E
I’m a huge fan of Pixar movies, but this is definitely their best yet. Lovingly takes the best bits of what you loved about films like ET and Short Circuit, mixes it with some [...]

White poppies on Sunday

Spurred on by challenging posts from other bloggers, the Belfast homecoming parade of last week, and probably by the giddy hopefulness of events in the US, I decided to purchase a pack of ten white poppies. Thankfully by the end of the week all ten had been taken by people. Sunday night in church felt [...]

Kidulthood

Stayed up later than usual last night to watch the film Kidulthood on BBC 3. It follows the stories of a group of teenagers in London during an (unexpected) day off school due to a classmate’s suicide. A grim premise to start off with, and the whole film is a pretty bleak ride from then on in.
Fewer [...]

There Will Be Over-acting

Just back from watching There Will Be Blood at the cinema. I’d heard so many good reports about it but came away a little disappointed. The director walked a fine line between keeping the audience guessing what would happen next and then seemingly taking the film down dead-end corridors. 
Day-Lewis got all the plaudits but I [...]

Be Kind Rewind

This film got some pretty average reviews a few weeks ago. We saw it at the weekend and I loved it!
I thought Michel Gondry’s last film The Science Of Sleep was good in parts but seemed to disappear up it’s own a**e. Too many clever ideas and not enough character.
This is different. Athough advertised as [...]

The Glory Game

 The Glory Game was written by Hunter Davies and follows the fortunes of Tottenham Hotspur during the 1971-72 season. He gained unparalleled access behind the scenes at the club – something which no author has been granted at any top-flight since.
It’s a fascinating book and a perfect companion to Nick Hornby’s Fever Pitch. The Glory [...]

Supposedly great films that I haven’t seen:

1. The Godfather
2. The Godfather Part 2
3. The Usual Suspects
4. Reservoir Dogs
5. Goodfellas
6. Pulp Fiction
7. All the President’s Men
8. The Great Escape
9. Donnie Darko
10. Blade Runner
I have been ridiculed for admitting to not seeing any of these, yet I’m a huge film fan.