Shadowheart, a modern Christian western so bad it will bring converts flocking to Allah.

Just watched The Mechanic It's a remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson film and a rather poor one at that.

Mr Statham does all his tough guy stuff as usual and there are things that go bang and splat. The best scene involved a kitchen waste disposal unit and Mr S ruined that by not stuffing the screaming daughter's hand into it

I'd rate it 2 Mushroom heads

Patton. meh....full of yankee self aggrandisement, no real surprise....was very disappointed to see a Union flag upside down.

Originally Posted by Miner

The Green Lantern - Now I must admit I wasn't really looking forward to this, but a friend lent it to me, so I gave it a go.
And I really enjoyed it. Ryan Reynolds as the test pilot who is chosen to become a Green Lantern and protect his sector of space, which includes Earth, because he is able to conquer his fear.

Look it's based on a comic book character that I don't know a lot about, so it's never going to win Oscars. But it really entertained me for 114mins.
Mrs.Miner thought it was shit. But she also hated Captain America which I enjoyed. She's not a fan of super hero films apart from the new Batman films.

And Blake Lively as the Green Lanterns love interest, and also Ryan Reynolds new bit of fluff (lucky bastard, first Scarlett Johanson now Blake. The jammy cunt) is highly bum lickable.

Not to be confused with the Green Hornet, as I did.

The Wild Geese.

Bloody brilliant. Richard Burton in classic grumbly voice.

I haven't watched it for a couple of years but glad I did again.

Best compilation was their training in the compound and, for me, the most moving part is when the RSM calls RB by his first name for the first time ever just as he is about to cark it. Gets me every time.

Shark Night 3D. Pants but some good sharks!

Shark Night 3D (2011) - IMDb

Battle Los Angeles

Battle Los Angeles (2011) - IMDb


Well, the special effects were ok.

Last night.....'Downfall' in German only, mind!

Originally Posted by Gracie

I have just bought this, I really liked the film some have complained about it being a bit slow...I didnt think so..

I watched it last night, with the family. Now, I have read the book any number of times - the first three times just to unravel the plot sufficient to say I understood how Smiley pieced it all together - and listened to it (unabridged, read by the author) at least twice. I am in no doubt that it is one of the very finest pieces of modern English literature.

So I was trepidatious (to put it mildly) about the likelihood of Hollywood (or even Pinewood, for that matter) doing it any kind of justice in a movie of less than 6 hours (remember the excellent BBC TV version? I have that as well! )

Our verdict? I was impressed by the way they managed to truncate the tale*, without losing all of its essence, and wifey and 3 adolescent boys (the kind who think Transformers shoulda got an Oscar) watched intently and followed the plot from start to end.

OK, the subtext (Le Carre interweaves subplots/themes of betrayal on a number of different levels, in this and most of his other books) only gets cursory attention, but that's to be expected.

Bloody good movie, all in all.
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*Stonkernote: I seem to remember reading somewhere that the average screenplay for a 90-minute movie prints out at about 95 pages of A4 paper, with the lines double-spaced.

Originally Posted by Alec_Lomas

I have the Spanish version whch is what I presume you are referring to. It's very brutal in all and not only in the shooting of the partisan but in the interrogation / torture sequence where the Capt explains what is about to happen. Guillermo del Toro was also tasked to direct Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' but there was falling out over over the project.

David Bowie starred in a version of The Labyrinth several years ago.

Oddly enoough, my 14yr old No. 3 son alerted me to this movie about 12 mths ago. He too was mesmerized and fascinated by the special fx. In my innocence, I recorded the next available showing - and was alerted by the TV listings, to the 'oo nasties' in it: so I gave it a quick once over. Somehow, he seems to have completely tuned out the nasty bits.

I wonder if he's a budding psycho?