[timebug]

The Hobbit and Les Miserables. The Hobbit
was better than I expected,given PJ's version
of LOTR was interfered with 'for dramatic purposes'
And Les Mis simply blew me away,but I have always
loved the book,the stage musical,and all the various
cast recordings!

[underwhelmed]

Les Miserables - 2/10

[j22kh]

In cinemas: 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' - 2.3/5
On DVD: 'Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home' - 4.5/5

[zx50]

Prince of Persia. Very good film. Worth watching.

[DanielleL]

The impossible, i was hooked from the start beautiful and tragic film be warned you will need some kleenex as its a tear jerker.

[Tremse]

Les Misérables

[TCD1975]

Django Unchained 7/10

Foxx lacks charisma, the story is meandering, many of the characters are under developed, and I found quite a lot of the direction and cinematography a bit clunky.

That makes it sound like I hated it. I didn't. It's good, but not nearly as good as I was hoping it would be. It's been touted as Tarrantino's best film since Pulp Fiction but I prefer several other Tarrantino films.

[sinbad8982]

Two foreign films on lovefilm

Timecrimes- interesting low key time travel thriller 7/10

The Man From Nowhere - Koreas answer to Taken and just as good! infinitely better than Taken 2 8/10

[Jackassfan]

The Foreign Duck, The Native Duck And God (Ahiru to kamo no koinrokka) (2007) 8/10

[Lordy Lordy]

The Impossible or should that be The Utterly Predicatable!

Yes, it's a tear jerker but was rubbish on so many levels. What father would send his 2 terrified children (both under 10) into the montains with total strangers whilst he searched for other family members?

I would give this no more than 5/10 and it was £9 wasted as far as I was concerned.

[mike65]

Shivers (aka They Came From Within aka The Parasite Murders) 1975 Dir David Cronenberg.

The inventor of "body horror" first "proper" horror feature film (Crimes of the Future is more a experimental work) is the template for the first decade of his career. A isolated expensive apartment block in Montreal is the environment invaded by a man made parasite that is passed between humans with results best described as "ikky". Its a cheap film and one that suffers from some rudimentary standards in acting, sound, editing etc but also one that builds, as Cronenberg gains confidence, to a well judged climax as the inhabitants of the complex take on the aura of a sexualized zombie horde.

Shivers is one of several films made in the 70s I've seen recently which would almost certainly fall foul of censorship (or more likely a demanded rewrite) if made in exactly the same way now with teenage children at the core of objections. I won't give anything away but there's a couple of moments that would not be filmed as was. That said it was condemned at the time described by one critic thus - "crammed with blood, violence and depraved sex" and "the most repulsive movie I've ever seen." (some would say that's a rave review! )

Not one for the sensitive then.

[Dandem]

Silver Linings Playbook - 9/10

Excellent to be fair. Helped by excellent performances from pretty much the entire cast.

[clarribo]

Easy A. Liked it. 8/10

[TardisSteve]

Robots - 8/10 - lovely animated film, very funny

[underwhelmed]

The Sessions - 8/10

Game Change - 7.5/10

[Takae]

And There Were None (1945) - 7/10
An adaptation of Agatha Christie's mystery novel, Ten Little Indians. I loved some of characters' deadpan lines. The ending was meh as I predicted it, but I can easily imagine people found it a great twist at the time.

Magic Mike - 7/10.
Entertaining, but I cringed all the way through the dance performances. A shallow film, really. Not much of a story to tell. It also suffers the same problem as The Hurt Locker has - it started with the POV of one character, then it just switched to the POV of a different character with the first character's story is left seemingly forgotten. Yeah, history repeats itself, but it could be told in a better story structure.

[rhynoGB]

Shadow Of A Doubt (Hitchcock)

8/10

[revolver44]

The Man With The Iron Fists

Abysmal doesn't even come close.

1/10

[Darthchaffinch]

Tintin - 8/10

[Takae]

Catfish - 8/10
There is a couple of things I found odd, such as how the guys didn't notice the similarity of paintings, voices and writing. I think they already knew, which prompted their decision to make a documentary, and acted clueless for the doc until the music requests bit. I also think they fabricated some parts to make it more suspenseful, e.g. postcards at the farm. Good fun, though.

[InTheLoop]

Unknown 5/10
Flight Plan 6/10
The Killing Fields 8/10

[TardisSteve]

The Wicker Man (1973) - 10/10 - a true classic film, superb acting, beutitful locations, a fine example of British film making

[Darthchaffinch]

John Carter - 3/10

What a mess of a film!!

[CAMERA OBSCURA]

Angels WIth Dirty Faces (DVD). 9/10

Still one of the best 'did he or didn't he' endings.
A stunning performance from Cagney during the execution scene.



An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. 8/10.
(short movie from 1963 available on You Tube)


The Village. (TV) 7/10
Much better than I was expecting to be honest.

[bazzaroo]

Monsters - Low budget sci-fi, District 9 without the action 4/10