I like a good sing song but when its out of tune, or carried by a weak voice (I mean you Mr McGregor) and has the kind of muscial arrangement that Lloyd Webber would poke your eye out for, I got to say enough is enough. Without this movie ther would be no Chicago.. Think about it
Moulin Rouge
on DVD
(2001) Starring:Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, Jim Broadbent Director:Baz Luhrmann Certificate:
Cross LA BOHEME with CABARET, throw in a little bit of RENT, and you might almost begin to describe Baz Luhrmann's visually opulent, fast-paced, funny, heartrending MOULIN ROUGE. The film, which premiered as the opener to the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, is a musical set in 1899 Paris at the ..read more »
Watch and join Russel as you both loose your mind in this cheap oscar winner... I mean better that Lord of the Rings or Gosford Park. I don't think so
A Beautiful Mind
on DVD
(2001) Starring:Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany Director:Ron Howard Certificate:
Director Ron Howard delivers his finest effort with his extraordinary film, A BEAUTIFUL MIND, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2001. Based loosely on Sylvia Nasar's acclaimed biography of mathematician John Forbes Nash, the film is a compelling look at one man's genius, his ..read more »
Great premise. Good film mmm.
Fate is not a gamble but an skill that can be controlled..
Cue lot of stupid games, like running through a forrest, or smearing liquid over your body to see who can get a bug to land on you first. Follow this with a totally impotent gun fight at the end.. Well at least it had some arty images...mmm
Intacto
on DVD
(2001) Starring:Monica Lopez, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eusebio Poncela Director:Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Certificate:
INTACTO, from director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, follows a group of people who have "the gift" of being extremely lucky and they play into a suspenseful world of gambling and superstition. The film begins and ends in the Canary Islands, where ringleader Sam (Max von Sydow), a Holocaust survivor, ..read more »
I know, I know, I must be stupid or somefink. Oh the isolation. Oh Bill Murray and his I can act and to prove it I'm going to look misrable and not smile. Oh the fact that fuck all really happened. Oh the racist undertones. Oh the bordom Sophie all is fogiven go back to acting you are great in the godfather 3.. now that i think about it. I think I'll add to this list just give me some time
Lost In Translation
on DVD
(2003) Starring:Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi Director:Sofia Coppola Certificate:
An American film star out to make a commercial in Tokyo meets up with a photographer's wife in a hotel bar. These two people are lonely and having to contend with a foreign language and a new culture. A friendship begins.
This is too easy.
Again a comedy actor playing it straight E.G. acting pissed off (no stretch for Adam then), looking misrable, acting moody, talking in a quite voice.
A masterclass? I don't think so.
As for the friking inappropriate music.
MY GOD. SPARE ME
Punch-Drunk Love
on DVD
(2002) Starring:Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman Director:Paul Thomas Anderson Certificate:
Adam Sandler gives an amazing and unusual performance as Barry Egan, a socially impaired owner of a small novelty business, who is dominated by seven sisters and is unlikely to find love unless it finds him. When a mysterious woman comes into his life, his emotions go haywire, fluctuating between ..read more »