First, let me give a little more information about this title, as LoveFilm do not even have a synopsis! Is a documentary produced by the Royal Horticultural Society. S is presented by Peter Thoday (you can tell from the Victorian kitchen range).

It has a small amount of archival footage, and Peter Thoday provides an overview of how and why the war Veg government encourages more and more, but this is mainly dedicated to the memories of the various interviewees about the excavation for Victoria and the campaign of guerrilla gardening. Due to the time elapsed since the war, these are mostly people who were children during the war talking about what their parents did. Is going to talk about the work of the land of the girls did - with contributions from many of the ladies recalling his time as the land of girls. In general, I have given this 3 stars because it is a nice relaxed DVD, but it’s really only one skimmed the top of the field. Do not jump to any information about the techniques of gardening in these times, it s just a string of pretty people talking about how wonderful her father grew parsnips etc - and I’ve seen much more detailed documentaries on the earth for girls recently in the BBC.

There is something a little strange about the pace of Spellbound. However, despite losing some time now and then, it is also very funny and surprising uplifting.Spellbound follows a handful of young teenagers from different backgrounds, and that the offer to become the national champion in spelling. Everyone must move through the local heats for the final, in which each child, in turn, is a word that must decide, and then spell correctly. First letter out of place and go home. The pressure is unbelievable. As a mother narrates, is the spelling as a different kind of child abuse, and seeing the expressions on the faces of those who will miss a word, it is difficult to disagree. However, for some children, feels the experience rewarding, especially for the poor, immigrant families who are working double time to continue with its rich, Waspy peers.The extent that they push, or are pushed by their parents, without However, it is the most amazing thing. Some of the routines are amazing review, splay your eyes wide, unable to understand what a parent hopes for their children to achieve. However, it is a gentle documentary, and for the most part, you can see some very gifted children to do something like this because they want to. It is refreshing to see a movie about geeks who treats them so warm, and leaves you reeling, just a little, how much in the world there is to know.

Being a lover of good horror film, I was intrigued by the synopsis of the Slasher Film. People mysteriously disappear within a block of flats. I know that without sound not too deep, but hey, sometimes when you know that s all you want, that s what you get. I was not surprised that feels s television movie, but I was amused by it s funny adaptation of an old story of MR James. Obviously, no where near the same level of suspence and chill, but entertaining enough for me to try to predict the final. I was not very far, considering i have seen a Slasher / horror film before. With this type of film, which s always fun to put a bet on who will be slaughtered s first and the TV movie as the NSA does not really produce that performance to the attention of them, the more fun parts are the way that is outside coup. Therefore, if this tickles your fancy, then this film worth a laugh. Otherwise, s probably best not to waste the gift of skin on the finger by opening the package postable DVD.

Like the foreigners did so after Aliens, the second Terminator movie was bigger, faster, stronger and (possibly) better. The special effects were pioneers in their day. The atmospheric score accurately captures the feeling of threat and impending doom. Also, like foreigners, there is a sense of humor that runs through the film - particularly the sending of certain aspects of the first film. And everything they say about the acting talents of Arnie is perfectly suited to playing the Terminator. The often under-rated Linda Hamilton returns to portrays just the right amount of strength and vulnerability as Sarah Connor: the woman who has the weight of the world s future on their shoulders, and that it must strike a balance between his love for his son with the need to prepare him for his destiny as a leader against the machines. And this is what really makes this movie so great - the fact that it is more than an excuse Laden CGI effects for the magic. S about the drama of human beings: the struggle to provide a decent future for their children. It is also a coming of age drama, as the young John Connor is growing and is facing his destiny as the savior of the human race. The film would not be nearly as interesting or loved one, if it was not for these extra, human, dramatic features. Special effects and action set pieces not only do not work in isolation, without a decent story behind them - as we have seen in too many movies. This modern classic is a must for any observer of the film that he likes a strong history and the mind blowing action.

This film looks good and has some well realised and shot fight sequences, but the plot seems arbitrary and doesn’t hang together at all well. There are many scenes that really shouldn’t have made the cut as they do nothing to further the plot and only distract attention from it.

As far as the King Arthur thing goes, it seems to me that they took a basic fantasy medieval battle film plot and then at the last minute tweaked it and decided to call it King Arthur in the hopes of increasing its box office. It really has nothing to do with the Arthur legend, although it is an interesting vision of how England might have been when the Romans were pulling out. The Saxons are suitably nasty, and it amused me that they were American.

Some of the snow effects are laughable - it’s like somebody burst a pillow. I found myself watching the clock on the DVD player and working out how much longer I’d have to sit and watch before it was over - but I never actually stopped, so something held me there. Perhaps the look of the film, which is strong. Not the acting or the plot. I think the version I saw was a directors cut which may explain the unnecessary scenes.

Five stories set in and around Naples, where the residents’ lives are dominated by organised crime outfit, the Camorra. Based on the best-selling non-fiction book by Roberto Saviano

In 2002, one of the older contestants on Channel 4’s Big Brother - Sandy, a department store “personal shopper” from Scotland - startled viewers by finally going into a strange emotional condition, at once catatonic and agitated with rage.

Before making various attempts to escape by climbing over the wall, he announced in his torpid-resentful manner, that he had gone into a state “beyond boredom”. I entered precisely that state after just five or 10 minutes of this film, a cranium-pulverisingly dull and badly acted sci-fi action non-thriller.

The only brain activity it could possibly stimulate would be a pondering of the question: who actually likes this stuff?

To whom will it shift DVD units in sufficient quantities to cover the production budget? Single guys who live with their parents, and who are, in John Peel’s immortal description of his own fanbase, nearing the end of their eligibility for Club 18-30 holidays?

Scary Movie stalwart Anna Faris gets to topline a movie of her own - a Legally Blonde knockoff produced by Adam Sandler, whose robust influence is everywhere apparent. Faris plays Shelley, a Playboy bunny and resident of the notorious Hugh Hefner mansion, who, on the morning after her 27th birthday party, receives a letter curtly informing her that she is now too old and must leave.

Shelley finally gets a job as “House Bunny” in a terminally unpopular college sorority, filled with nerds, shut-ins and even feminists, of all the absurd things. It is her mission to give this lacklustre community a Playboy-style makeover. Hugh Hefner, 82 years young, has a creepy wooden cameo. Less than awesome.

Oliver Stone has said he wanted to understand, not to hurt, George W Bush and to give a fair and true portrait of the man. And with W, the filmmaker - who stirred a firestorm of controversy with JFK and Nixon - has presented a relatively even-handed and entertaining portrait of the current US president, although it is sure to raise White House hackles, nevertheless.

W covers Bush’s life from the age of 21 up to his invasion of Iraq, portraying him as both an arrogant, egotistical bully and a confused, sad and almost tragic figure manipulated by his aides and helplessly unable to come up with an exit strategy for Iraq.

Stone made the film in a quickfire 48 days on a £15 million budget to have it ready for release in the US before the November 4 presidential election, but the production values are excellent and there are no obvious signs of it having been a rush job.

As the title character who is in almost every scene, Josh Brolin has done his homework well and offers a convincing interpretation of George W, effectively capturing his mannerisms and style of speech. Thoroughly researched and based mainly on available documentation, W opens with a post-9/11 cabinet meeting in the Oval Office.

In a series of flashbacks, we then follow Bush’s early days as a hard-drinking, rambunctious womaniser and ne’er-do-well, his conversion, at the age of 40, to born-again Christianity, his sobriety and his career in politics.

Stone and writer Stanley Weiser, who also collaborated on Wall Street, place a great deal of emphasis on the father-son relationship, taking the position that George H Bush (James Cromwell) favoured his younger son Jeb and considered George W the black sheep.

Consequently George W is shown as constantly striving to demonstrate he is stronger than his father, castigating him for not finishing the job and taking out Saddam Hussein during the 1991 Gulf War and for losing the 1992 election by running a poor campaign.

Among the mainly excellent supporting cast, Richard Dreyfuss is downright scary as Richard Cheney, Britain’s Toby Jones is outstanding as Karl Rove and Stacy Keach has some good scenes as the preacher who aids W’s conversion.

Thandie Newton, with little to do, bears a startling resemblance to Condoleezza Rice and Ioan Gruffudd makes a brief appearance as Tony Blair.

Inevitably, because the story of the George W Bush administration is still being written, the film’s ending is ambiguous.

Poignantly, the smug and self-righteous president is seen struggling at a White House press conference to define what he thinks his legacy will be.

Like Aliens did after Alien, the second Terminator film went bigger, faster, louder and (arguably) better.

The special effects were groundbreaking in their day. The atmospheric score accurately captures the feeling of menace and impending doom. Also, like Aliens, there is a vein of humour running through the movie - especially sending up certain aspects of the first film. And whatever you say about the acting talents of ‘Arnie’ he is perfectly suited to playing the Terminator.

The often under-rated Linda Hamilton returns to portrays just the right amount of strength and vulnerability as Sarah Connor: the woman who has the weight of the world’s future on her shoulders, and who must balance her love for her son with the need to prepare him for his destiny as a leader against the machines.

And this is what really makes this film so great - the fact that it is more than an effects laden excuse for CGI magic. It’s about the drama of being human: the struggle of providing a decent future for your children. It is also a coming of age drama; as the young John Connor grows up and faces his destiny as the saviour of the human race.

The film wouldn’t be nearly as interesting or loved if it wasn’t for these extra, human, dramatic features. Special effects and action set pieces just don’t work in isolation without a decent story behind them - as we have seen in far too many movies.

This modern classic is a must for any film watcher who likes a strong story as well as mind blowing action.

Arguably the best film of the trilogy. Arnold Schwarzenegger is sublime. In the year 2029, a computer called Skynet is fighting against a human resistance, after having nearly destroyed the rest of humanity in 1997. Skynet has found a way to send some of it’s warriors, called Terminators, back in time. This is the story of the Terminator sent to kill the resistance leader in 1995, while he is still a child. The resistance sends a reprogrammed Terminator back to 1995 to protect the young man. The question is, can they survive against the new prototype liquid metal Terminator while preventing the creation of Skynet?

T2 as it is affectionately referred to on merchandising is breathtaking in its apocalyptic vision of the machine vs. human future. The film is accompanied by a powerful score by Brad Fiedal that will have you on the edge of your seat in anticipation. Linda Hamilton?s acting, when she spots Arnie for the first time, is one of those moments that will etch in your mind for a long time.

The story of three roommates at a private school for girls, LOST AND DELIRIOUS centers on Mary (Mischa Barton), who is shy and lonely, having spun on a downward spiral ever since the death of her mother three years before. But when she arrives at prep school and meets her new roommates, Pauline (Piper Perabo) and Tory (Jessica Pare)–fun, happy girls–Mary begins to open up.

But just as Mary begins to come out of her shell, she discovers that her roommates are lovers, and, not knowing how to talk about it, she bites her tongue and is left feeling more isolated and alone than ever before. To complicate matters, Pauline and Tory break up. Tory insists that she likes boys. And Pauline becomes an emotional wreck–acting out and changing into a dangerously fragile time bomb. With its complicated plot, delicate issues, and convincing adolescent characters, LOST AND DELIRIOUS is a powerful and disturbing look at first love. The first English-language film from director Lea Pool, the film is based on the novel THE WIVES OF BATH by Susan Swan.

I had heard mixed reviews about this film so expectation were low, however they were greatly surpassed all the same. From the ’80’s Revival’ introduction onwards their was a continuous source of humour and laughs. The story is as strong as you can expect from this genre of film, and although Hugh Grant plays his usual character, this is one of his better outings.

Drew Barrymore is a delight to watch and the rest of the cast supports well. If you remember the eighties, this will be right up your street and you will find yourselves reminicing about those A-ha, Wham and Duran Duran days. And if you dont remember the 80’s then you need to see this film anyway.

The story of three roommates at a private school for girls, LOST AND DELIRIOUS centers on Mary (Mischa Barton), who is shy and lonely, having spun on a downward spiral ever since the death of her mother three years before. But when she arrives at prep school and meets her new roommates, Pauline (Piper Perabo) and Tory (Jessica Pare)–fun, happy girls–Mary begins to open up.

But just as Mary begins to come out of her shell, she discovers that her roommates are lovers, and, not knowing how to talk about it, she bites her tongue and is left feeling more isolated and alone than ever before. To complicate matters, Pauline and Tory break up. Tory insists that she likes boys. And Pauline becomes an emotional wreck–acting out and changing into a dangerously fragile time bomb. With its complicated plot, delicate issues, and convincing adolescent characters, LOST AND DELIRIOUS is a powerful and disturbing look at first love. The first English-language film from director Lea Pool, the film is based on the novel THE WIVES OF BATH by Susan Swan.

MILLION DOLLAR BABY Not being a big advocate of female boxing I decided to watch this film based on reviews I had seen online and on tv and I was pleasantly surprised. I originally thought ‘Another boxing film, bound to be Rocky-esque’ but I was wrong because from the very first scene it delivered a knockout punch. Clint Eastwood although advanced in years portrayed Frankie Dunn a tough trainer estranged from his daughter and family who had been there seen it done it in the world of boxing all apart from the one thing he craved more than anything which was to train and manage a championship winning fighter.

His chance came when a fighter he was managing got the chance to fight for a championship but on the eve of the fight he decided to swap camps and sign for someone else which left Eastwood gutted. Luckily and in turn reluctantly he was to get another chance at glory when one day into his gym walks an unlikely potential champion walks into his gym in the form of a 30 year old waitress called Maggie Fitzgerald played excellently by Hilary Swank.

From her very first scene you felt for her due to her coming from a broken down and dysfunctional family and her struggle to survive in life. She manages to convince Dunn (Eastwood) to train her and show her the ropes so to say and reluctantly Dunn agrees. Dunn (Eastwood) is helped by an old friend and colleague and ex boxer called Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris played to perfection by the brilliant and unemotional Morgan Freeman. The character of Scrap is very reminiscent of Freemans previous character of Red in Shawshank Redemption in that he is always on hand to offer wise words and advice without giving too much away about himself. So the film goes on with Dunn and Scrap doing their best to help Maggie with her winning several fights albeit just small town arenas firstly before moving up to the grander surroundings and fighting for national and international championships. Along the way she is given the name Mo Cusha which is gaelic for My Love or something like that. The true meaning of the expression isnt revealed until towards the end of the film when after a fight goes wrong against a tough german opponent for the European title that Dunn sits by Maggies bedside and tells her the meaning. Secretly you feel that despite Dunns unwillingness to get involved and to train Maggie that there is a strange kind of love there between them even if it is in a fatherly way. The film itself ends too abruptly for my liking and I feel it could have gone on for longer but in a whole I am not disappointed at all.

Excellent movie might be royalty propaganda and an interesting insight to the early Blair years. Use of genuine footage, relective of how it was in those times. The diana death was delt with well. Has a factual feel about it.

Shows what a weird/distorted world the royals were brought up in and how it left then out of phase with the real world. Not one you would buy, and expect it to be on TV for Christmas day, shortly after the Queens Speech on Ch4. If you are not a royalist then you will side with Chreeie Blair and if are then with Tonys ’save them from themselves’ intervention. Cant see how this movie can be badly reviewed. I was expecting it to be dull (there was nothjing else on and this was the last option). But all of us watching it were impressed.

Sinbad was simple brill in this film and most probably he made the whole thing look great, The film is about the son of U.S. President Davenport whom projects his loneliness, frustration and feelings of isolation from family and friends by being a brat to his private Secret Service agent.

When the agent snaps from the strain in front of the First Lady, a new agent is assigned to Luke. He turns out to be the enormous Sam Simms (Sinbad), a bit of a rogue who managed to rise through the ranks by sheer determination rather than strict adherence to Secret Service protocol. Funny and certainly worth watching.

I agree with the first reviewer - this is far better than the other two productions I have seen on DVD recently (the Met’s, and De Billy’s). My only complaint is the number of extreme close-ups in the second half of the final act. As this was a Bayreuth production, I would like to have more of an impression of what it would have been like to see it live. Some of the action when King Marke arrives comes across as confused due to the close-ups.

And there are a few too many close-ups of Tristan’s face after he is supposed to be dead - sometimes he has his eyes open, sometimes closed! The performances are committed and fine; I just feel it would have benefited from a more subtle video production. Still, pretty essential for all that!

In Cameron Crowe’s directorial debut, John Cusack plays Lloyd Dobler–an average guy with a penchant for kickboxing. There is only one thing that all-around nice guy Lloyd wants for his high school graduation–a date with beautiful valedictorian Diane Court (Ione Skye). Lloyd’s dream comes true when Diane accepts his invitation to a graduation party. Diane falls for Lloyd, whose goal is to spend as much time with her as possible.

Their budding romance is put to the test when Diane has to choose between pursuing her academic dreams and spending time with him. John Mahoney is first-rate as Diane’s father, a single parent who wants only the best for his brilliant daughter but who harbors a serious secret that the IRS is investigating. Like John Hughes’s classic films of the 1980s (PRETTY IN PINK, THE BREAKFAST CLUB) that dealt with the trials and tribulations of being a teenager, Crowe’s intelligent script and film cut through stereotypes and portray teenagers as real people rather than caricatures.

If you awoke on Christmas Eve to find your partner dead on the floor, how would you react?This is how the viewer is introduced to the strange world inhabited by Morvern, who reacts to her lover’s sudden demise with cool detachment.A soundtrack of cool electronica interspersed with the odd classic replaces dialogue for most of the film, which accompanies Morvern on a mental and physical journey of self-discovery as she tries to make sense of the loss of her partner and the futility of her mundane existence.The overall feel of the film borders on the surreal, but also contains some sharply observed scenes. It only really comes to life during the second half as Morvern and her friend decamp to Spain to find themselves in a package holiday hell full of ecstasy fuelled scallies.The film meanders from scene to scene without any specific sense of purpose. It’s clear from the start that the dialogue is not particularly important, but the music and visuals are.An ultimately enjoyable film that dares to be different, I would recommend it to anyone who us a fan of leftfield music or who isn’t put off by having to think for themselves while watching a movie.

It was a brave decision to make a movie out of such a slim story. To keep the viewer’s attention over the length of a film with such limited opportunities would prove very difficult, and unfrortunately this fails. The type of terror the stranded couple must have felt is very personal and does not translate well to the screen. To feel their fear you would need to sympathise with their situation, so unless you’ve been through a similar experience it’s hard to get involved. You feel sorry for them, as you would a tragic news story - but it’s not the stuff of film entertainment.

OK. So I play horror video games and I sort of like movie conversions - thought Resi Evil was OK, etc. However, I have never played Silent Hill so I was expecting an OKish movie conversion. How wrong I was - this film is really ace. If you like Clive Barkers novels/movies, then this is for you. It is really GOTH - I know, I know - so! But, stay with me, this film is stylistically and visually superb and really gripping (although not particularly scary). Anyhoo - for those of you with the darker imaginations - RENT THIS NOW. Ignore what the (we) gamers have written - this is a good film. Have a nice night!

I missed this when it was on TV, so approached it without much expectation. First things to note are the excellent cast and ambitious idea of a series running in (not quite) real time over a whole day. So it has the ingredients to be great….but! The plot twists and rabbits out of hats…it takes credulaty to a new level. I was half expecting Johnny Rotten to appear and ask the viewer as he famously did on stage having lost any interest in doing another Sex Pistols gig ‘You ever feel like you been cheated!’. Which just brings me to the question. Why did I find this vacuous nonsense so addictive?

That is probably my favourite scene, it is a good question that this film highlights, and is a well made film that explores a number of issues to do with relationships, when it comes to relationships it highlights the need to take control of the relationship for yourselves, not even allowing parents to do so, even though they may mean well. This film covers sensitive issues well, but it felt a bit rushed in places, and maybe would have been more of a tearjerker if it hadnt, but i still give it 5 stars for making me want to watch it twice in as many days.

Secret agent James Bond battles the all-enveloping tentacles of an international crime syndicate called SPECTRE. The organization’s mad plan for world supremacy unfolds with the icy efficiency of a chessmaster’s complex strategy, and if they succeed, the antagonism of the cold war will be pushed from deep-freeze to the supernova of atomic oblivion. But our man Bond dispatches sultry spies, madmen, and double agents with the same coolness he displays while downing martinis and making love to beautiful blondes. In this, the second of the series, Bond travels to Turkey to meet a mysterious Russian woman who claims to have fallen in love with his photograph. She offers him a secret translating device if he will join her, although he does not know that she has been put up to the task by Rosa Klebb, formerly of the KGB, who has gone to work for SPECTRE. It’s Bond’s assignment to get the girl and the machine back to England–and to do it, of course, in style.

The electrifying Oscar-winning performance by Susan Hayward forms the foundation for the film noir classic I WANT TO LIVE! Hayward plays Barbara Graham, the real-life occasional prostitute and full-time con artist and perjurer who was charged with a murder she claimed she didn’t commit and became the first woman to be executed in the state of California. Based on news articles by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ed Montgomery and letters from the actual Barbara Graham, the film chronicles the year or so before the murder of a wealthy widow and shows Graham’s involvement with con artists Emmett Perkins (Philip Coolidge) and Jack Santo (Lou Krugman), who are also charged with the crime. After trying to break free of the underworld by marrying drug addict Henry Graham (Wesley Lau) and having a child with him, the spunky, good-natured but desperate Barbara leaves Henry and goes back to setting up gambling rings and ripping people off. It’s not long before she and her partners, Emmett and Jack, are arrested for murder, though the film cleverly never shows the actual crime. What follows is a harrowing tale with Graham angrily, then desperately, proclaiming her innocence as she is put through the justice system. With an amazing jazz score by Johnny Mandel and director Robert Wise’s quick pacing and frenetic vignettes, I WANT TO LIVE! is a gripping, tense melodrama.

There is only one redeeming feature about this film: I can ask if someone has seen it. If so i will ask them if they liked it and if they did i will automatically know they are a moron and will consider kicking them for their lack of worth. Complete drivel, pretentious, anti jewish anti gay, anti-acting (sir ben please!) and anti humanity. I take this film as a personal insult . Everything about it felt like a vinegar soaked cheese greater being rubbed on my genitals. Josh Hartnett is a terrible actor. Re 40 days and forty nights but this is turd even by his standards. Well as you can tell, I loved it.

This film has been harshly criticised by many people. Even though I found the film very difficult to watch at times, it was amazingly powerful. So why have I only given it three stars? It is very violent in places, which made it difficult to keep my eyes on the screen!! Definitely not a film to sit down with your kids and watch. However, having said that, the horror of Jesus’ trial and persecution has never been portrayed as graphically as this film achieves. Another thing that you should be made aware of is that this film is in the Arabic language - which means subtitles, this may put many viewers off, but don’t let it - the subtitles were bold and clearly visible and easy to read. I am writing this review the day after watching the film as it is one of those that kinda stay in the mind for a while!

I had no preconceived ideas about this movie apart from it being the Johnny Cash story. Very well acted, Joaquin Phoenix is great in the lead role, very believable, Reese Witherspoon as leading lady was an even better performance. The film did jump in years quite a bit, but I have to assume nothing of any interest happened to Mr Cash in those gaps, made the film a bit confusing sometimes ( go get a drink, risk losing the plot). I really enjoyed this movie, even though I don’t like country music a good Saturday Night Film with the Misses.

In the film I think our anti-hero, Jack Valenti, probably best summed up my feelings about any controversy surrounding the American film rating system - ‘If someone makes a film others want to see, a bad rating won’t hurt it; if they make a film no one wants to see, a good rating can’t help it’. The critics of the ratings system in this film complained about the secrecy/lack of transparency in the process, favoritism to large studios vs independent films, discrimination against gay society (and others), and - from directors - losing a scene or portion of a scene that they felt was so important to the film. Ironically, nowhere in the expos? do they talk about films and/or messages which should get to the viewing audience that didn’t because of the process. Furthermore, the rampant success of all the above listed categories of films/film content (indie, gay [the director of Boys Don't Cry, which won 40 awards around the world including an Oscar and a BAFTA, was on her soapbox], etc) makes me question the impact (and therefore the importance) of the behaviours, even though I suspect it’s all true to one degree or another. The documentary was well-made and was entertaining enough for a lazy afternoon. All said, though, I not only failed to care about the issue by the end of the film, more importantly I failed to see who was being harmed by the process under the microscope.

God-Almighty. It is that good. Where on earth the director got those visions of spirits / faun / monsters from - I have no idea. But Pan’s Labyrinth is simply the most engaging, visually stunning, heart wrenching movie I have seen for a long long time. I was slightly detached in the beginning when they introduce the character (with a backdrop of Spanish civil war - yawn), but stick with it, once the adventure starts rolling, you just sit back on the sofa and marvel at the visions / images created by del Toro. Alice in the wonderland with a heavy dose of Harry Potter’s dark magic. 5* recommended… or whatever it takes - Rent this.

Includes all 25 episodes of season six: The One After Vegas, The One Where Ross Hugs Rachel, The One With Ross’s Denial, The One Where Joey Loses His InsuranceThe One With Joey’s Porsche, The One on the Last Night, The One Where Phoebe Runs, The One With Ross’s Teeth, The One Where Ross Got High, The One With the Routine, The One With the Apothecary Table, The One With the Joke, The One With Rachel’s SisterThe One Where Chandler Can’t Cry, The One That Could Have Been 1, The One That Could Have Been 2, The One With the Unagi, The One Where Ross Dates a StudentThe One With Joey’s Fridge, The One With the Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E, The One Where Ross Meets Elizabeth’s Dad, The One Where Paul’s the ManThe One With the Ring, The One With the Proposal, The One With the Proposal 2

Tim Allen reteams with director John Pasquin (THE SANTA CLAUSE) in JOE SOMEBODY. Allen stars as Joe Scheffer, a mild-mannered man who makes promotional videos for a Minneapolis pharmaceutical company. Joe is divorced and quietly unhappy until the office bully, Mark McKinney (Patrick Warburton), punches him out in the company parking lot in front of Joe’s precocious young daughter (Hayden Panettiere of REMEMBER THE TITANS). The humiliated Joe sinks into such a deep depression that not even the flirtations of the company’s pretty ‘wellness coordinator’ (Julie Bowen) can rouse him. Joe decides to restore his pride by challenging McKinney to a fight, and suddenly finds himself the most popular man in the office. Joe even hires a washed-up action movie star (Jim Belushi in a hilariously grizzled performance) to teach him martial arts. He soon finds that he has to weigh the allure of his newfound popularity against the love and respect of those who liked him the way he was. Screenwriter John Scott Shepherd does a good job of balancing slapstick comedy with touching family drama. Allen shows surprising dramatic range, turning in a strong and sympathetic performance as an emotionally complex and dynamic character.

Okay we all know this is and will be a off the wall strange take on the Sweeney Todd tale as it is after all Tim Burton. But is it worth a rent on your list.? Things to consider is that it is not only a musical but more musical than most others think Grease and Labyrinth and Wizard of OZ. And there is more singing in Sweeney Todd than even those. A great deal of the dialogue is sung rather than spoken and almost everyone gets in on the act. Can you handle that much singing.? The plot however is good but yet again key plotlines and dialogue is sung rather than said so you really do need to listen to the lyrics. Reasons to rent it. 1. It?s a unusual take on the story. 2. Its well filmed and acted. 3. J.D. and H.B.C are ideal for these quirky parts. Reasons to avoid it. 1. The actors sing , sing and sing some more. 2. It is nothing like any other adaptation put out to date. 3. It never really passes for a Horror film. If odd unusual and tongue in cheek fun is your thing this might well be for you. If not then give it a miss. I thought id hate it but wanted to give it a whirl and thought it made a pleasant change. Though it has to be said if you want the real deal. Get Sweeney Todd with Ray Winstone probably the best version made to date. Star rating is for its originality and not being afraid of giving this story a completely new take in a completely new way. Brave move I say.

Being a lover of a good Horror film, i was intrigued by the synopsis of this slasher movie. People mysteriously disappearing within an apartment block. I know it doesn’t sound too deep, but hey, sometimes when you know that’s all you want, that’s what you get. I was not suprised by it’s TV movie feel, but i was entertained by it’s amusing adaptation of an old M.R James story. Obviously no where near to the same degree of suspence and chill, but entertaining enough for me try and predict the ending. Which i wasn’t far off, considering i’ve seen a slasher/horror film before. With these sort of films, it’s always fun to put a bet on who get’s slaughtered first and as the TV movie actors really don’t produce such a performance to care about them, the most entertaining parts are how they get bumped off. Therefore if this tickles your fancy, then this films worth a laugh. Otherwise, it’s probably for the best that you don’t waste the skin on your finger opening the postable DVD package.

Now, I dont usually go for this sort of film but relented, as a cast line-up of Matt Damon, Brendan Frazer and Chris O’Donnell could only offer the best. That and I fancy them rotten The performances were spot on and played absolutely brilliantly. Step forward Brendan Frazer. He portrayed his character is such a way that the storyline, rather thin as it was, bounced off him. He plays a high school star football player who goes from the poor state school to the rich boardings of another. All this is set during the time of Jewish prejudice. As I mentioned, the storyline was a bit hollow, in fact there wasnt much to go on. The main point of the central character being prejudged because he was jewish just didnt stand out enough for me and ran very thin, very quickly. The ‘climatic’ point was a group of his former friends deciding whether it was him or the ’star’ of the group that cheated on a test. Yes, thats the main event alright. But luckily enough the cast performances were strong enough to hold it together. In addition to the great (and suprising) acting of BF, Matt Damon’s evilness shone, despite his wooden and expressionless movements (a trademark by now). Chris O’ Donnell was also a favourite of mine as his character showed development as a person, when his views on Jews changed and he tried to do the right thing. In conclusion, I do believe that this film is seriously worth viewing as you will fall in love with it by the end.

John Cameron Mitchell is the creator of the off-Broadway hit HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, which he and composer-lyricist Stephen Trask have transformed into a funny, dramatic, and curiously poignant self-described ‘post-punk neo-glam musical’ film, with extra songs and a new instrumental score. Hedwig (played by Mitchell) was born as Hansel in East Berlin. In his twenties, Hansel agrees to undergo a sex change in order to marry a U.S. soldier (Maurice Dean Wint) and escape to America. Unfortunately, the procedure fails, and Hedwig is left with nothing but a sexless ‘angry inch’ between her legs. After being abandoned in a Kansas trailer park by her husband, Hedwig decides to make the most of her situation: She develops a taste for outrageous wigs and costumes, forms a band, and becomes a singer. Hedwig soon meets and falls in love with 17-year-old Tommy (Michael Pitt), who also harbors rock star aspirations, and makes him her musical protege. But Tommy is the one who ends up stealing the superstardom that Hedwig worked for, after stealing Hedwig’s songs and claiming them as his own. In order to expose him as a fraud, she embarks on a tour of strip mall restaurants, telling her story to the audience while trailing Tommy on his own tour across America.

Ocean’s Twelve has one big thing going for it the amount of high profile film stars starring in it. As well as Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, Bernie Mack & Casey Affleck, Ocean’s Twelve also has Catherine Zeta-Jones, Robbie Coltraine, Eddie Izzard & Brad Pitt. But even though there is a mass of stars the film plot is scatty and at times confusing to keep up with. Camera shots are shortly cut and random making the film a little irratating. As a sequel it rates averagly but as a film for me it rates poorly. Too many movie stars in an amazingly crappy plot.

There is something slightly odd about the pacing of Spellbound. But though it misses a beat now and then, it is also very funny and surprisingly uplifting.Spellbound follows a handful of young teenagers from different backgrounds as they bid to become the national spelling champion. Each one must progress through the local heats to make it to the final, in which each child in turn is given a word which they must pronounce and then spell correctly. First letter out of place and you go home. The pressure is incredible. As one mother recounts, the spelling bee is like a different kind of child abuse, and watching the expressions on the faces of those who miss a word, it is difficult to disagree. But for some children, the experience feels rewarding, particularly for those from poor, immigrant families who are working double time to keep up with their rich, Waspy peers.The extent to which they push themselves, or are pushed by their parents, however, is the most striking thing. Some of the revision routines are mind-boggling; your eyes splay wide, unable to comprehend what a parent expects their child to achieve. But it is a gentle documentary, and for the most part you see some very gifted children doing something well because they want to. It is refreshing to see a film about geeks that treats them so warmly, and it leaves you reeling, just a little, at how much in the world there is to know.

Kevin Costner plays a soppy lad who wrote some letters to his late wife and threw them in the ocean. A lonely woman walks by who also happens to be a reporter and picks up the bottle and reads the very personal message to the ghost. The emotional aspects of the story are then completely ruined by fake soppiness and weak acting by the lead actress. She traces the man down and for falls in love with him for no particular reason at all except that he wrote his feelings down and put them into a bottle. This film is definitely not one for the lads and I wouldn’t recommend it to the ladies either. It can cause mental anguish and there is no humour either. I would recommend this film to anyone who would like to spend the entire day throwing up or feeling really depressed. Not only is the theme depressing but the film is too.

Criminals plant a bomb on a high-speed train. It will explode when the train slows down, unless a ransom is paid………………… I have never wanted a train to slow down so much in my life. Tedious and insipid. At over two and a quarter hours I should get an award for watching this to the end. Sonny Chiba goes all out for serious acting and just fails to impress. The trailer on the DVD makes this out to be action packed. Boy! Was I taken in by that one? The little action there is seems watered down in an attempt for this to reach a wider audience. One to avoid unless you have a desperate case of insomnia.

It is possible to meet a young girl in a park and have a conversation without anyone thinking it a bit odd–not only that but it is ok to hang around a skating rink and hold her hand when she turns up and talk about having a relationship. How things have changed!!This is a gorgeous movie which will have most men in tears but they wont admit to it. No wonder the director married Jennifer Jones. I would have done the same. Black and white but colour at a point in the movie when it most matters. See this before you die.

I found this film very touching. The young actress does a wonderful job of making you sympathize with the character, as well as being gorgeous! Ok so the story is small and slow paced but it might be just what you want on a quiet afternoon. It is French and so subtitled but there isn’t a great deal of dialogue so reading them won?t wear you out! Instead the film?s story is played out in the faces and emotions of the actors. I liked the fact that the teenager Claire is already 5 months pregnant at the start of the film. This meant that the man who got her pregnant and the how and why of her pregnancy are not important. Instead the film chooses to focus on her own fears of dealing with the fact, her emotions, the how, if and when to tell people; her parents included, and her reactions to her changing body. I also liked the fact that this really isn’t a social film about teenage pregnancy in general and the issue of abortion is not automatically assumed as the answer, nor even discussed. Instead we see Claire not just as a pregnant teenager, but also as a young artist trying to start out in the exclusive world of becoming a professional seamstress. It is this love and talent for sewing that brings her into a relationship with a lady grieving for her son. I liked the parallel of their life changing events with on one hand the unwanted loss of an only son and on the other the unwanted gain of an unborn child. Both of the characters are given someone else to focus on and so by helping each other are lifted out of their own problems and become firm friends. The ‘work’ produced is also gorgeous and symbolically gives the film a brightness and hope. The ending does leave you feeling slightly shortchanged. It ends as abruptly as it starts, about a month later down the road for Claire, but there is a hopeful conclusion for the viewer to take home as both characters come to an acceptance of their life-altering event.

This film is described as a sci fi fantasy the director and producers must have been fantasising when they thought this idea up, stock footage from olden times also footage from a space flight probably un used by nasa due to ito boredom factor and one known actor who did his trade no favours and a sound track you wouldnt want to listen to unless you had been deaf and only just got hearing the actor tells a tale as if an alien but I think I`m being kind to give it 0 stars if a minus rating had been available I`d have gone for that It malines the meaning of scifi avoid at all costs

I suppose it is dated, but no more so than any over film made in the Eighties. It was one of those decades, like the Sixties I suppose, that was defined by the clothes and fashion. I remember seeing this when it was released, and got a crush on Alexandra Pigg (despite her unfortunate name!). Margi Clarke?s character is everything that is gross about Northern women (I lived in Middlesbrough at the time, but this kind of female has spread down South now), whereas ?Elaine? is much more my cuppa tea. I haven?t seen it since the release, and I had forgotten how the script was so Soviet-friendly (you can?t really imagine a film of someone in the Thirties depression trying to get to Germany, can you). So I was looking forward to watching it again. But thinking again I don?t think it?s really worth watching more than once.

Disappointed. I used to be a big Bill Murray fan. His performance in this movie was so-so. Everyone’s performance was average. The story, such as it was had the least amount of drama I’ve every seen in a movie. The film had a steady-cam documentary feel, but without the realism, and without drama - did I say that already? Supposedly we’re meant to feel lost on vacation, and viewing Tokyo as though from hotels and taxis. Well, yes, it was THAT dull. So people are unhappy in their marriages, and even unhappy when abroad, its no newsflash! Ford Cappola wasted a few hours of my life with Apocalypse Now, and here is his daughter doing the very same thing! They certainly share a gift.

Not totally sure about this film and probably would have given it 2 stars if not for the fact that Parker Posey is in it… i’m a huge fan. The film revolves around the shooting of a low budget film based around a Jewish holiday…. off hand and rather throwaway comments about possible oscar nominations lead the cast into a flurry of media hype and overwhelming hope and excitement. The film has it’s moments and the change that takes hold of the characters is quite amusing… particularly Catherine O’Hara’s plastic surgery ( hilarious and excellent make up effects ofcourse) but the film really doesn’t pack a punch and instead simply makes you chuckle a couple of times. The cast are great though but there’s nothing really that funny to make this a stand out comedy. I’m not a huge Christopher Guest fan… didn’t think spinal tap was funny at all… it seems you either love his films or hate them. I really only watch them for Parker Posey’s scenes… after this even that may not be reason enough. If your a Guest fan.. you’ll rent it anyway.. if you’ve never seen one of his films get Best In Show out… it’s funnier.

When their beloved foster mother is killed in a holdup, four tough brothers reunite in their old Detroit neighbourhood with revenge on their minds. Mark Wahlberg plays the brawl-hungry leader, Bobby. His brother, Angel (Tyrese Gibson), is a rowdy sailor with a high-strung Latina girlfriend (Sofi Vergara). Garrett Hedlun plays the young rock and roller of the clan. And Outkast’s Andre 3000, Benjamin, is the family man whose tenuous mob connection may link him to the killers. Director John Singleton ably blends his action skills (SHAFT, 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS) and his gift for capturing the warm heart at the centre of violent urban masculinity (BABY BOY, BOYZ N THE HOOD) to create a cooked-to-perfection gangster stew. A soundtrack jammed with 1970s Motown classics roots everything firmly in the gritty tradition of the best of that decade’s blaxploitation and urban revenge thrillers. Action highlights include a skidding car chase through snowy streets, some rough street hockey, and a bullet-intensive neighbourhood shoot-out. With its talented, likeable cast, clever plotting, and sharp dialogue, this is a real crowd-pleaser that nonetheless doesn’t shy away from depictions of street violence. There’s not an ounce of fat on it no extraneous romance, and no going straight at the end. Terrence Howard (HUSTLE & FLOW) is the well-meaning but ineffectual detective who tries to put a lid on the boys’ rebelliousness. The spirits of Dirty Harry and Charles Bronson should be proud, and action fans will be well pleased.

Director Jonathan Demme (SILENCE OF THE LAMBS) made a critical breakthrough with this film. It’s based on the true story of Melvin Dummar (Paul Le Mat), an affable all-American loser whose miserable luck changes when he gives a ride to eccentric Howard Hughes (superbly played by Jason Robards) after finding him asleep in the Nevada desert. Following an extended opening scene of their journey to Vegas, the film dives into Melvin’s messed-up trailer-park existence, which involves an unhappy wife (Mary Steenburgen), devoted daughter (Elizabeth Cheshire), and a string of thankless blue-collar jobs. Melvin turns out to be a crackpot dreamer, but his dreams seem to come true when he’s named recipient of fellow crackpot Hughes’ fortune in a mysterious hand-written will. The film flows as a stream of sharp comic moments via Demme’s deft direction and affection for his characters. A nicely gritty look is achieved through Tak Fujimoto’s photography at actual locations. A letter-perfect cast includes Dummar himself as a bus station attendant and Dabney Coleman as a Mormon judge. Bo Goldman (ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST) wrote the award-winning screenplay.

I was too young to remember what happened at Munich but this film kind of expects you to know the history and politics at the time, which was a bit annoying. Still, a good film, although the character played by Eric Bana was a bit annoying. I found it difficult to believe that a trained assassin could also have a normal relationship with his wife and child…didn’t sit well with me. It was a bit like a serious remaike of ‘True Lies’. Anyway, the only reason I watched it was to see Daniel Craig who was of course fab, so that was worth it!

In the civil war which raged in post-Soviet occupied Afghanistan the Taliban (Sunni Muslim) dominated most of the country. 1998 they captured Bamiyan which was primarily a Hazara (Shia Muslim) district. Despite international protest they dynamited the 2000 year old stone statues of the Buddhas and destroyed many of the houses of the Hazara residents who took up residence in the caves behind the statues. The film looks at the plight of these residents chiefly through the eyes of one boy, Mir, and his family. The film opens with shots of the mountains and the region around Bamiyan. This will be a constant theme of the film, inter-cutting landscape footage with interviews with Mir and his family comparing the beauty of the surroundings with the desperate plight of its inhabitants. A second aspect of the inter-cutting is also intended as irony. It involves shots of American planes and helicopters flying, it might be said, uncaringly, over the area. There are intervals when extracts from BBC foreign news are read and there are a couple of visits from politicians who make wonderful speeches but do nothing ? just like politicians everywhere. What is really amazing in the face of this grinding poverty and the seeming indifference of the authorities is the resilience and the spirit of the people. They spend very little time bemoaning their fate. Mir?s father is an old man beyond work and while his uncle, who lives with them, is able to get little jobs he quickly loses them. He visits a local doctor where he is diagnosed with typhoid, hardly surprising considering the quality of the water the people use for bathing and cooking. Mir himself is a cheerful little devil with bright eyes, sticky out ears and an infectious grin. He helps out by collecting water for the family and later gets himself a little job as a potboy in a caf?. His family shows remarkable courage and faith in the future by sending him to school in the hope that he will eventually get a decent job as a teacher. I cannot help but believe that these people would have been served better with a more forceful film. While the landscape shots are very pretty after the 50th or so they begin to lose their point. Similarly with the aeroplanes passing overhead. Again a little more background information would have been useful but, for example, we are either assumed to already have the necessary information or are left to guess why the Taliban were so destructive in Bamiyan and its not enough to say its just because they were like that. If the purpose of the film is merely to bring notice of the plight of the Hazara cave dwellers to a wider world then I suppose it succeeds. If it is more than that and Mr. Grabsky wants to urge people to do something about it then I think the film needs to make more of an impact and the film makers should have worked on the principle that less is more and cut out some of the prettiness.