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Films I've seen at the cinema in 2008.
Walk Hard -The Dewey Cox Story [DVD] [2007]Walk Hard -The Dewey Cox Story [DVD] [2007]
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £1.45
Very silly, but none-the-less enjoyable, romp about the pitfalls of fame
St Trinian's [DVD] [2007]St Trinian's [DVD] [2007]
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.20
Poor and contrived entry in the naughty schoolgirl series
Cloverfield [DVD] [2007]Cloverfield [DVD] [2007]
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £0.99
What's that coming over the skyline? Is it a monster? Is it a monster? Breathless and gripping Digicam feast
The Bank Job [DVD] [2008]The Bank Job [DVD] [2008]
Buy new: £4.58 / Used from: £2.35
Forget Suchet looking like Ronnie Barker and enjoy this 70's nostalgia tinted crime caper. The best film of early 2008
Jumper [DVD] [2008]Jumper [DVD] [2008]
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £1.69
A huge disappointment. No storyline to speak of, just a series of "jumps" around the world. Shame because this had huge potential to be even half decent
Son Of Rambow [DVD] [2007]Son Of Rambow [DVD] [2007]
Buy new: £4.88 / Used from: £2.26
Ah, those sepia- tinted days of childhood. Anyone who, like me, was at secondary school in the mid-80's will relish this lovely, warm hearted film. Everyone else will enjoy it anyway.
Iron Man [DVD] [2008]Iron Man [DVD] [2008]
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.85
Super hero yarn with interesting back story and believable characters. Well worth a trip to the cinema, although just a tad too long.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2 Disc Edition) [DVD] [2008]Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2 Disc Edition) [DVD] [2008]
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £2.88
He's back, but is it any good? Well yes and no. Some great set pieces but it kinda feels more like National Treasure 3 than Indy 4 at times. Entertaining enough though.
The Mist [DVD] [2007]The Mist [DVD] [2007]
Buy new: £5.58 / Used from: £2.50
Stephen King's books don't always translate well to the screen, although this one does. What you get however is a tense and competent film, but with that downbeat almost depressing ending.
Wanted [DVD] [2008]Wanted [DVD] [2008]
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £2.30
Graphic and blood splattered, but mindless fun. There are some brilliant sequences (in the train for example) but McAvoy is an irritating leading man
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [2008]The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [2008]
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £5.45
This is a much darker Narnia than the last visit. Violence aplenty, deaths galore, kids in danger et al. Not your average family movie material, but a highly entertaining, thrilling ride all the same.
WALL-E (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [2008]WALL-E (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [2008]
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £6.50
As expected, Pixar's eco-message movie has simply stunning animation and extraordinary attention to detail, but just not quite enough to keep anyone under 5 hooked.
The Dark Knight (2 Discs) [DVD] [2008]The Dark Knight (2 Discs) [DVD] [2008]
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.80
Brilliant and truly mind blowing film. As good as reviews would have you believe, if not better. Dark, brooding and gripping, best film of 2008 so far without doubt
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [2008]Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [2008]
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £3.99
Del Toro is cinema's current wunderkind and it's easy to see why. Hellboy 2 is a great mix of action and fun and brilliant imagination.
The Duchess [DVD] [2008]The Duchess [DVD] [2008]
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.74
Not my usual thing but 1) it was filmed near where I live, and 2) Keira Knightley. The film itself is not too bad either
Ghost Town [DVD]Ghost Town [DVD]
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If you go expecting hilarity upon hilarity, you will be disappointed, but what you do get is a very good hearted old fashioned type of romantic comedy. Oh, and Gervais does what he does best
Quantum of Solace [DVD] [2008]Quantum of Solace [DVD] [2008]
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...Or Bond in a Hurry as I call it. Yes stirling work as expected from Craig and Dench and Kurylenko is stunning, but the film jettisons a plot for close-up action sequences. Not bad but can do better
The Day The Earth Stood Still [DVD] [2008]The Day The Earth Stood Still [DVD] [2008]
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Despite the awful dialogue and Reeves's usual wooden acting, this re-working does have a sense of menace and some decent effects, but it just falls a little short of the mark.