I saw two of the Pixar classics - Toy Story (1995) and Up! (2009). Of the two I preferred Up! as I found it to have a greater depth than Toy Story. The opening resumΓ© of Carl and Ellie's relationship over the years is exceptional.
I saw the third of The Chronicles of Narnia series - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010).
Boomerang (1947) 8/10
Woyzeck (1994) 8/10
Nothing But A Man (1964) 8.5/10
We Need To Talk About Kevin...Unsettling to say teh least. Very good though
Yellow Sea (Hwanghae) (2010) 8.5/10
Warm Bodies (2013) 5/10
I saw Red Cliff (2008) directed by John Woo. An epic battle film which was well constructed and interesting. Although the film is complete in itself there is a sequel. Note that there is an International version which combines the two films cutting out about 50% of each film. Also both UK films are cut from the original as they contain scenes of animal cruelty (horses falling on their necks which are not permitted to be shown in the UK).
Yellow Sky (1948) 8.5/10
Avatar was the last film.
I saw Notorious (1946) the Hitchcock film starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman. Quite a dark spy thriller set and filmed just after WW2. Bergman's father has just been found guilty of treason. Grant is a government agent who recruits Bergman to infiltrate a group of Nazis who have fled to Rio.
Offline (2012) 7/10
A couple of films I've seen recently:
Miss Potter (2006), the biopic about Beatrix Potter starring Renee Zellweger. A reasonable film but no mention of The Taylor of Gloucester which she wrote during the timespan covered by the film which was a bit dissapointing as I live in Gloucester.
The Lake House (2006) starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. Quite watchable and very different from their Speed films. By a strange coincidence The Lake House had a couple of clips from Notorious which I had seen within the last week.
A couple of films I've seen recently:
Miss Potter (2006), the biopic about Beatrix Potter starring Renee Zellweger. A reasonable film but no mention of The Taylor of Gloucester which she wrote during the timespan covered by the film which was a bit dissapointing as I live in Gloucester.
The Lake House (2006) starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. Quite watchable and very different from their Speed films. By a strange coincidence The Lake House had a couple of clips from Notorious which I had seen within the last week.
While watching Miss Potter i thought that Emily Watson should have the title role
The Lake House is a remake of a South Korean film
A couple of films I've seen recently:
Miss Potter (2006), the biopic about Beatrix Potter starring Renee Zellweger. A reasonable film but no mention of The Taylor of Gloucester which she wrote during the timespan covered by the film which was a bit dissapointing as I live in Gloucester.
The Lake House (2006) starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. Quite watchable and very different from their Speed films. By a strange coincidence The Lake House had a couple of clips from Notorious which I had seen within the last week.
While watching Miss Potter i thought that Emily Watson should have the title role
The Lake House is a remake of a South Korean film
I agree, Emily Watson would have been more appropriate. I don't know why the producers decided on Renee Zellweger. She was OK and her English accent was OK but everyone knows she's American.
I saw The Mad Miss Manton (1938) a screwball comedy starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda.
Quite watchable but not outstanding film made fairly early in both star's careers and made 3 years before their classic The Lady Eve.
Asmaa (2011) 8/10
I saw Curtain Call, a 1940 RKO low budget comedy. Although the storyline is different, it is quite possible that Mel Brooks had seen the film and developed the idea into his first film The Producers.