You need to. Please. But make sure you download/steal it.

Cinema is looking quite promising for entertainment coming up - that Terry Gilliam thing, 9, Wild Things, also 2012 looks okay for a laugh. 

Wild Things, actually not so much...

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/19/parents.wild.things.are/index.html 

Yeah, Where the Wild Things Are was really bad. It was boring, because there was no point to the story. Spoiler alert, but absolutely nothing gets resolved. The kid throws a temper tantrum, and at the end gets rewarded with chocolate cake. A huge waste of time. 

... was a very big disappointment. The animation is cool, and that's about it. The plot doesn't really know what it's aiming for, there are a couple of [i]very[/i] tacky scenes, the conflict between the different characters is mostly just stupid, and the characters themselves are very forgettable. 

func_tags, they're killing me. Damn. 

and theres been mixed response to wild things, but I still want to see both. 

Useful to know. 

Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
One of the worst movies I ever saw. Don't watch this crap. 

"Feast" 2005

Heh - the first thirty minutes made my GF puke for real!
Havent seent he end yet, but for a low budget Dusk till Dawn-esque gore fest, thi seems pretty entertaining :D 

and completely rediculous. Theres a bit where a moster eats a live baby. ewww 

I think I managed about the first 15 minutes of Paul Blart: Mall Cop and had to turn it off cause it was awful! 

I love how you watched a literally vomit inducing gore-fest, were compelled to watch the sequel, and endured a live baby being eaten, but Paul Blart: Mall Cop was wayyyy over the line. From the trailer, that seems believable enough. 

i believe there's a 3rd feast? or was it some other crappy horror series? :P 

Watched that too. It picks up exactly where Feast 2 leaves off (they must have made them at exactly the same time) theres a 5 minute overlap.
The third one sucks just as hard as the second one but its fucking hilarious. Theres a character in it called Jean Claude Segal.....
And it has a weird nonsensical ending. You have to watch it just for that "WTF?!?!?!?!?" factor :D 

Jean Claude Segal
that's pure win, right there. XD 

hang on, is there a plank of wood available that can do this? 

Up

Hm, I do not recommend it. After a very sad start it gets some good fun going but then soon has wasted its (low) energy and goes into unsatisfying mediocrity. Some very stupid plot things. Whatever. 

I liked up a lot, I thought it was one of the best movies I've seen in theatres in a while, and Pixar's best, with Cars being the only Pixar movie I haven't seen. I DO recommend it. And I spit on Spirit.

:P *** <---SPITTLE 

I spit on Spirit too, Up rocks. =) 

Zwiffle is from the states and Bal is french, they have no taste! 

can anyone recommend a couple of decent tv series? Now that I've finished BSG, got bored of Supernatural, and my interest in Stargate Universe is waning, I need something new to tide me over :)

I heard good things about Dollhouse, anyone seen any episodes and can recommend it? I loved Firefly and this is another Wheadon show right?

Lots of people on here have been praising the The Wire, I had not even heard of it before, anyone care to give a quick synopsis?

Anything else I missed? I'm generally after sci-fi or "spooky" types (think x-files, supernatural etc) but I'll give anything a go :) 

The new X-Files = Fringe, pretty decent. The first season is S-L-O-W though, but the 2nd season picks up a bit.

If you can get Sons of Anarchy then totally watch that. Good shit. Accurate portrait of life in America too.

Dexter is also pretty good, but you might find it a bit over dramatic, and imo the 3rd season was kind of stale - it seems to follow a particular formula, which I hope they change for season 4.

There are some others but I can't think of them atm. 

Dollhouse is average for the first 5 episodes but picks up big time after that, so if you can handle 5 average episodes, go for it.

The Wire is a show set in Baltimore and basically examines, amongst other things, the drug trade from all angles. But it does a lot more than that. I have one more season to go, but its probably close to the best tv Ive seen so far.

Also, see upcoming review, but The Middleman is a nice fun series in the campy sci fi senseibility.

If you havent seen Carnivale, go for that too, brilliant show. 

but had some spare time on the train :

The Middleman: Season One (and only) � Fresh and original show that was unfortunately cancelled way too early. Sure, some episodes have ideas are far more inspired than the actual execution but on the whole this series provided frequently entertaining and hilarious entertainment.

The premise of the show is not too dissimilar to something like Men in Black but it�s a lot less self conscious in terms of style and more in tune with old school campy sci-fi. Also, the casting is quite spot on with the leading players getting good support from the rest of the cast.

Favorite episodes included the 1984esque parallel dimension final episode and the hilarious episode involving Vladdy the vampire puppet.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1122770/

7/10


Entourage Season 5 � once again, another bunch of entertaining yet instantly forgettable episodes (although scenes with Turtle and Meadow Soprano are excruciating).

6.5/10


Maqbool (2003) � Vishal Bhardwaj�s stunning adaptation of Macbeth set in the Mumbai underworld. Its surprisingly faithful and also throws in a few well done nods to The Godfather. As is usual with Bhardwaj, dialogue is fantastic and is carried off with panache by two of India�s best actors, Irfan Khan and Tabu.

Doesn�t quite have the technical virtuosity of his later Omkara (an Othello adaptation) but makes up for it by being far grittier and raw in its execution.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379370/

7.5/10


Kaminey (2009) � Vishal Bhardwaj�s most recent feature is an attempt to mix Bollywood with Tarantino and Guy Ritchie. The result is not altogether successful, with too many subplots and characters taking away from the main arc which is handled quite well (with surprisingly good performances from the usually average Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra). But its another stunningly shot film by Bhardwaj�s new cinematographer, Tassaduq Hussain, and some of the dialogue is upto Bhardwaj�s usual high standard.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1274295/

6.5/10


Reds (1981) � Fabulous film with an epic scope and reach that is unlikely to be replicated anytime soon (if at all). It is also a biopic that does more than just go through the most important events in its subject�s life.

Warren Beatty directs, produces and stars in the story about American John Reid, a journalist who covered the Russian Revolution first hand and unsuccessfully tried to bring the same ideology to the US. Its not a film concerned with politics, although Reid�s fascination with communism is the core, but simply uses it to chart one man�s dream turned obsession turned disappointment.

Against all this, but in no way less important, are Reid�s relationships with American playwright Eugene O�Neill (Jack Nicholson) and fellow journalist Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton). Beatty directs all of this with supreme confidence, the three hour plus running time whizzed by for me with hardly any dead space. He is ably assisted by some beautiful cinematography from personal favorite Vittorio Storaro and stunning acting performances from all involved, but especially Keaton and Nicholson. Their scenes together are classic cinema.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082979/

8/10


[REC] (2007) � reasonably effective if unoriginal zombie movie from Spain with the novelty factor being that rather than people trapped inside and being attacked from outside, the people and the zombies are trapped inside. It allows for some spooky moments, none more so than towards the end, but there is a feeling of being there done that to the whole thing.

Nevertheless, it does one thing most recent Hollywood horror films fail to do, by having characters that are not so annoying that actually want them to be killed by whatever is chasing them.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1038988/

6.5/10


District 9 (2009) � Hmm, I thought it abandoned a great premise after about 20 min and settled to be a simple chase film after that point, but it was definitely very well made for what it eventually was. Enthralling, entertaining and fun, even if it let a greater opportunity slip by.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1136608/

7-7.5/10 

The Edge of Love (2008) � billed as a semi-biopic of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, it is anything but, instead focusing on the two ladies in Thomas� life during WWII, played here by Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller.

I have a feeling this will only be favourably looked upon by those unfamiliar with Thomas� work or life (like me) because then they can focus on two fine acting performances from Miller and Knightley and some sublime photography rather than what is missing from the movie in relayion to Thomas. Even if you can do that though, it still does not come together as a whole with unecessary time given to another subplot that seems tacked on.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0819714/

6.5/10


Kid Galahad (1937) � entertaining if predictable crime/boxing drama with a cast on top of its game: Edward G Robinson, Humphrey Bogart and Bette Davis. Michael Curtiz keeps the whole thing going at a good pace and overcomes the slightly ridiculous premise.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029080/

7/10


Gran Torino (2008) � I think this was on par with Eastwood�s other film from the year, Changeling, rather then being superior. Both are well made films with problems, in this case there is some rather amateurish acting from the asian cast, some unconvincing acting from most the Western cast except Eastwood himself, and a rather pat ending.

In amongst all that though is an entertaining and pleasant drama, albeit one which never really kicks out of first gear.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1205489/

7/10


Empire of Passion (1978) � beautifully shot but rather emotionally cold kwaidan (ghost story) by Japanese director Nagisa Oshima. The setup is great and possesses a darker twist to the genre than usual but it ultimately fails because you just don�t care for the central characters and what happens to them. Oshima�s direction is far too detached and clinical and while this suits some of the later supernatural scenes well, it just doesn�t do justice to the majority of the film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077132/

5.5/10


The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) � the decidedly average movie about Benjamin Button might be a more apt title, with hardly anything worth mentioning after 2.5 hrs have passed. The script by Forrest Gump scribe Eric Roth is glib, uninteresting and ultimately concerned with shoving as many events in Button�s life as possible into the runtime, forgetting to make any of them count.

Brad Pitt seems miscast, not really getting into the role at all, and whilst Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton inject some much needed life into the movie, their characters� roles and screentime needed to have been expanded.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421715/

5.5/10


The Lower Depths (1957) � not vintage Kurosawa, its almost a little too rigid in its presentation and does not have the vitality and energy of his best films, but this adaptation of Gorky�s play is still quite a solid film with fine ensemble performances and an interesting transplantation of the setting from 19th century imperial Russia to the slums of Edo period Japan.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050330/

7/10


Homicide (1991) � One of David Mamet�s best films, even with its share of problems. It has a little trouble connecting its main plotline which concerns an identity troubled jewish homicide detective (an excellent Joe Mantegna) and his subsequent obsessive investigation into the murder of an elderly jewish woman with an ongoing investigation involving a drug bust. Also, the ending, as good as it is, throws up a number of logical inconsistencies.

But to counter all that, this has fabulous dialogue, some very interesting characterisations and gorgeous camerawork by the great Roger Deakins.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102048/

7/10