Transporter 3(2008)
"The Transporter - good film. Transporter 2 - bad film. Transporter 3 - I still haven't made up my mind..."
I loved the first Transporter film. It was very well shot, featured great fight scenes, great car chases, and was generally pretty damn enjoyable. Transporter 2 was crap, so it was with a non expectant air that I entered the screening for Transporter 3.
What does this film do well? Firstl...
The Duchess(2008)
"some might say that Keira Knightley doesn't do enough modern day films, but she is simply born to play these kind of roles"
Okay, it all sounds familiar - Keira Knightley, period costumes, gigantic mansions, crying.. more crying... That said, this isn't a copycat period drama. It is a rather brutal study of the importance of class in the 18th Century, and how one's reputation overrides one's freedom as a human being. ...
What Just Happened?(2008)
"The title says it all. Seriously - what just happened?!"
A beard. An argument over a dead dog. Relationship issues. I think that pretty much sums up this film. I say think, because this thing jumped around more than a kangaroo on speed.
In a nutshell, the film is a look back at a week in the life of film Producer Ben played by Robert De Niro. B...
Changeling(2008)
"amazing production values, as we are taken back to an era that doesn't exist anymore"
A great story told perfectly by Clint Eastwood. Not everything he does is as powerful as his depiction of a dynamic female boxer in Million Dollar Baby, for which Hilary Swank won a best actress Oscar. In Changeling he presents another strong woman, Christine Collins, played by Angelina Jolie.
Waltz With Bashir(2008)
"you probably will never hear of this film - and that's a shame"
Time to broaden my horizons I thought as I accepted the invite to go and see this film. Normally I'm very mainstream - I have no qualms in saying I'm a bit of a Hollywood whore when it comes down to it, generally ignoring the smaller, less mainstream films in favour of the blockbusters.
I...
Choke(2008)
"Sick, twisted, yet touching and criminally funny... "
Colonial re-enactment. Erectile dysfunction. Senile dementia. This bizarre Holy Trinity make up what is one of the most original, touching and downright hilarious films that I have seen in a very long time.
Based on the book of the same name (written by Chuck Palahniuk who also wrote Figh...