Pineapple Express It was very good but something was missing. It just wasn't as funny as Rogen's previous roles. The stars (Rogen and Franco) were fine but overall its very good but not great. Hopefully Tropic Thunder will be better 7/10

Ned Kelly (1970), from Oscar-winning British director Tony Richardson, comes his version of the telling of the titular Australian outlaw, but it isn't without it's faults. Released from Beachworth Jail in 1871, it has Ned Kelly (Mick Jagger) coming home to his family, and resorts to stealing horses to keep his family, but after his mother is wrongfully imprisoned for shooting a policeman, he turns against the state with his 'gang of brothers'. It looks good visually, and the countryside of South-Eastern Australia looks beautiful, and the soundtrack comprising of songs sung by Waylon Jennings, (best known for The Dukes of Hazzard) is top-notch. The film is only let down by it's lead in Mick Jagger, merely a piece of stunt-casting. Kelly was well-built, Jagger is skinny, plus he struggles with an Irish accent and has a very stupid beard. This aside, it's well made, oh, and look out for Mark McManus (from Taggart) as Kelly's mate, Joe Byrne. :P 3/5 Ned Kelly (2003), a more lyrical and visually epic version of the tale of the Australian outlaw, from underrated Aussie director Gregor Jordan. This version of the tale has Heath Ledger as Ned Kelly, who after being wrongfully emprisoned for the stealing of a horse, and tired of his family being oppressed by the brutality and corruption of the police, forms a gang. This gang consists of his brother Dan (Laurence Kinlan), and two other men, Steve Hart (Philip Barantini) and Joe Byrne (Orlando Bloom). The crimes of his gang capture the attention of a nation, but Police Superintendent Francis Hare (Geoffrey Rush), is determined to put a stop to his criminal activities. It's a visually poetic western, (it predates The Assassination of Jesse James with alot of it's visuals), Ledger gives Ned Kelly a very human quality, portraying him as a man driven to crime by the laws and unfairness of the country he calls home. It's got a suspenseful climax, and Oliver Stapleton's cinematography makes the Australian countryside shine. :) 3/5

Sunday : *SPOILERS!!* Guy Ritchie returns to form after 2 utterly crap movies. Highly entertaining crime comedy in the vein of his classics Lock,Stock And Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch. Great cast and some truly hilarious dialogue/set pieces.My particular favourite bits including Butler and Newton 'dancing' and the indestructible Russians...Great stuff... 4/5. Monday : The big red guy returns in a hugely enjoyable sequel. Very funny,beautifully designed and directed.Roll on Part III... 4/5.

Aha!! So you were WRONG to criticise Rocknrolla then!! ;)

Well his last 2 were truly dire,Donnie.Liked this one a lot though...

Death Race Paul W.S. Anderson finally makes his Death Race reimaging and in the process makes his best film since Event Horizon. Jason Statham plays former NASCAR driver Jenson Ames, a guy who is framed for murder, Jenson is sent to Terminal Island, the worst prison in the country run by Warden Hennessey whom is played by Joan Allen. She has created the country's most popular pay-per-view sport, a kill-or-be-killed car race called Death Race.This is a film that is just pure mindless entertainment and does exactly what it says on the tin and that is Explolsions, Racing and Hot Chicks(Including a hot looking Joan Allen) . It's a lads mag turned into a movie. 8/10

With Ritchie and Anderson making good films, have we underestimated directors like these?? ;) Anyways... Heavy Metal (1981), based on the extremely popular comic book series, producer Ivan Reitman brought some of the stories to the big screen, it's an anthology of stories, revolving around a mysterious glowing orb known as Loc-Nar, which brings evil to those who come into contact with it. The stories include Harry Canyon, a noirish tale of a taxi driver who encounters the orb, as does a nerdy teenager in Den, Captain Sternn has the Orb coming into the hands of a witness in a trial, B-17 has the orb encountering a plane on a bomb-run, So Beautiful, So Dangerous, has two Pentagon consultants being abducted, and the tale of Taarna has a beautiful warrior maiden fighting mutated barbarians. Although the animation does look a tad ropey in places, (where's Ralph Bakshi when you need him?? ;)) In the long term, it makes for visually entertaining viewing, it features the voices of Reitman's friends John Candy, Harold Ramis and Eugene Levy. It's a dark film, with stunning imagery and a biting black satire. As well as an eerie score by Elmer Bernstein, it also features a rock soundtrack with songs by Black Sabbath, Grand Funk Railroad, Devo, Journey, Sammy Hagar, Nazareth, Cheap Trick and Stevie Nicks!! :D 4/5 Bedazzled (1967), the original and best version, (never mind the 2000 remake), a satirical take on the Faust tale, as interpreted by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore!! :D Set in Swinging London, this has Wimpy short-order chef Stanley Moon (Dudders), who yearns for waitress Margaret Spencer (Eleanor Bron), and finds help from the devil himself, known as George Spiggott (Cook), who offers Moon 7 wishes so he can be with Margaret, alot of the wishes are too good to be true, and they are!! It has him going from an intellectual to a millionnaire to a pop star, and nothing goes as planned!! The film is a brilliant time piece of 1960's Britain, and it was made whilst Cook and Moore were at the peak of their success, and it has the very best of their humour, a satirical take of modern life, (for then), and with some very funny dialogue and situations, (nuns on trampolines!! :D) It also features Raquel Welch as Lust and Barry Humphries as Envy, oh, and it was directed by Stanley Donen, best known for Hollywood musicals like Singin' in the Rain (1952) and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), you wouldn't have thought he'd have gone for this, good on him for doing so!! ;) 4/5

Paranoid Park (1st view) – Gus Van Sant’s film based on Blake Nelson’s novel. When young skateboarder Alex accidentally kills a security guard, he decides to not tell anyone and hope that the police, who come to his school and interview him and his classmates, don’t discover the truth. That’s about it really but it’s far more interesting than it sounds. It takes its time in telling this slight story, the long elegiac shots make it seem longer than its 85 minute running time, but like Van Sant’s previous films Last Days and Elephant, it has a hypnotic quality – 4/5 Syriana (2nd view) – When I first saw this 3 years ago I gave it 5 stars. It’s gone down one since then, which I expected, but it’s still a thoroughly engrossing tale, even if it is both simplistic and confusing at times. It has a fine cast, just a shame that some are wasted in brief sequences, and while George Clooney won the Oscar, it’s Jeffrey Wright who gives the best performance. Great score too – 4/5 Night Of The Living Dead (5th view) – The first and the best of George Romero’s zombie films. It’s still one of the most insanely creepy films ever made, the shocks of the film mixed with an overall sense of depression and gloom. It has some terrifically shonky acting and the low budget is always in evidence, but the documentary style and tight story make this unmissable – 5/5 Dawn Of The Dead (2nd view) – I really don’t care whether this film is meant to have some message about consumerism, I just think it’s a damn fine sequel. Bigger and bolder than it’s predecessor (not to mention much gorier) it’s generally less chilling but has a much more agreeable set of endangered characters. The apocalyptic nature of the original is also expanded upon and quite well realised – 4/5 Day Of The Dead (2nd view) – The least of the three original Dead films, and filled with the most annoying characters, but some terrifically horrible make-up effects and inventive sequences make this more than worthwhile. The ending’s a bit of a cop out, bit overall this would have been a fine way to end the series. North By Northwest (9th view) – This is quite easily the most all out entertaining film that Hitchcock made, as well as being a damn fine thriller. A great script from Ernest Lehman, Bernard Hermann’s wonderful score, some great cinematography and fine performances from all (only Eva Marie Saint lets the side down), this is a hugely enjoyable, gratifying film – 5/5 Deterrence (1st view) – This 1999 drama gives Kevin Pollak a rare spot in the lead. He plays President Walter Emerson, whose campaign trail is halted by a freak snow storm and finds himself, his advisors and a TV cameraman in a small local diner. While there, the news broadcast announces that Iraq has invaded Kuwait. Emerson makes a broadcast, announcing that if Iraq does not withdraw he’ll authorise the dropping of a nuclear bomb on Baghdad. Iraq responds with the threat of nuclear missiles. The entire film is played out entirely in one location, and this claustrophobic setting works wonders for such a dramatic situation. Still, playing such a storyline for real (unlike, say Dr Strangelove) and in almost real time (a bit like Fail Safe), it does stretch believability a bit that way in which events pan out – 3/5

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Tropic Thunder Great fun and best comedy of the year so far. It starts out with some very funny fake trailers. The ensemble cast do a great job and Robert Downey, Jr. almost steals the show but he is outdone by Tom Cruise's extended cameo. Overall it is very funny and one of the best comedies I've seen in a while. It's a film that will be going straight in my DVD collection. 9/10

Excellent!!! Just takes you a few minutes to sort everything you just watched in the last 20 minutes. I found this to be terrible!!!! and Leelee Sobieski....you know i wont spoil it....just terrible.

One of the most beautiful films of all time.Absolutely breathtaking from start to finish. 10/10

9/10