30 Days of Night - Whilst I didn't hate it, I certainly won't be rushing to watch it again. I can't really put my finger on why I was disappointed with this film, I guess it just wasn't anything. Didn't scare me, didn't thrill me, didn't really interest me. 2/5

Cast Away (2000), Tom Hanks reunites with director Robert Zemeckis after Forrest Gump (1994), for this modern day telling of Robinson Crusoe. This has FedEx executive Chuck Noland (Hanks), who is always ruling his life by time, but when he is involved in a plane crash and is stranded on a desert island, he has to learn to survive on the island. It's an interesting idea for a film, and with only one performance holding the bulk of the film sounds risky, but with Hanks, it works. This is a man who has to throw everything he lives by away, and learn to keep on living, even when there might be no hope. But, it is very well directed, and for a film set within a small island, it is beautifully shot. 4/5

The Spiderwick Chronicles (1st view) - Enjoyable adaptation of the 5 childrens fantasy books written by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi. It's quite faithful for the first half, but the events of the fourth and fifth books have been changed a great deal. No matter though. Nice effects, a pleasing score and a fine cast (As the leads, Sarah Bolger and Freddie Highmore are both hugely watchable) help make this a very entertaining 90 minutes - 4/5

Juno Really liked it 7/10 The Van Love this film 8/10

Death To Smoochy Acutely observed, and funny as hell. How could not love a film with a big magenta rhino in it?

Die Hard 4.0 (2nd view) - Completely over the top and ridiculous, but it zaps along at a fair pace and it's good to see Wilis as John McClane again. I'm certain people would like it more if it wasn't part of the Die Hard canon. Good, silly fun - 4/5

Quite simply one (or three, depends how you look at it) of the most magnificent examples of filmmaking ever brought to the big screen.

Rush Hour 3 (1st view) - All a bif naff really. A few good chuckles to be had along the way, but it gets a tad dreary after a while, and the chopsocky action we expect from Chan was almost all missing - 2/5

In Bruges - A bit slow to start off with, and Farrell's grumpy Irishman's act was irritating, but then it became apparent that the true story behind the grumpiness was his being jealous of all the Harry Potter alumni with him. Bless. I loved Ralph Fiennes' bad ass gangster and Marie, the hotelier. It felt like they had over emphasised the quirky characters, and some of these had been shoehorned in. It's main fault is that it too long but it's worth going to see.

Low-budget, but utterly charming.

I saw that years ago! A very charming film indeed.