Inkheart (PG)

An interesting fantasy film about a man and his daughter, who when they read aloud the story comes to life. It stars Brendan Frasier as the father in search of his lost wife, who incidentally is stuck in a book, for the rule is "when a character comes out of the book someone goes in!" The beginning is a little confusing and I think that the film would have been better if it had been in chronological order. The ending was very good but it was fairly obvious what was going to happen. An entertaining family film.

The film gets (***)

The Day The Earth Stood Still (12A)

It was a dull remake! The film had so much potential but failed on most fronts. There were some visually stunning scenes and the cyclops robot was very well done, but even this couldn't save the film! Keanu Reeves gave a very dead-pan performance which could be seen as OK as he was playing an alien, Jennifer Connely on the other hand had no excuse for her miserable acting. The film has a political message about saving the environment, which in this day and age we really aught to think about doing!

The film gets (**)

Body Of Lies (15)

A film by Ridley Scott, starring an unshaven Leonardo Di Caprio and Russell Crowe. Firstly I was pleased that the trailer for the film did not spoil the plot, which is often the case. I found the film too long for me and the story not engaging enough. Last year saw the release of the film "Rendition", I found Rendition a much better film. It had moments where I felt the film was improving but then it soon died down!

The film gets (**)

Sorry for not blogging recently

The past few weeks I've been busy with University work and I have been concentrating hard on my studies. Over the christmas period I hope to blog a bit more!

The Salamander Sausage 3

Please watch my film The Salamander Sausage 3. It's the 3rd in a trilogy of monster films. This one sees a bunch of people lost in a deserted train station, but what will become of them as there's a Salamander Sausage on the loose! Please leave a comment for prosperity! You will find the film in two parts in the top right hand corner of this blog, each part is only about ten minutes long.

The Baader-Meinhof Complex (18)

This film is based on a true story about the Red Army Faction in West Germany. They were a terrorist organisation protesting against the war in Vietnam amongst other things. The film is told from their perspective but it does not paint them out to be heroic, quite the opposite. It depicts them as the cruel murdering people they were. The RAF (Red Army Faction) as they called themselves set bombs off and killed many Innocent people in American Army Barracks and Newspaper Offices. It's a very well made film from the people who brought us 'Downfall' about the last few hours of Hitler's life in the bunker. It's a German film with with English subtitles.

The film gets (***)

Scar 3D (18)

This was a badly acted, poorly shot and rubbish effects film! The only reason I went to see this film was because of the 3D special effects, but it proved to be a waste of time! I wouldn't recommend this film, if I were you I'd stick to the Saw films (at least the Saw films have some story). If you have a pair of 3D specs then this picture should be in 3D.

The film gets (*)