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Shooting dogs

This film is from the conflict in 1994 when President of Rwanda plane crashes which start the slaughter of the Tutsi population buy the Hutu. Its set in a school where 2500 Tutsi look for protection buy the UN forces from there death. This is not a film you will come out of and feel good, good in yourself or the UN and there smeared look on what is right and wrong. After watching this film and with the ongoing conflict in Darfur you do start to think about what the UN should do and not sit there discussing problem while hundreds of thousands of people die for no justified cause at all. Having said you will not feel good after this film this is no excuse not to watch it, this will give you some insight in to the world and the dark side of humanity, not to mention the more people know about the atrocities in this world the more we can change it.

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28 weeks later

After the awesome 28 days later when I heard about this film I could not wait until I found out that it wasn’t a Boil film but a big American one. If I take away the bloke in front of me who had seen it and told his girl friend every bit which was about to happen and the bloke who answered more calls on his phone than I do in a week the film was ok, I think any film with fast moving, crazed zombies would be ok, I think it had all the makings of being a very, truly good film but just kept missing the mark. Instead of getting a really good story, good plot, well written they put some average actors, loads of cg and put it out there. If you like your zombies and have a free afternoon and there is nothing on tv its worth a go but only under them conditions.

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This is England

This film is set in the 80’s and being a from this time this film had some real felling for me. It looks at the shady topic of the BNP and how a young boy who has just lost his dad in the Faulklands get sucked in to this world without any real understanding of what this world is. Shane Meadows (director) doesn’t paint every skin head in the same light, it shows the spit in people when it comes to race and religion and brings some very difficult subjects for the time into light. It has a good cast with some familiar British faces and a story which feels very strong even if you don’t agree with it. The young boy (Thomas Turgoose) was strong and well suited for the role and I expect to see ore form him in the future. With a win for the best British independent film award to back it up it should be on for a little longer so get down to the picture house and see it.

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Lives of others

(Leben der Anderen, Das)

The film is set a few years and just up to the fall of the Berlin wall on the east side. It follows a writer and a agent of the secret police and how the life of this free thinking person influences the life of someone who has been put in place to stop this. It has some real dark undertones especially when it comes to the secret police and the awesome power they had just to make people disappear for some small thing or view. This is a wonderful film with a very gripping story, there are many many for filing moments and many moments which will get you raped up in the story. For me the film started off good and just got better and better, may be why it won the best foreign film Oscar. It was a very strong cast and a wonderful story which keeps you in your seat and a numb free bum.

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keyboard of the future?

I have just found what could be the next big thing! I had herd rumours about this new keyboard but until i had a look i could not believe how good this thing could be.

It just like a standard keyboard with keys and everything but the one thing which makes the big difference is each key is made up of 48 x 48 pixel display, so you can have it looking like every other keyboard out there or you can have your very own layout. You could also set it up for any type of application from gaming to video editing.

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fighting at the printworks

Found this on youtube (yes I'm taking credit) and it makes me never want to go down to the Printworks on a fri sat night.

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I like this one, it’s the bottom section which tickles me, don’t let your kids play here! Do parents really have their kids play in a construction site?

I want to eat here, just look at it, you know the breakfast will be hart stopping.

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Science of Sleep

This is the latest film from Michel Gondry who has brought us such films as eternal sunshine of the spotless mind and the awesome chemical brothers video Daft Punk white stripes and many many more so I was expecting something that didn’t follow the main stream of normal films and looked fantastic and I'm glad to sat it ticked every box. The story is around Stéphane Miroux and how the normal world and his dream world don’t seem to have a defined line of difference, this is a wonderful film and where most of the main stream directors would have gone with CGI its so nice to see this was not the case here which makes the film look fantastic. The cast was very strong and the so was the story, one min a was happily laughing away the next I had a big feeling of sorry and sadness, there are some truly amazing bit in this film which should not be missed by anyone. I hope this film comes to a cinema near you (showing in Manchester soon) but if not it should be a sure buy for any occasion.

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Night in (out!).........In (Out!)

How do you define when you are starting to get a little older and more responsible? It’s not easy just to point out one action I think, that was until last night when I had the chance to go out to what would have been a good night. But I didn’t! Why not? Well I had to be at work in the morning and if this had been a normal morning I would have still gone out but the opening weekend of Spiderman meant this would be a big weekend. So maybe I would feel good that I took the higher ground let’s say, you know deciding to be responsible would make me feel good about it, well not, I spent all night wishing I was out and even had a few beers to try and make me feel better but to no joy. So lessen is if you have the change to go out now and you don’t feel the ‘responsible’ thing just go out and enjoy it as it’s not going to last forever, trust me.

ps going to do a re install on my laptop, may be the last time we see each other, wish me luck.

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Spiderman 3

So it is here and I got to watch it and well……. Its ok, for me it feels like they had all these good ideas and instead of putting the best in there they put everyone in there. The action is what you would expect from a film like this and even though the 1^st Spiderman films looked good this does look better, and it is action packed but the story and acting is where it loses points. At one point I thought I had gone in to the wrong screen as Tobey Maguire had become some emo kid who like to dance around a bit, but it did keep the action, funny, suspense and all round appeal you would want from a main stream, middle of the road film. I will be watching it again and getting the DVD when it comes out but I have this little voice in the back of my mind saying I would like it even if it was crap, its Spiderman!

Ps if you do decided to watch it go to the Odeon in Manchester and watch the digital show, there will be other digital shows around the world and I would have not watched it in any other format and even my girl friend commented on how good the image was.

Spiderman 3

Working at the cinema has its advantages and one of these would be getting paid to watch films, I wish it was as clear cut as that but if there are any problems for example, scratches, sounds issues, miss prints, poor make up, all these things need to be fixed and you have to keep your eye out of the smallest of these problems that you would not expect the ‘joe’ public to pick up. Saying all that yes the bottom line is I get paid to watch the latest films, sometimes week and weeks early in a screen all to myself without the annoyance of anyone else. Trust me there is much much to the world of projection and film viewing is only a small part of that world.

But back on track and Spiderman 3 which I would say is the 1^st big block buster for the year, I can remember last summer finding some un-rendered footage on the internet of a trailer and then, right at that minute I could not wait to see this film and with all the recent advertising its something I'm looking forward to. So when do I get to watch it? Tonight, and not just any show but in Digital. Digital is a far better format and is capable of displaying a very high resolution but not just that the colors it can show are head and shoulders above normal 35mm (digital has a larger color gamut) which basically means there are move colors and they can be brighter. Digital covers the gap which in the TV world are classed as illegal colors which are colors which won’t be broadcasted in fear of damaging viewers tv sets. So after checking all the setting and making it ready for my screen at 6 today I wait in anticipation.

You can have a look at Digital Projectors and the technology behind it.

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Sorry about the extra long post but i needed to get them moved over, lets hope it looks better in the end.

V for Vendetta

I quite enjoyed this film, I thought the plot was I bit all over the place at time but I thought the character of V was a good one and I did like it when it got darker. It was average with nothing that made me sit up and watch but in the same breth nothing that made me want to turn it off.

3Monkey

Tenacious D The movie

When the trailer came out for this I so wanted to watch it and even when it came out at the cinema it was something I wanted to see but alas never got the time to do so until now and I have to say it was a little bit of a let down, there was nothing I didn’t expect and even though I didn’t sit there looking at my watch I again didn’t sit there griped to my seat, bit of a shame but good music and some good bits seam to pick it up a little.

3Monkey

Talladega Nights

What a funny film, as I thought it would be and it lived up to my expectations. How does he get undressed so quick? And as for the knife in the leg I could not stop laughing. Thank you Will Ferrell.

4Monkey

Little Miss Sunshine

I heard some good things about this film and eventually got round to watching it, one thing that really stood out for me was how character driven this film is and they have done it will, somehow you get involved with everyone in it. Its good how they make you dislike and then like the same character in the space of 5 mins and how you start to understand each of their problems and come to sympathize with them. It also brings a wonderful séance of friends and family and no matter how you differ from the stereotypes of the world you will always be accepted by the people who call you family or friend. Nice change from the blockbuster run of films

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Crank

Ok I do like and think there is a place for these action packed movies, there is not much to concentrate on and that’s the idea, just look at the pretty lights and people getting killed and fast car and so on, again I hear that crank is a good film and well worth a watch and I wont be mean but it was ok, nothing new, didn’t feel like a lost anything but didn’t feel like I got anything back. Shame.

3Monkey

300

Now showing in manchster very own imax and I think you should go watch it, this is a good film and its make even better with the massive screen size and the awesome sound system, the film is good and looks wonderful thanks to blue screen and this makes it, loads of blokes with 6packs and some sexy girls with a whole lot of blood, splatter here splatter there!

4Monkey

Pirates of the Caribbean 2

I think Captain Jack Sparrow is a brilliant character and away brings out smiles but with Pirates of the Caribbean 2 it felt like they had spent loads of money on special affects and costumes and getting the stars back but very little on plot or script and it could have easily been 30/40 mins shorter. The more I think about it the less it seems that bad but I do remember thinking someone had stolen 2 ½ hours of my life which I would not get back after it had finished, lets hope the 3rd one has more substance

2Monkey

El Aura (Auora)

Had a potter down to the corner house over the Spanish film festival, after my first choose was full I settle for this one and it was good, well odd but good. There would be big sections of the film with out any dialog, this for me was not the best but it had some wonderful shots and it was an enjoyable film and I would recommend it,

4Monkey

Black Book

Didn’t know anything about this film upto 2 hours before watching it, knew it had subtitles which tends to put me off films but what a film, set at the end of world war 2 it follows the life of one woman and how she had to cope with the life of war, I thought it was great and added a different aspet to world war 2 and there is some nakedness in it which makes the film really really good, its well worth a watch so go now!

6 Monkey

Hot Fuzz

I have been wating for hot fuzz to come out for weeks and weeks and to be give the opertunity towatch this film very early at work I jumped at the chance and im glad to say I wasn’t disappointed at all, it was very very funny and would quite happly watch it again and again. If you’re a fan of Spaced and Sean of the dead I think you will love this film,

6 Monkey

The Last King of Scotland

In thing Fostest Witcker is a very good actor and I have loved everything he has been in and to see him playing such a strong role was a joy even with the poor racking, soft focus and the people talking on the back row (who I warned) I still enjoyed the film with events which would normally spoil a movie for me, one of the impacting point of the movie for me was the very end where you get to see footage of the man this film was based on which brings the film to a very realistic level, shame the works were cut off the bottom of the screen so im not sure what it said!
Only getting 3 monkeys as the film was good but didn’t think is was as hard hitting as I expected.

3 Monkey

El Lobo

Got this film off a friend and its about ETA in Spain and how the secret service try to get someone undercover to bring this terrorist organization to an end, its based on real events and the man (wolf) is still in hiding now due to the impact it had on ETA, now I did enjoy this film even with the sound on my laptop getting quieter and quieter as the film ran, good job its subtitled. I thought it had a strong story and being based on real events it made me think about the conflict in the area and what these people were and are fighting for, another well worth a watch

4 Monkey

The Last Kiss

Watched this film after a really really long day, to start it was a good film, some funny bits with a good story. about 2/3 the way through i stared to get board with the story and i thought this could have been a good film but from out of no ware it was back on track. looking at the whole film now i thought it was peaty good, a good honest film about all the things we have to go through in life when it comes to love, life and relationships.

3 Monkey

Wizard of Oz

Watched this film at the corner house a few weeks ago, it’s the new re mastered version and to begin with you cant tell much difference until she walks through the door and it goes in to colour, it look really well and I sat there bobbing up and down to each and every song, it was funny when the kid in the back started to cry when she had to go home and say good bye to all her Oz friends. Awww

4 Monkey

Renaissance

1st heard of this film and to be honest didn’t think I would like the France subtitled film but how wrong could I be, it’s a stunning film which looks fantastic all the way through with a really good story, not the easiest film to keep up with but nothing a second watch wouldn’t cure

4 Monkey

Perfume

This is a good odd film, the main character I thought was good if not bizarre. It has some amazing shots in with a good but not to believable story, didn’t think it would have been as good as it turned out to be.

3 Monkey

Happy Feet

Ok I know this is a kids film but I thought it was good, the story wasn’t plot ridden but who want that with a kids film? The song were good and they didn’t settle for some modern boy band but some old classic motown which made the film better, there was even a few time there I jumped all down to the big, angry looking seal and killer whale.

4 Monkey

Bond

Bond is back and is he! What a film, thought it was a welcome change from the way bonds have been going over the last few, you almost see bond as a human making a few mistakes on the way not to mention the more believable touchier seines instead of some laser. Thought the new bond bloke did a very good job and I hope to see him in more of them if this one is anything to go off

5 Monkey

Pan's labyrinth

What a film, do you like subtitled film, own a beret? Then this film is for you, good story, looks amazing and has a welcome streak of violence which was unexpected, very very good

7 Monkey

Babel

My advice, watch the first half then go, when you sit there thinking any minute now it will get better that’s the time you should go, trust me, nothing happens after that

1 Monkey

Children of Men

When to watch Children of men at the lovely Printworks in Manchester sat night, I had heard good with some mixed bad reviews about this film but the trailer looked good so thought I would give it a go and I'm glad I did, its a good film and comes across a very realistic and gritty. I think because it had a lot of real world elements which we can all be familiar with it was more easy to get in to the story but being set in the not to distant future you could believe the story. It doesn’t shy away from the violent aspect of the story and even has a war element to it which I liked. I found it to be a moving story and even kept me on my toes with the twist and turns. It was good to see no matter how big the actor they were willing to kill anyone off at any time. Clive Owen who I don’t like redeemed him self in my eyes.
Well worth a watch!

4 Monkey

Stephen Kings IT

I remember watching this film as a kid and i also remember it scared the S**t out of me so i was a little apprehensive to watch it again, i did enjoy the movie even though the DVD is a flipper but it wasn’t as scary as i remember, probably a good thing.

2 Monkey

UltraViolet

What can i say, Ding Dong! now it was just to go off the film based on script, action, flow, characters, direction i would give it 4 monkeys, if i just go off Milla Jovovich at would get a 28 monkeys, !!!!!DING DONG!!!!!!

4 Monkey

Aeon Flux

O well, it looked good on the packing but i was very let down and it never even excited me at all, could have been something worth watching but not this time! Poo

1/2 Monkey

Old Boy

I didn’t get round to see Old Boy at the cinema but from what I had heard it was worth a watch. There are not many films which make me turn away but this one did! Twice! Thought it was fantastic even with subtitles. Some good twists.

4 Monkeys

The Wicker Man

I have not see the original Wicker Man and I get different reviews of the old film but I have to say I liked this one, maybe Nicolas Cage! Just don’t know. A little long and with an American stamp but still good.

3 Monkeys

Snakes on a Plane

Now i wasnt expecting some thing close to the real world and i got what i wanted, what a good film, got to stop jumping so much on the scarry bits

3 Monkeys

Mission Impossible 3

I finally got round to watch the 3rd instalment from Eathen Hunt and as I did enjoy the first 2 i was looking forward to this one, from the trailer i had seen it looked like it could have been something good. Now it is very much like the 2nd rather than the 1st with a more shiny look and massive explosions and amazing stunts but for me it wasn’t anything special and didn’t look as good as the second, I didn’t sit there waiting for it to end but neither did i want it to keep going!

2 1/2 Monkeys