2007 #17
Richard Eyre | 92 mins | cinema | 15 / R
Richard Eyre | 92 mins | cinema | 15 / R
I hear that this is displeasing as an adaptation. But I haven’t read the novel, so that doesn’t cloud my judgement.
Judi Dench is brilliant as ever in a rare villainous role (the Oscar would’ve been hers were it not for Helen Mirren’s equally brilliant but more obvious turn in The Queen), Cate Blanchett gets to spar with her as the flawed ‘hero’, and the rest of the principal cast are very good also.
It lacks something towards the end, perhaps because it functions better as a character piece than as a thriller, but is still worth a watch.
Murnau’s first film in America, throughout the decades hailed as one of the greatest film ever made.
The latest effort from the director of 
I like a good musical. I wouldn’t say I was a fan of the genre on the whole, but I do enjoy good ones. South Pacific, to my mind, is not one of the very best, but it has its moments (and its songs!) and there are some fair points underlining the plot. If you don’t like musicals this one probably won’t convert you; if you’re a musical fan… well, you’ve probably already seen it.
Will Smith gives up the comedy act and blockbuster action for the sort of true story that you thought only happened in movies.
2007 #10
2007 #9
This is a tricky film to rate. The plot is pretty inconsequential and drags things out a bit toward the end, but that’s not what you come to a film like Ong-Bak for — it’s here for the action.
2007 #7
I dislike Roger Moore as Bond, mostly based on the number of piss-poor films he starred in. It seems I may just have been watching the wrong ones.
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