Starring: Robert Beatty
A small boy is trapped in a bank vault just as it is being locked for the weekend.
Considering nearly the entire movie is on 1 set, the pace is very well maintained in a race against time to open a bank vault, for once with robbery not the motive. Forget the opening schoolboy error that results in the child being locked in the vault, the rest of the plot is well thought out and has you on the edge of your seat. Some of the acting isn't the best and the parents seemed a bit wet, but it's worth a view and you get an interesting science lesson on what happens to your body if you're trapped in a sealed room and the oxygen runs out. 9/10
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Sunday, March 19, 2006
Lady in white 1988
Starring: Lukas Haas
After seeing the ghost of a murdered girl, a young boy discovers the identity of her killer.
This is a slightly unusual movie. It starts off as a harmless childrens ghost story with touches of gentle humour and then from time to time, turns into a taut thriller with racist undertones that results in real tragedy. The story is a bit laboured at times, but is well enough made and it's interesting to see the 12 year old and slightly squeaky Lukas Haas.
No classic, but certainly unusual and worth seeing for that reason alone. 5/10
After seeing the ghost of a murdered girl, a young boy discovers the identity of her killer.
This is a slightly unusual movie. It starts off as a harmless childrens ghost story with touches of gentle humour and then from time to time, turns into a taut thriller with racist undertones that results in real tragedy. The story is a bit laboured at times, but is well enough made and it's interesting to see the 12 year old and slightly squeaky Lukas Haas.
No classic, but certainly unusual and worth seeing for that reason alone. 5/10
Sunday, March 12, 2006
His girl Friday 1940
Starring: Cary Grant
A remake of 'The Front page' with Hildy Johnson turned into a woman
There's various actors whose films you always eagerly anticipate. James Stewart is one and Cary Grant another. I have to say this is the most disappointing Cary Grant movie I've ever seen. The pace is frenetic and doesn't relent for the entire 90 minutes. There's people talking at 100 miles an hour, talking over each other, 3 or 4 telephone conversations taking place at once, it's just impossible to take in a quarter of the conversations being hurled at you. I know cue-bite is crucial, but this was ridiculous. Timing in both visual and audio comedy is crucial, so many gags would have been missed because there was so much going on. I laughed once or twice but always at visual things, when there was a sudden lull in the chatter. The character Earl Williams had the most effective scenes, mainly because half a dozen other characters weren't about to butt in. Very disappointing and utterly exhausting to watch. 3/10
A remake of 'The Front page' with Hildy Johnson turned into a woman
There's various actors whose films you always eagerly anticipate. James Stewart is one and Cary Grant another. I have to say this is the most disappointing Cary Grant movie I've ever seen. The pace is frenetic and doesn't relent for the entire 90 minutes. There's people talking at 100 miles an hour, talking over each other, 3 or 4 telephone conversations taking place at once, it's just impossible to take in a quarter of the conversations being hurled at you. I know cue-bite is crucial, but this was ridiculous. Timing in both visual and audio comedy is crucial, so many gags would have been missed because there was so much going on. I laughed once or twice but always at visual things, when there was a sudden lull in the chatter. The character Earl Williams had the most effective scenes, mainly because half a dozen other characters weren't about to butt in. Very disappointing and utterly exhausting to watch. 3/10
Sunday, March 05, 2006
Closely observed trains 1966
During World War 2, an apprentice railway guard at a country station falls in love and becomes a saboteur.
The good thing about Saturday newspapers is that they now frequently give away DVD's. This movie came from The Independant. I'm not a great fan of foreign language movies but have recently seen a few charming ones also free from newspapers. This film is set at a tiny quiet station in occupied Czechoslovakia. Quite how they justified the amount of staff there baffled me. This is actually a lovely film, the innocent naievity of the apprentice, the fear and loneliness of all the characters from whatever class and the sexual frustrations again of every character. this is actually quite a racy movie, the scene where the telegraphist is rubber stamped on her legs and bum is very erotic, more so than the pottery scene in Ghost. Ultimately, de-motivation and frustration led to this triviality which ultimately led to a tragic but moving ending. 9/10
The good thing about Saturday newspapers is that they now frequently give away DVD's. This movie came from The Independant. I'm not a great fan of foreign language movies but have recently seen a few charming ones also free from newspapers. This film is set at a tiny quiet station in occupied Czechoslovakia. Quite how they justified the amount of staff there baffled me. This is actually a lovely film, the innocent naievity of the apprentice, the fear and loneliness of all the characters from whatever class and the sexual frustrations again of every character. this is actually quite a racy movie, the scene where the telegraphist is rubber stamped on her legs and bum is very erotic, more so than the pottery scene in Ghost. Ultimately, de-motivation and frustration led to this triviality which ultimately led to a tragic but moving ending. 9/10
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