http://www.filmfridays.com Independant Movie Reviewers Tue, 01 May 2012 23:51:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/04/the-muppets/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/04/the-muppets/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:55:26 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=1966 Most Muppet movies were spoofs of other movies such as Wizard of Oz, Christmas Carol or Treasure Island. But this time round we return to basics and focus on the characters themselves and what has become of them since their career launch pad The Muppet Show was cancelled by the networks. Now the Muppet Theatre Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/04/the-muppets/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/03/johnny-english-reborn/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/03/johnny-english-reborn/#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:00:49 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=1949 There have been many successful films whose legacies have been diluted by their appalling sequels. Superman, Ghostbusters and Blues Brothers to name a few. But occasionally a film’s sequel can be better than the first. The only problem with this is that the film is often approached with trepidation and a sense of dread – Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/03/johnny-english-reborn/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/03/safe-house/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/03/safe-house/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:17:59 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=1940 Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) mans a secret safe house/interrogation chamber for the CIA. His life both professionally and personally is about as buoyant as an anchor dragging along the sea bed. One day, the notorious bad egg Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington) is brought to the safe house for interrogation and water boarding. Some “terrorists” arrive, Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/03/safe-house/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/02/the-woman-in-black/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/02/the-woman-in-black/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:00:32 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=1904 The British do the ghost story ever so well, especially if set in olden times in a remote village where locals eye you as a threat. Almost like a Daphne du Maurier of the present day, Susan Hill’s 1983 novel The Woman In Black has had remarkable success. From it’s inclusion in the national syllabus to Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/02/the-woman-in-black/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/02/drive/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/02/drive/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:15:50 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=1819 Ryan Gosling plays a stuntman and getaway driver who falls for his neighbour Irene (played by Brit Actress Carey Mulligan), whose husband is in prison. On his release, the husband has a hangover of trouble and debt, which Goslings character (who is only ever known as “The Driver”) attempts to help him out of, by Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/02/drive/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/01/the-help/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/01/the-help/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:24:33 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=1803 The movie is set in the early 1960′s at the zenith of the American Civil Rights Movement and in one of the hotbeds of racial segregation at that time, Jackson Mississippi. Skeeter Philan (Emma Stone) is a young female writer, disenchanted and saddened by the racist company she keeps, she pitches an idea to write Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/01/the-help/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/01/the-ides-of-march/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/01/the-ides-of-march/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:25:14 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=1774 With another year-long presidential race taking up space in daily news reports, fascination about who will land “the worlds top job” remains disproportionally high especially amongst Americans. Increasingly, other countries media devote more and more time to the issue and foreigners, such as myself, get roped in to listening about various congressional caucuses, committees and Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/01/the-ides-of-march/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/01/the-descendants/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/01/the-descendants/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:00:19 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=1758 “Everything has it’s time” and this is very much the theme in this movie set in Hawaii.  A successful lawyer, Matt King (George Clooney) finds himself having to reconnect with his family after his wife suffers a boating accident that leaves her in a coma. The prognosis is not good and King not only has Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/01/the-descendants/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/01/the-french-connection/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/01/the-french-connection/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:19:55 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=1699 Adapted from the book The French Connection by Robin Moore, this film won a whole host of awards after its release in 1971 including 5 Oscars – Best Picture, Best Director (William Friedkin), Best Screenplay (Ernest Tidyman), Best Film Editing (Gerald B Greenberg) and Best Actor for Gene Hackman who plays Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle, a Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/01/the-french-connection/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/01/the-artist/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/01/the-artist/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:35:57 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=1665 Film was born in France, but it found its feet in Hollywood. So it’s almost poetic that The Artist is a French film that pays homage to the golden years of Tinseltown. George Valentin is the star of silent comedy and helps nurture the talent of up and coming heart-throb Peppy Miller. But the advent Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/01/the-artist/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/01/we-need-to-talk-about-kevin/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/01/we-need-to-talk-about-kevin/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:32:42 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=1642 As I write, the award season is hoving into view. We’ve Golden Globes in a fortnight (the highlight no doubt will be host Ricky Gervais), then BAFTAs and finally the Academy Awards. Forget the fame, forget the fortune, forget getting your handprint on the Walk of Fame or having your name in billboard letters larger than Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2012/01/we-need-to-talk-about-kevin/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/12/midnight-in-paris/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/12/midnight-in-paris/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:13:17 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=1619 A writer and his fiancee are having a strained holiday in Paris. Frustrated by the lack of romance that his partner has for a city he adores, he wanders off on a walk only to end up at a party with Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Yes that’s right, he’s gone back in time to Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/12/midnight-in-paris/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/12/5050/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/12/5050/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:29:07 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=1604 There comes a time occasionally in life when you’re given a sober reminder of your own mortality. When this happens to me, I quickly realise how naive I am to some of life’s realities. There are 7 billion people on this planet and about 2 billion have died in my lifetime. That’s about 150,000 die Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/12/5050/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/11/sarahs-key/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/11/sarahs-key/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:44:25 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=1558 This film jumps between two periods of time. The first is Paris in 1942, principally what was known as the Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup – which resulted in thousands of Parisian jews sent to Auschwitz for extermination. What made the event even more notorious is that the French Police were complicit in the roundup (something President Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/11/sarahs-key/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/11/cemetery-junction/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/11/cemetery-junction/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:03:06 +0000 Mark http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=1530 So here we are, my first ever film review and it’s (drum roll please . . . ) Cemetery Junction. What? I hear you cry for despite the involvement of Ricky Gervais this film came and went with relatively little fanfare which is a shame as there is quite a lot to admire here. The Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/11/cemetery-junction/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/11/welcome-to-the-rileys/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/11/welcome-to-the-rileys/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:00:05 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=1500 Sometimes stuff happens in life that jolts us out of our comfort zone. It removes us from our daily routines and leaves us lagging in the pace of our own life. It can affect our relationships with others and can make our otherwise familiar environment seem alien. This is precisely what happens to Doug and Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/11/welcome-to-the-rileys/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/10/les-diaboliques/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/10/les-diaboliques/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:49:15 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=1486 Rated at number 4 on the imdb horror chart I very nearly gave up on this film. But my perseverance was rewarded eventually with some classic suspense and thriller that, rumour has it, inspired Hitchcock’s approach to Psycho. Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, it tells the story of how a woman and her husband’s mistress kill Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/10/les-diaboliques/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/10/the-thing/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/10/the-thing/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:02:50 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=1434 Kurt Russell stars in John Carpenters’ remake of the 1951 classic, though it is actually more widely recognised as an alternative adaptation of JW Campbell Jnr’s “Who goes there?“. This version is set in US laboratory in the Antarctic (not the North Pole) and is home to a team of researchers who are victims of Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/10/the-thing/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/10/ghostship/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/10/ghostship/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:01:54 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=952 The tale of the Mary Celeste surfaces quite quickly in this story of a salvage crew who find an abandoned ship. But as the rather grizzly prologue to this film suggests, this is more than just a ghost ship. It holds secrets that are slowly unlocked as the film proceeds. It is no secret, however, Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/10/ghostship/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/10/ring/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/10/ring/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:01:37 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=1405 Tragedy comes to one part of suburban Tokyo (if there is such a thing) when a group of teenage friends die in mysterious circumstances on the same day. One of the victims aunties’ investigates and discovers that, in accordance to a popular urban myth, they had all watched the same video tape then received a Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/10/ring/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/10/four/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/10/four/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:27:24 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=1339 Love, sex, jealousy, control and revenge are the order of the day in John Langridge’s new movie “Four”. The movie sells itself with the tagline “There is no such thing as a simple plan“. Once you’ve watched it, you’d be forgiven for thinking that there is no such thing as a simple storyline. It starts Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/10/four/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/10/melancholia/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/10/melancholia/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:17:39 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=1151 Depression is a bit like sex. Ok, stay with me. It’s something we know is there, but few of us rarely want to discuss it openly, let alone admit we require help with it. It is the elephant in the room, that thing that we know Uncle so and so suffered with – still he’s Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/10/melancholia/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/10/little-white-lies/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/10/little-white-lies/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:58:20 +0000 Dan http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=1026 One might have thought that if your good friend was involved in a near fatal accident that visiting him in intensive care would rank slightly higher than going off on holiday. Not for this bunch of self obsessed 30 somethings. Every year, Max, a successful restaurant owner, invites a group of friends to his beach house Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/10/little-white-lies/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/09/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/09/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:42:09 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=979 THIS REVIEW CONTAINS A SPOILER ALERT Most cold war spy films have ubiquitous elements about them. There is a drained lack of colour in establishing shots. Everyone chain-smokes and the amount of alcohol consumed makes one wonder how any spy managed to stay focused let alone alert! A good spy must have a house with Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/09/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/09/final-destination-5/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/09/final-destination-5/#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:34:53 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=905 Since cinemas earliest day, the world of movie franchise has been responsible for classics from James Bond to Carry On, Star Wars to Jurassic Park, Pirates to Shrek, Potter to Rings. Thanks to my FilmFridays co-founder, I have dabbled in the slightly more commerical franchises including all 7 Saw films (in the space of a Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/09/final-destination-5/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/barry-lyndon/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/barry-lyndon/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:00:39 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=888 Based on the 1844 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, the story chronicles the rise and fall of Irishman Redmond Barry (Ryan O’Neal). His ascent in society through a mixture of luck and deviousness finds him rubbing shoulders with the aristocracy. He eventually finds himself husband to a wealthy and beautiful widow, father to newborn son Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/barry-lyndon/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/the-inbetweeners/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/the-inbetweeners/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 22:52:07 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=837 Despite paying £11 at the Odeon Camden to watch a film this afternoon, it still infuriated me that the programme billed to start at 2pm ran adverts and trailers for almost half and hour. I’ve paid good money and for what? Why should I pay to watch advertisements? Someone’s getting money for something here and Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/the-inbetweeners/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/biutiful/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/biutiful/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:35:12 +0000 Dan http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=820 Ever been on holiday to Barcelona? Personally I think it’s over-rated but after you watch this film you’ll wonder why anyone would ever want to go there. This is the side of the Spanish playground that the tourists definitely don’t see. In his first feature film since Babel, Iñárritu returns with the bleak, harrowing but Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/biutiful/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/the-tourist/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/the-tourist/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:12:46 +0000 Dan http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=781 It beggars belief that I am writing this review after wasting 1 1/2 hours of my precious time on this film, but I feel it is my responsibility as a reviewer to save others from similarly wasting valuable paint drying time. On the surface it looks vaguely promising. Elise (Jolie) after receiving a mysterious note Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/the-tourist/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/catfish/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/catfish/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:27:27 +0000 Dan http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=767 I must first warn you that I come from the standpoint that Facebook is total drivel and an utter waste of time. That said, it has kind of revolutionised the way a lot of people meet, socialise and live (get out more you sad losers and live real life!). With that off my chest I Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/catfish/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/animal-kingdom/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/animal-kingdom/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:09:46 +0000 Dan http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=752 Animal Kingdom opens with the death of Josh’s mother by a self-inflicted heroin overdose (this is definitely no Rom Com) . Josh has been protected by his mother from the rest of his criminal family, but with his mother gone he has nowhere to turn. He goes to live with his grandmother (Janine “Smurf” Cody) Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/animal-kingdom/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/waltz-with-bashir/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/waltz-with-bashir/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:42:57 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=711 This film has the rather rare label of being an animated documentary. It follows the quest of the film maker, Ari Folman, to unblock suppressed memory of his experiences as a soldier in the Lebanon war, specifically his service in Beirut when he was 19 years old. With the help of a psychologist and former Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/waltz-with-bashir/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/the-disappearance-of-alice-creed/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/the-disappearance-of-alice-creed/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:53:50 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=666 Two ex-cons execute a well planned kidnap, but all is not what it seems. Secrets will out leading to paranoia and fear in this highly strung drama from writer/director J Blakeson. The poster promises action/thriller excitement and the skeletal cast, Martin Compston, Gemma Arterton and the instantly recognisable Eddie Marsan suggest that this film will Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/the-disappearance-of-alice-creed/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/the-light-thief/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/the-light-thief/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:54:21 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=580 Kyrgyzstan, as I know you’re about to tell me, is a former Soviet occupied country in Central Asia neighbouring Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and, of course China! And since independance in 1991 it has suffered much political instability owing to the high levels of corruption and prolific organised crime. Oh come on, you weren’t aware of Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/the-light-thief/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/true-grit/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/true-grit/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:00:31 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=546 When the Coen Brothers announced they were remaking the John Wayne classic True Grit, one could be forgiven for shuddering slightly. After all, their remake of  The Ladykillers was a notoriously bad decision. But then again when you think of their more successful films, notably Fargo, O Brother Where Art Thou? and No Country For Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/08/true-grit/feed/ 1 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-ii/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-ii/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:57:36 +0000 Susanna http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=489 Why do people love Harry Potter? Don’t get me wrong, I suppose you could call me a ‘fan’, but you do really have to step back from it all and ask yourself if it’s worth sleeping in Trafalgar Square for three days in the rain to witness the premier of its final installment: Harry Potter Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-ii/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/blue-valentine/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/blue-valentine/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:48:41 +0000 Susanna http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=475 Did you ever wonder what happened to Cinderella after she married Prince Charming? Or Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan’s characters in… well, in all of them. Films offer a snapshot view of a character’s life, a glimpse of some particular event that can then be wrapped up neatly and handed over like a birthday present. Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/blue-valentine/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/never-let-me-go/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/never-let-me-go/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:44:30 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=441 Self delusion is one thing. A deluded society is another. Soldiers in campaigns such as the First World War, Vietnam or Iraq, to name a few, have eventually discovered that their fate was based on a lie or an economy of the truth. For some it’s enough to send them off the rails; a few Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/never-let-me-go/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/a-private-function/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/a-private-function/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:31:04 +0000 Susanna http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=433 Betty Blue Eyes, the musical theatre adaptation of A Private Function, is currently showing in London’s West End. With this in mind I asked myself: when it comes to adaptations, is it generally best to experince the original first? Should we always aspire to read the book before watching the film? Or in this case, Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/a-private-function/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/source-code/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/source-code/#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:07:03 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=413 The thing with Sci-Fi in Hollywood is that the pitch is often amazing, but the film fails to be interesting as it falls in line with the “rules” that Hollywood insists must be followed. Good must triumph over evil, the hero must get the girl, the goodies believe that they have God on their side Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/source-code/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/paul/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/paul/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:09:31 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=366 Don’t get me wrong. I’m a fan of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. They’re of my generation. That’s right, the generation that likes to bang on endlessly about how it was great growing up in the 70′s/80′s! Chopper bikes, Star Wars, Evil Knieval, Look In magazine, Metal Mickey, did I mention Star Wars?, Moondust, Cheggers Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/paul/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/cinema-paradiso/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/cinema-paradiso/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:04:20 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=297 Most of the story is told in flashback. It begins with a man, Salvatore, hearing the news of a death of a man called Alfredo. He then reminisces over this father-figure, a man whom he knew as a child and teen who taught him to be a cinema projectionist. As a teen he also falls Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/cinema-paradiso/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/the-virgin-suicides/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/the-virgin-suicides/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:36:35 +0000 Susanna http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=293 “Cecilia was the first to go.” The first time I saw The Virgin Suicides, I was no older than the Lisbon girls, and the story didn’t resonate. Based on Jeffrey Eugenides’ novel, the film, like the book, is narrated by the boys that -now grown up- reflect on the final year of the five Lisbon Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/the-virgin-suicides/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/the-changeling/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/the-changeling/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:52:37 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=270 This film from 1980 starts in snow covered Upstate New York, middle of nowhere. A couple and their daughter have broken down and are pushing their car to the side of the road. Whilst the husband telephones for assistance in a nearby booth, he witnesses his wife and daughter get mown down by an out Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/the-changeling/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/to-catch-a-thief/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/to-catch-a-thief/#comments Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:53:09 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=214 This film won an Oscar in 1955 for Robert Burks, for Best Cinematography beating Oklahoma and Guys and Dolls! One almost wishes one could see it on the big screen once more in it’s glorious Vista-Vision. However seeing on more modern screens one can’t help but notice how many back-projected scenes there are in this Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/to-catch-a-thief/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/sweet-charity/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/sweet-charity/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:50:52 +0000 Susanna http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=209 The thing that you need to understand about Charity Hope Valentine (Shirley MacLaine), to put it bluntly, is that she is fairly pathetic. A dance hall hostess, she’s young, pretty, and desperate to be loved, but most importantly, she is irrevocably naive. Sweet Charity follows her search for love in 1960s New York City, always Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/07/sweet-charity/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/06/the-poet/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/06/the-poet/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:34:05 +0000 Susanna http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=186 Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/06/the-poet/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/06/days-of-wine-and-roses/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/06/days-of-wine-and-roses/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:31:00 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=162 This 1962 film stars Jack Lemmon (as Joe Clay) and Lee Remick (as Kirsten Arnesen Clay) – a couple who fall in love, marry and start a family. But from the off, we are made aware that their relationship is a threesome between them and the bottle. Yes this film deals quite thoroughly with the Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/06/days-of-wine-and-roses/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/06/the-omen/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/06/the-omen/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:05:48 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=120 Having watched Mark Gatiss’ brilliant “A History of Horror” on BBC4, I realised that I had quite a bit of catching up to do in the classic horror department. So tonight was the turn of the 1976 classic The Omen – a film that warned us to beware any Geminis born in 1971 (being a Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/06/the-omen/feed/ 0 http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/06/the-hangover-part-2/ http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/06/the-hangover-part-2/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:39:13 +0000 Anthony http://www.filmfridays.com/?p=51 When I first saw “The Hangover” back in 2009, I remember being pleasantly surprised that it wasn’t as bad as I was expecting. However it’s sequel was exactly what I was expecting, pretty much the same as the first film but in a different place, this time Thailand! They wake up, with a “Hangover”, then Click here to read more...]]> http://www.filmfridays.com/2011/06/the-hangover-part-2/feed/ 0