I Want Candy (I wanted something decent to watch)

16 05 2008

 

image from the film I Want Candy showing Carmen Electra

This film is rather like a half hour comedy sketch that’s been stretched too far. It has elements of Only When I laugh and Benny Hill. It has obviously been shot on a tight budget and they have done their best the script and the story is OK if not quite clever. Read the rest of this entry »





ratatouille (ratastic if you ask me)

17 04 2008

This is an animated film by PIxar. It’s about Remy, a rat who dreams of one day becoming a great French chef and whose love of cooking and food is infectious. He works secretly in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant helped by a junior chef called Linguine with his help he manages to cook and set the culinary world of Paris alight.

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school for scoundrels

7 04 2008

School For Scoundrels film poster

This film stars Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Heder and Jacinda Barrett. Billy Bob Thornton I quite rate and he has done some pretty good films in the past, but Jon Heder I haven’t been so impressed with, however I must say I did quite enjoy this film. Read the rest of this entry »





jersey girl

26 03 2008

 jersey girlAnother Kevin Smith directed film, this one a departure from all his other work. Brief story outline as follows: man has successful career, man meets woman, woman dies in child birth, man looses career while raising child, man falls in love and says to hell with career family is more important, roll credits. Read the rest of this entry »





starter for 10

19 03 2008

Starter For 10

This is a typically English film in its writing, acting, direction and locations. It’s about a teenager (played by James McAvoy) who leaves his working class home for university in Bristol and who has a desire since little to be on University Challenge. Read the rest of this entry »