I just watched Letters from Iwo Jima last night having watched Flags of Our Fathers a couple of months ago. These films are both of the American invasion of Iwo Jima during WW2, but shot from different perspectives. I have to say that I seem to like Clint Eastwood as a director as much as I liked him as an actor. Actually that is unfair, his films ( Read more... )

This is the first time I can say that I have enjoyed a film with Leonardo Di Caprio in it. Maybe because they didn’t use him in some kind of appalling romance role and he no longer looked so effeminate, but rather fairly broad and burly. Not that I care about how Di Carpio looks, but this is important as his role pretty much shaped the film and ( Read more... )

I spend the Monday away on a course, come back on the Tuesday expecting to begin a feasibility study as per my line manager’s instructions from last week, only to find my section boss demanding that I do a visual plan of deliverables against milestones and oh by the way can you look after this mysterious work experience student who has been dropped ( Read more... )

A Tai film which has been around for a while, but I watched it again recently. I have to confess I did really enjoy this film even for seeing it the 2nd time. Some very gritty martial arts fight sequences (although some moves were very repetitive) and a nice modern take on the old style storyline of a village religious icon being stolen and a hero ( Read more... )

I can see why the women like this film. They should call it 300 bulging six packs (no doubt a porn movie soon will!), the men are left with just one attractive queen to drool over. Having said that, it was still an enjoyable film. Lots of pretty slow motion fight sequences (not for the squeamish). I also thought they reflected the megalomania of ( Read more... )