Pans Labyrinth

A truly beautifully dark and magical film.

Ofelia is a young girl with a large imagination, who loves to read her fantasy books. She escapes to an eerie but fascinating fantasty world, where the creatures in this world believe her to be the lost soul of the King's daughter, Princess Moanna.
She is set three tasks and must complete them before the full moon.
These tasks test her courage and strength and takes her to a completely different world, which she adjusts to perfectly.

I won't spoil the ending, but it is so tragic and dark, but so so beautiful. A perfect ending.

What i love most about this film is the fact that there are two completely different, opposite worlds, but each world has its own problems within them.
I also love the imagination used to create the strange creatures.
You can see a tv series such as doctor who would get ALOT of inspirtation from a film like this.

5 star rating.
loved it!

IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457430/

Deep Stuff...

A while ago i posted a link on here that was an interview with Corey Feldman about Pedophilia being a huge problem for Child Stars.

I was discussing this horrific information with two friends in my AS Media Studies class.

I was talking about how i think that a special charity should be set up in order to protect children going into the show business from pedophilia.
It would be a worthwhile thing that could help kids everywhere who are trying to make it in the world as famous actors.

Heres the link again: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/corey-feldman-pedophilia-problem-child-actors-contributed-demise/story?id=14256781

Perhaps things are different in this day and age, but how can we be sure of that?

Planet of the Apes (Tim Burton 2001)

One of Tim Burton's best i think.
Particularly want to focus on the amazing make up for this film.
The make up artisits must have spent hours and hours adapting the look of an ape to bring subtle human aspects to it.
Brilliant work.
Love Helena Bonham Carter in it. She is good in every Burton film though.
The setting of the sort of community the apes live in is very Tim Burton. Not as quirky and as good as his previous work though. This might be just because this is a proper sci-fi film which can be a little different to Burton's main style of fantasy and the unusual.

Brilliant Protagonist in this film; Capt. Leo Davidson, played by Mark Wahlberg (a fine action/adventure actor to have in this film) I don't think anyone else could've played this character better than Wahlberg (controversial...)

I also just love the whole storyline. Especially the ending where it dawns on Capt. Davidson that he was on earth and it was completely taken over by apes.

This is of course a remake of the 1968 Plant of the Apes.
I am yet to see the original actually! I cannot wait to see it though. But this is an excellent Tim Burton film!

IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133152/

Leon and No Country for Old Men

Will be watching LEON and NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN this weekend!
Review shall follow possibly the monday/tuesday. keep a look out!

IMDb (Leon) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110413/
IMDb (No Country for Old Men) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477348/

I'm particularly looking forward to No Country for Old Men. Particularly because it is a film made because of the novel by Cormac McCarthy.

Dude where's my car?! (quick response)

THIS FILM IS EPIC.
again, my boyfriend was shocked that i had not seen this film (i actually feel quite disgusted with myself that i had not seen it before)

It's a film full of silly, funny hilarity.
You come away with from this film with the famous catch phrase 'dude where's my car?' in your head forever.

Ashton Kutcher and Seann William Scoot play two loveable, but very dense party animals, Jesse and Chester.
They find themselves in horrific and hilarious situations whilst on a quest to find their car.

Such random stuff just happens that is totally out of this world (literally)
a film for people who generally like comedy and don't tend to take life too seriously...

IMDb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242423/

Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy

This is a brilliant film, but you REALLY have to concentrate on it!
The beginning is quite slow, but if you stick with it, i promise you won't regret it!!
There are a few time jumps which could throw people off, but personally i found it quite easy to follow as did my friend, who i saw this film with!

The British Cast is AWESOME. It is the best possible British Cast you could get what with Colin Firth, John Hurt and Gary Oldman.

Oldman really plays his character 'Smiley' well. it is like an oxymoron as the character Smiley is the least smiley person you could get.

The way the mole was revealed was brilliant and cleverly devised.
I also love the code names for them (hence where the 'Tinker, Tailer, Soldier' bit of the name of the film comes from)

If you love the narrative of films and a good British Cast, WATCH THIS.

IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340800/

Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy

Shall be watching this tomorrow night.
Will review afterwards.
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340800/

Pulp Fiction (quick response)

Watched this with my friend last night.
AMAZING film.
You can really tell that Quentin Tarantino has been influenced by European directors as the film is in a random order and doesn't stick to one time line, it jumps back and forth from the past to the future.

Pulp Fiction has to be one of the best films Tarantino has made, even before Kill Bill.
Amazing actors in this film; John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis and Tim Roth. They all played their gangster/druggie characters really well.

I love how Tarantino splits his films into chapters and he does this again in this film.

This film will also have you laughing. alot.

Narrative = WIN.

IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110912/

Kind Hearts and Coronets

PLEASE! Do not be put off by the fact this is a black and white film!
Kind Hearts and Coronets was released from Ealing Studios in 1949.
This is a comical story following a man called Louis Mazzini, who murders people in his family tree in order to inherit the fortune he deserves.
Alex Guinness (starwars) played all 8 victims of Mazzini and portrayed each character brilliantly, especially the character, Lady Agatha ;) Each murder was so silly and some unexpected! Some deaths include; poison, a fall down the waterfall and an arrow bursting a hotair balloon...

A huge twist at the end of the film will leave the audience coming up with their own resolution to the film. (i won't spoil the twist. It's hard to explain, it's something you have to see for yourself)

For the time period it was made in, it is really well done!
I deffo recommend this film! Thank you to my friend for introducing it to me! It really cracked me up :')

If you are in for a laugh and really into the narrative of films, you should deffo watch this. Remember, don't be put off by the film being in black and white!

IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041546/

(also in the crowd scene at the end, apparently my friend knows someone who was in the crowd scene while it was being filmed... hmmm...)