Good Burger, Good Film!

I recently signed up to Lovefilm where I am able to watch films straight away streamed through the Playstation. Although the choice of films at the present moment in the 'Watch Now' category is a little bare, I was able to watch Good Burger (1997). This Nickelodeon movie starring Kenan and Kel took me right back and had me and the girlfriend in stitches. It's idiot brand of humour is perfectly balanced so we were laughing all the way through. In more recent comedy films, this is rarely seen. You may have a chuckle now and again but it's not often that you come away feeling tired from laughing. Kenan and Kel play off each other to make it a great film for both kids and adults alike. Loved every minute!

"I'm a dude. He's a dude. She's a dude. Yeah we're all dudes yeah!"

P.S. Did anyone else hear the rumour years back that Kenan and Kel died in a car crash? What was that all about??

Under-rated actors!

In my last post, I spoke quickly about Sam Rockwell. In my opinion, he is one of the world's most under-rated actors going. Every performance he puts in is perfect and he usually steals the show. Your eyes tend to wander over to where he is in the shot to catch a glimpse of some hilarious facial twinge or heartfelt look.

It got me thinking of other under-rated actors going. Just a few to mention would be Giovanni Ribisi, Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, William H. Macy, Anna Faris, Viggo Mortensen and Guy Pearce.

Join in and tell me your choice!

Conviction.

Just been to see Conviction at the pics starring Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell. It is based on the true story of a man wrongly convicted of a murder and his sister that takes up law to set him free.

I had not heard anything about the film beforehand and believe it hasn't received much publicity and I don't know how as it is an excellent piece of work. Very emotional and well-acted, the cast and crew do justice to a quite harrowing and shocking story. Hilary Swank as always is brilliant and believable as the sister fighting to free the man and Sam Rockwell plays him to perfection. I've always thought Mr. Rockwell is one of the most underrated actors going at this time which can be clearly seen in last year's Moon.

Verdict - 4 out of 5. Go see it and keep an eye out for future Sam Rockwell productions!

Bafta Nominations are in!

So, the Bafta Award Nominations have just been announced. As always some surprising entries and some left out that should be included.


For me, I know he's a popular choice and has been for a while now, but I find Colin Firth (The King's Speech) as charismatic as a damp cloth held out in rainwater to dry! His performances seem so immobile and stiff , he almost makes Clive Owen look like Lee Evans (Barring the scene in Bridget Jones' Diary where he and Hugh Grant have that almighty pathetic street fight, which is actually genuinely funny)!


The one missing on the Best Actor list for me is Tobey Maguire for his performance in Brothers. I'm actually not entirely sure if it eligible for this years or last years but either way it is an immaculately haunting performance which is the standard they should be striving for.

 

Also a special mention to Pete Postlethwaite who is a fine actor who will be sorely missed. Let's hope he gets what he deserves for his excellent performance in The Town.


The full list of nominations can be found at these links below.


http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/2011-film-awards,1572,BA.html


http://www.heyuguys.co.uk/2011/01/18/the-2011-bafta-nominations/#

Top 5 of 2010

As we enter a new year, it's always good to look back at the highlights of the year before. Here is my Top 5 Films of 2010. They may not be to everyone's taste or be the stars of the year but they sure done something for me.


1 - Inception            (Christopher Nolan)
2 - Toy Story 3         (Lee Unkrich)
3 - Youth In Revolt  (Miguel Arteta)
4 - Avatar                 (James Cameron)
5 - Shutter Island    (Martin Scorsese)


n.b. I have yet to see the French film Micmacs (Jean-Pierre Jeunet) which I have been wanting to see for a while and have been reliably informed is a cracker.


Feel free to join in with your top 5 - always good to see everybodies variations.

1st Post! - My favourite film.

So, I thought for my very first post, it would be appropriate to talk about my favourite film. Everybody has one which usually evokes some kind of emotion in us or reminds us of a special time in our lives and that right there is the magic of movies.

 My fave is not a blockbuster, it is not recent but for me it's the best - The Blues Brothers (the original, not the monstrosity that is Blues Brothers 2000!). It has everything - great music and musicians, amazing car chases, fantastic disrespect of property and authority and, most of all, it really is the epitome of cool!

I think I will be on 60th view or thereabouts and it still doesn't disappoint.


Join in the discussion and let me know what your favourite films are!