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XCVI: R.T.T. (Frédéric Berthe, 2009)
French language comedy in which a nice but dull and dim man is unaware he's about to be dumped so his girlfriend can get married in Florida. He gets caught up in a robbery by a female thief, and the inevitable happens. A bit, ah bless.
XCVII: Cop Out (Kevin Smith, 2010)
Oh dear. I guess I haven't really seen this as I suspect the dialogue was heavily edited. Smith helmed (but not scripted) as Bruce Willis goes in search of the baseball card he needs to sell to raise cash to pay for his daughter's wedding. I suspect this film will pay for Smith's daughter's wedding - it was ok in places and fitfully amusing, and I guess giving the lie to Smith not being able to do action, but I'd prefer the Affleck and Lee version.
XCVIII: She's Out of My League (Jim Field Smith, 2010)
Twenty-something, slackery comedy, in which Mr Ordinary fears he's not good enough for his new perfect girlfriend, and proceeds to torpedo the relationship. Amusing and undemanding; a wet Sunday afternoon or an eight hour flight.
IC: Lila, Lila ((My Words, My Lies - My Love) Alain Gsponer, 2009)
A young barista finds a manuscript in a piece of secondhand furniture, and passes it off as his own to impress a girlfriend - who arranges to have it published. As the novel becomes a best seller, an old man turns up, claiming to be its real author. Clever, amusing and gripping, and a delightful sets of relationships and performances. Recommended.
C: The Chain Reaction (Ian Barry, 1980)
Mad Max era Australian nuclear thriller - after an accident in a nuclear laboratory, a contaminated scientist escapes into the countryside, unwittingly setting up a number of pollution sites which will get into the food chain. Does what it does, with fitfully interesting car chases and a Gibson cameo.
CI: L'arnacoeur ((Heartbreaker) Pascal Chaumeil, 2010)
Cake and eat it romantic comedy with Romain Duris as a man employed to break up couples for their own good. It's his last job, against his better judgement, and the toughest case yet, and yes, you just know he'll cross the line between faked seduction and real love. Beautifully shot and smart performances, and lots of Footloose references I didn't get. Well worth a look.
CII: Flickan som lekte med elden ((The Girl who Played with Fire) Daniel Alfredson, 2009)
Not as good as the first film - having to bring newcomers up to date and then find another plot by explaining the plot you had thought was resolved has ramifications you hadn't foreseen. And let's avoid getting our two central characters in the same scene. The girl is framed for a couple of murders, and the journalist, whilst knowing that she could have done them, is convinced that she didn't. Can he save her and maintain her agency? And who will rescue who in the third film. Nothing as such wrong with this - a few characters too clearly marked for death, a subplot too many, a little slow but not Wallander slow, but it will be better than the American remake.
CIII: Scott Pilgrim vs the World (Edgar Wright, 2010)
Entertaining nonsense giving Wright a career away from Simon Pegg. Pilgrim has to fight the seven evil exes of his too good for him girlfriend - and from the modified Universal logo to the post-credits vignette, this is geek heaven. Cranks the total bollocks overdrive up toeleven twelve and treats life as a video game. It could have been tightened up, but well kewl. And it should have been Lee rather than Schwartzman. But great Kieran Culkin performance. And watch out for Don McKellar. Toronto!
CIV: The Drowning Pool (Stuart Rosenberg, 1975)
I think I confused this with The Dead Pool, but I'm glad I saw this - Paul Newman is a PI investigating a blackmail plot in New Orleans, on to stumble upon a quite different set of secrets and conspiracies. Glad I saw it - some action, many laughs, spot on acting.
French language comedy in which a nice but dull and dim man is unaware he's about to be dumped so his girlfriend can get married in Florida. He gets caught up in a robbery by a female thief, and the inevitable happens. A bit, ah bless.
XCVII: Cop Out (Kevin Smith, 2010)
Oh dear. I guess I haven't really seen this as I suspect the dialogue was heavily edited. Smith helmed (but not scripted) as Bruce Willis goes in search of the baseball card he needs to sell to raise cash to pay for his daughter's wedding. I suspect this film will pay for Smith's daughter's wedding - it was ok in places and fitfully amusing, and I guess giving the lie to Smith not being able to do action, but I'd prefer the Affleck and Lee version.
XCVIII: She's Out of My League (Jim Field Smith, 2010)
Twenty-something, slackery comedy, in which Mr Ordinary fears he's not good enough for his new perfect girlfriend, and proceeds to torpedo the relationship. Amusing and undemanding; a wet Sunday afternoon or an eight hour flight.
IC: Lila, Lila ((My Words, My Lies - My Love) Alain Gsponer, 2009)
A young barista finds a manuscript in a piece of secondhand furniture, and passes it off as his own to impress a girlfriend - who arranges to have it published. As the novel becomes a best seller, an old man turns up, claiming to be its real author. Clever, amusing and gripping, and a delightful sets of relationships and performances. Recommended.
C: The Chain Reaction (Ian Barry, 1980)
Mad Max era Australian nuclear thriller - after an accident in a nuclear laboratory, a contaminated scientist escapes into the countryside, unwittingly setting up a number of pollution sites which will get into the food chain. Does what it does, with fitfully interesting car chases and a Gibson cameo.
CI: L'arnacoeur ((Heartbreaker) Pascal Chaumeil, 2010)
Cake and eat it romantic comedy with Romain Duris as a man employed to break up couples for their own good. It's his last job, against his better judgement, and the toughest case yet, and yes, you just know he'll cross the line between faked seduction and real love. Beautifully shot and smart performances, and lots of Footloose references I didn't get. Well worth a look.
CII: Flickan som lekte med elden ((The Girl who Played with Fire) Daniel Alfredson, 2009)
Not as good as the first film - having to bring newcomers up to date and then find another plot by explaining the plot you had thought was resolved has ramifications you hadn't foreseen. And let's avoid getting our two central characters in the same scene. The girl is framed for a couple of murders, and the journalist, whilst knowing that she could have done them, is convinced that she didn't. Can he save her and maintain her agency? And who will rescue who in the third film. Nothing as such wrong with this - a few characters too clearly marked for death, a subplot too many, a little slow but not Wallander slow, but it will be better than the American remake.
CIII: Scott Pilgrim vs the World (Edgar Wright, 2010)
Entertaining nonsense giving Wright a career away from Simon Pegg. Pilgrim has to fight the seven evil exes of his too good for him girlfriend - and from the modified Universal logo to the post-credits vignette, this is geek heaven. Cranks the total bollocks overdrive up to
CIV: The Drowning Pool (Stuart Rosenberg, 1975)
I think I confused this with The Dead Pool, but I'm glad I saw this - Paul Newman is a PI investigating a blackmail plot in New Orleans, on to stumble upon a quite different set of secrets and conspiracies. Glad I saw it - some action, many laughs, spot on acting.
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Reminds me of the he's-an-Indian sketches in Goodness Gracious Me.
"William Shatner"
"Canadian"
"James Cameron"
"Canadian."