Drama > L Drama > Harris, Ed

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...such as Sniper and Behind enemy lines have been able to show war in modern movies like this did. Can watch it a dozen times and always catch something new and never tire of seeing it. I would suggest anyone who likes a war movie to pick this up as soon as possible and watch it on the biggest tv they can find. ... Read review

Advantages: Great cast and dialogue
Disadvantages: Some may find the story too basic

Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) Set within a twenty-four hour period, the focus of the film is four real estate salesmen. They work out of a dwindling company’s office, making phone calls and house visits to try and earn their commission. The office manager, Williamson (Kevin Spacey), gives each of them two ‘leads’ a day (paid for customer contact details, from when you either do or don’t tick that box in the small print) from which they must try and ...
...some of the recently purchased Glengarry leads. What follows is a snapshot of the American dream gone wrong as these men struggle for a wage and their self respect. We follow them through the evening and into the following day when it’s found the office has been burgled at some point during the night. The story is basic, but perfectly placed, allowing for lots of sparkling dialogue and character development. Adapted by David Mamet from his own award ... Read review

Advantages: Offbeat, humorous and thought-provoking
Disadvantages: A little too offbeat for some

...The Basic Plot Ghost Dog (Forest Whitaker) is an assassin living in Jersey City (although, we're never told that) who holds true to Bushido, the ancient Japanese chivalric code of the Samurai, and is guided in particular by the tenets of Hagakure, a series of commentaries and guidelines that were outlined in the early 18th century. The Samurai is a servant or retainer who pledges his life and sword to a master, and in Ghost Dog's case his ...
...several years before (or so Ghost Dog thinks) and by so doing unwittingly earned the future assassin's loyalty. Between jobs Ghost Dog lives in a shack on the roof of a building with only some carrier pigeons and some books to keep him company. His only human friends are a Haitian ice-cream vendor and chatterbox, Raymond (Isaach de Bankolé), who can only speak French, and a precocious-but-sweet little girl, Pearline (Camille Winbush), with whom Ghost ... Read review

Advantages: great story
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I watched this film last night on sky and I cannot believe that I have not seen it sooner especially as I have always been a fan of Leonardo DiCaprio and I was not disappointed by this film in the slightest. This film does require some concentration and at just over two hours it is a long film, but it well worth the watch with a great plot with enormous detail in the film as it based on a real event of Sierra Leone on the 1990's. Solomon Vandy ...
...family, his son goes to school and loves it, one day on the way home from school the village comes under fire and Solomon hides his son and tries to save the rest of the family, unfortunately he manages to saves his family but he is captured and is a slave for a rebel gang and is forced to mine diamonds. One day he finds a rare giant pink diamond which he manages to hide. Solomon then meets Danny Archer played by Leonardo DiCaprio who is a South ... Read review

Advantages: Good story, Witherspoon and Metwally are great
Disadvantages: Gyllenhaal is disappointing, torture scenes are horrid

...on DVD to see it! Rendition was one such film. The adverts on the television looked great and I was keen on seeing it, but didn't round to it in time, so I decided last week to hire it out on my Online rentals service and got around to watching it this week whilst Harry was napping. Anwar El-Ibrahimi is an Egyptian by birth, but has living in America for 20 years, works as a Chemical Engineer, and is married to an all-American woman, Isabella Fields ...
...subject but such films as Rendition and The Kingdom have taken tentative footsteps in that direction. They have begun to examine terrorism from both points of views, have filmed tough torture scenes for us to watch and have really brought a humanist element to the whole scenario. For me, this was quite a hard watch due to some of the scenes included, but it really made it hit home for me how hard the US strikes when they suspect foul-play, no matter ... Read review