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Advantages: Good acting and good story
Disadvantages: None

...I bought when I got a VCR. This is one of those elegant Merchant-Ivory productions, which also include Maurice and A Passage to India, other E.M. Forster adaptations to film, that sets the late Victorian/early twentieth century world in upper- to upper-middle class England in such gracious light. The stars of this film include Helena Bonham Carter as Lucy Honeychurch, the heroine, and Julian Sands as George Emerson, her free-spirited suitor, who ...
...without a jacket, or kissing someone (willing) in a field of poppies. However, this flies in the face of convention, which in Victorian and post-Victorian England simply isn't done. Lucy has already been courted; the official suitor of Lucy is the stuffed-shirt Cecil Vyse, whose personality seems like it is jammed in a vise. A perfect name. This role is played by Daniel Day Lewis, in a grand performance where he underplays his natural handsomeness. ... Read review

Advantages: There is only one Lukas Moodysson,
Disadvantages: which is one too many for some.

...idea what to expect from A Hole In My Heart. And having seen it I still don't really know what to make of it to be honest. Part of the reason for me writing this review is to try and make sense of it for myself so here goes... By the time Moodysson made this movie in 2004 he had already achieved a huge degree of commercial success with "Together" (5*) and "Lilya 4-Ever" (5*). One of the privileges of "making it" is that it allowed him the freedom ...
...funding it needed but also a wide audience of people who had enjoyed any of his earlier masterpieces. Many of the fans of his earlier films, including even the brutally hard-hitting Lilya 4-Ever were in for a real shock! The entire cast consists of four characters and the story (if you can call it that) takes place almost entirely within the confines of a small flat that they share in a Stockholm suburb. Richard and his son Eric do not get on, and ... Read review

Advantages: A sweet little film, great cast and plot
Disadvantages: None

...Jenna is working as a waitress in Joe's Pie Shop in the deep south of America, but is truly miserable with life. She's married to Earl, as real pig who treats her terribly and makes her hand over her tiny wage to him everyday. Jenna is shocked to find herself pregnant with Earl's baby and although she isn't happy, she decides to keep the baby and save up enough money to run away. Jenna makes amazing pies and wants to win a local Pie contest, and ...
...of her stifling marriage. Waitress is a sweet little romantic comedy with a darker side within which keeps you watching all the way through, just to see if Jenna is ever going to get that happy ending she wants and deserves. The theme of a dark and horrid marriage is well explored in the film, and this is contrasted well with the scenes in the Pie Shop between Jenna and her friends, showing us how Jenna can be when not scared and miserable at the ... Read review

Advantages: Superb acting, writing, direction and cinematography, lush scenery
Disadvantages: None, except maybe for those who don't like subtitled films

Starring: Gul Kirat Panag as Zeenat Ayesha Takia as Meera Shreyas Talpade as Behroopiya Rushad Rana as Amir Anirudh Jaykar as Shankar Singh This review is a departure from my usual reviews on ancient films! This 2006 movie was on very late-night television a few months back and, having a liking for Indian films and also being intrigued by the fact that the title of the film is my own name (nickname), I videotaped it to watch at a more convenient ...
...was and found it interesting, so settled down to get stuck in once I had time to watch the tape, and was completely blown away by the beauty of this wonderful film. I knew it was meant to be good, but it way surpassed my expectations. Suffice to say that the tape is now a permanent member of my film collection! The film's title roughly translates to 'the thread' or 'the link', and the plot revolves around the unusual and unexpected links that can ... Read review

Advantages: Brad Pitt and the action scenes
Disadvantages: None

Fight club is in my top collection of best movies. The Plot : The narrator of this movie suffers from insomnia. He tries several ways to cure this however does not succeed. As one of his hobbies to try cure his problem, travelling, he meets an enigmatic young man named Tyler and after a short conversation they become friends. By hitting each other they like to relieve their inner tensions. Word starts to get around about the fights and lots of people ...
...a club is formed which is called 'Fight Club'. Tyler and the narrator start spending a lot of time together and also start to make lots of money. Then...one day, the narrator finds out that Tyler has been using him. From that point onwards it gets so much more interesting. If you have not watched this film shame on you !! ... Read review