Half A Person

Whatta guy. cheers mate.

National Treasure. An overblown, nonsensical , ludicrously plotted blockbuster which is actually pretty enjoyable. Not a patch on Indy of course, but if The Da Vinci Code had half of its excitement it would have been twice the film it was.

I think you wrote 'I CANNOT SAY' solely to be pedantic and you've cut your nose off to spite your face. Surely you must have known the answer they would be looking for?

Back To The Future 11/10

Squash is a game that, weirdly, I've never played. A guy at my work was at me to play. Trouble is, he's built like a tank and plays often. I really don't want to be humiliated Is it hard to pick up? I'm good at badminton and tennis, likes.

Still bitter, eh?

American Gangster - 7/10 Very good, but not great. Just felt it lacked something. The cop's story wasn't interesting enough and I would have liked to see more of the back story of Frank Lucas when he was a driver for his mentor. There wasn't much tension in the film and when the two main protagonists finally got together, it was a bit of an anti-climax - the film was effectively over anyway. Brilliantly put together, though and well worth watching.

Agree with that, except the 'competiton' stuff, like the fantasy leagues and the dead pool. That should stay pinned.

That's shocking! Dirty biker f**k

How did you break a bottle on the back seat of your car?

You probably would have been better using an electric planer, to be fair.

It's 10am, hardly the crack of dawn!

Space Chimps Sounded great, monkeys in orbit and all that, but it fails to deliver. There's been quite a few animated movies out recently which have fallen below the usual high standard of cartoon films Bee Movie was terrible, for example, and this one is no better. It's only funny in two or three brief moments (which, for a chimp movie, is unforgivable) the plot is shocking and the animation is pretty poor, especially in comparison to Pixar's latest stuff. The 'aliens' are shit - I've seen better aniamation on Kids' TV shows. Very disappointing. 3/10

Ghostbusters 8/10 The script is still funny and fresh (though the special effects are very poor). Bill Murray steals the show.

Jack made a fortune showing off the golden harp and selling the golden eggs, so ultimately the magic beans proved fruitful and there was no need to sell the giant's body or anything. In many versions he even goes on to marry a beautiful princess.

Juno 7/10 I thought after watching the first 20 minutes that it was going to be unwatchable; it was just so annoying, but then it settled down and turned into a nice, pleasant, stylish yet twee movie. Decent enough.

If you like that, then I highly, highly recommend 'We Need To Talk About Kevin' by Lionel Shriver, which is similarly themed, but better.

I think he'd be struggling to buy it from there too.....

Mercury Rising 3/10 Overcooked 'thriller' featuring Bruce Willis as - Surprise! -a maverick cop with issues. Also involves autism. Pretty poor premise to begin with, full of plot holes and unsatisfying finale.

Gangrene?

Midnight Run 6/10 Pretty run-of-the-mill typically 80s buddy action-comedy starring De Niro in an unusually straightforward role. Some decent lines, but it's dated badly.

I agree with your good lady. The characters were all so horribly selfish and cold. The film just didn't 'click' for me, although, as I'm sure I mentioned before, the opening scene with the balloon is one of the best I've ever seen. I watched 'Hook' yesterday. Absolutely woeful. What the hell was the normally reliable Spielberg doing? The sets were cheap, plasticky and fake, the casting was all wrong (Julia Roberts as Tinkerbell?) and there was none of the excitement and classy set-pieces that we normally get from a Spielberg film. This is a dire film. Robin Williams is a hopeless actor and when he becomes all childlike (like he does in all his films), he bugs the f**k out of me. I can;t believe this shit is directed by the same guy who made E.T., Jaws and Schindler's List. 2/10 (Dustin Hoffman and Bob Hoskins are okay in it). A baffling, baffling film. The 2003 adaptation of Peter Pan in comparison, is a million times better movie.

The Recruit meh. 5.5/10

Hostage - 7/10 Competent action movie, with some nice dark moments. Die Hard with a house, basically. Which is no bad thing. However, it's missing something...maybe a twist or a turning point scene...I dunno.

It's solely so that 'characters' in football dressing rooms can play hilarious pranks with underwear.