Movie reviews

CHE - PART TWO

Walked out. I just couldn't stand another boring and desultory history lesson.

MY BLOODY VALENTINE IN 3D

Watchable. A run-of-the-mill slasher movie with good Real D action, gore and a bit of nudity that made me think they should start making 3D porn. The killer looks quite hot, by the way, when fully dressed but unmasked that is.

ANVIL - THE STORY OF ANVIL

Watchable. Americans aren't particularly good at documentaries and this one is no exception - plenty of behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with people you don't know and don't care about. The film about a metal band could do with more actual music by Anvil as that sounded great.

CADILLAC RECORDS

Walked out. According to the movie Chess Records were set up by two boring guys. The jazz music was unberable as well.

PUSH

Watchable. "X-Men" it isn't. While the characters have catchy superskills, it's scripted and acted, including utterly annoying Dakota Fanning, as if the producer had hired random people from the street to save costs.

DELHI 6

Walked out. Social realism with really bad music. What is Abishek Bachchan doing in this rubbish?

CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC

Recommended. This film has everything: glam, humour, tears, a bit of reality (shopaholism) and a bit of a fairy-tale (the career and the relationship) and it's all brilliantly scripted, acted and filmed. A real treat.

It made me feel uneasy about my addictions. I suddenly realised I had three:

Cinema - even if I have a foreign visitor staying with me just for a couple of nights, I will go to the cinema in the evening making them wait till midnight. So while this addiction doesn't ruin me financially, I lie what I'm doing (I'm not working that long) and ruin my social life.

Freebies - once when Clarins offered 3 samples per customer I went to different stores and collected 54 samples. It's free, useful, instead of ruining my social life makes me practise people skills - acting every time as if I hadn't collected a bagful of samples already. Still, it feels weird, no one else seems to scam samples the way I do.

Free press - I have accumulated piles of magazines and newspapers constantly given away and while it doesn't normally take long to browse them, I rarely get round to it and basically have heaps of rubbish in my room.

HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU

Watchable. A clever instruction film that is more disturbing than funny.

THE SECRET OF MOONACRE

Watchable. While I liked the Englishness of the tale, the fantasy bandits dressed and made up punk-style with Clockwork Orange-style bowler hats looked completely out of place.

HOTEL FOR DOGS

Watchable. The dogs are adorable but the story, with the evil Animal Control guys (do they really do it in the US?), really dark and depressing.

I've run out of the movies. Next review on Friday.