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Tropic Thunder “Lance?”

Paul — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:13:06 +0000

I don’t read the script. The script reads me.

Arsenic and Old Lace

Paul — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:39:12 +0000

Got this at a bargain from HMV and watched it this lazy Sunday afternoon with Sam.

Arsenic and Old Lace

Juno, I have lost my fangs

Paul — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:56:00 +0000

I loved this film — it has that indie aura surrounding it with the shtick and the spiel, but through its lack of weirdness it has astoundingly broken into the mainstream and become a great hit. Kimya Dawson, The Moldy Peaches and Antsy Pants also make for a stellar soundtrack. A must see.

What I have been watching lately

Paul — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:40:00 +0000

Since I have been working at Ocado, developing my own sites and from time to time playing Halo 3 on Xbox live, I haven’t had time to finish off watching Twin Peaks season 2 or the last two and a half seasons of The X-files. It doesn’t help therefore that I have been subscribing myself to even more television that I simply don’t have the time for anymore.

Boston Legal:

Californication:

Battlestar Galactica Razor

Then there were the films…

Superbad (awesome)

Shooter (meh)

The Bourne Ultimatum (awesome)

1408 (good)

Disturbia (much better than expected) — Shia is someone to watch.

Shoot Em Up (a good laugh but nothing fabulous)

Oceans Thirteen

Paul — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:15:00 +0000

A far superior film to the abhorrent Ocean’s twelve, far far better, and actually enjoyable. By no means perfect, but enjoyable, which is more than I can say for that torrid affair in Europe. The average scene length is longer than 30 seconds, there is a storyline, each person actually has a role in the team, there’s no Julia Roberts or Catherine Zeta Jones, there’s much less impossible technology and as an added bonus, we get Al Pacino and a big-nosed Matt Damon.

This is England

Paul — Wed, 16 May 2007 19:51:00 +0000

Incredible, incredible film with a stunning score by the ever-great Einaudi. I highly recommend this.

The Fountain

Paul — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:00:00 +0000

Aronofsky has done it again, with Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz; this time pulling off a magnanimous beauty — a love story spanning a thousand years with a quivering of death’s meaning. Clint Mansell with the Kronos Quartet once again provides another epic soundtrack to match their previous work made for Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream. Fountain is magnificent to watch and feel, a marvel. Just look.

Dumplings

Paul — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:58:00 +0000

A pretty strange and messed up Chinese film about keeping your youth at all costs. Don’t make the same mistake I did and try and eat food during this movie.

Pure slow motion testosterone, 300

Paul — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:30:00 +0000

300. No more, no less. Nothing more, nothing less. It’s a feature length trailer of epic proportions by a director “with a machine gun for a dick”.

Hard Candy

Paul — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:59:00 +0000

Saw this a couple of nights ago. Pretty hard to watch if you are a guy. I’ve heard people state that this stimulates all sorts of debates about paedophilia and vigilantism; personally it seems like this extreme setting is merely justification for a graphic torture film (so is the Lion’s gate way) involving some crazy bitch attacking some proposed kiddie-lover. The true menace to society would be illustrated in a sickening role reversal, honestly I believe this film achieves little more than some light (albeit gritty) entertainment. Plus I prefer soft gums.