My Rating: About my rating system Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) is an expert in his trade. We learn throughout the film how good he is and how well regarded he is by his peers. When he goes to the trade shows he doesn’t need to fall for the patter of the sales guys - he … Continue reading The Conversation (1974)

My Rating: About my rating system I’ve had the second Transformers movie for quite a while but it has been fairly low down on my to-watch list. With the third movie in the franchise now out I thought I’d give it a go to see if it’s as bad as the reviews suggest. It is. … Continue reading Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

My Rating: About my rating system Contagion is about the terrifying prospect of a pandemic deadly disease outbreak, with an impact similar in scale to the 1918 Spanish Flu which killed at least 3% of the global population. There’s some fine performances from a stellar cast, including Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, … Continue reading Contagion (2011)

My Rating: About my rating system I knew very little about Remember Me before watching it so the end came as a complete shock, despite the fact that in retrospect I can see there were clear clues to the final event throughout the film. Sometimes I'm attuned to these things, not this time. Robert Pattinson … Continue reading Remember Me (2010)

My Rating: About my rating system The Company Men attempts to portray the human impact of corporate downsizing as a result of the global financial crisis. You may think this is going to be something akin to the The Pursuit of Happyness, where an average joe has some bad luck and ends up losing everything. … Continue reading The Company Men (2010)