Film Time

This week has been a good one for films, and still my Alan Rickman fest continues, thus the reason for not having time to update my blog no doubt. On Wednesday night Lynne and I went to see the vigilante movie 'The Brave One' starring Jodie Foster. It was a much better film than I was expecting, and Jodie does a fantastic job. It does have a pretty obvious in plotline and I thought the ending was a bit of a cop out. However, I would still recommend it if you have a spare evening.

Another film which I really enjoyed was the offbeat comedy 'The Search for John Gissing' which finally arrived from the US. It is entertaining, very funny and well worth watching just to see Alan Rickman dancing like a complete nutter at the end. There is more dancing in the outtakes as well. Unfortunately, not readily accessible as it is only available direct from the director and star Mike Binder, the price of postage is likely to put off most people from seeing it (unless you can borrow it from someone). However, rumour has it that due to its underground popularity Mike wants to remake a revised version of the movie under a new title for general release and is hoping that Alan will once again take on the role of John Gissing. We shall see, it would be good to see it finding a general release - if only Nobel Son would get one I'd be even happier!

No sign of 'Dark Harbor' yet, but I did get 'Judas Kiss' which is a crime thriller set in New Orleans with Alan and Emma Thompson taking the starring roles. Quite enjoyable in a low budget sort of way, with the chance to see Alan and Emma doing very dodgy southern American accents, and of course a chance for me to soak up the New Orleans scenery.

Finally this week I saw Rasputin the HBO bio pic. Alan gives yet another first class performance as the enigmatic and strange monk, creating a tortured and brilliant character, at turns mesmerising and enthralling at others disgusting and creepy. Definitely another one to recommend.

I'm still waiting for Stardust - everything I've seen about it tells me I'll love it, but before that arrives at the cinema in a couple of weeks we're going to see Colin Firth and Jim Broadbent in 'When was the Last Time you saw your Father?' which I've also heard good things about. Below is the trailer for Stardust and also for Sweeney Todd - no need for me to repeat how excited I am about that I'm sure!