The Bourne Ultimatum

Cast
Matt Damon
Joan Allen
Julia Stiles
Edgar Ramirez
David Strathairn
Paddy Considine
Screenwriters
Tony Gilroy
Scott Z. Burns
George Nolfi
Directors
Paul Greengrass
Running Time
115 minutes

With his fractured memory resurfacing and the CIA determined to keep him quiet, Jason Bourne (Damon) wants answers. He arranges to meet a British journalist (Considine), whose confidential source may hold the key to exposing Treadstone, the covert agency that trained Bourne, once and for all.

Metacritic has multiple five star reviews for this and I don't necessarily disagree, it's just I have a couple issues only one of which is to do with the film itself. The documentary style "wobbly" camera is in full effect, now normally I have no objection to this but it seemed very extreme here and I started to get a headache until maybe about half way through when either I got used to it or they cut back. I had intended to watch my DVD's of the first two films before going but unfortunately didn't have the spare time, perhaps if I had they would have primed me for its style. The other problem I had is that two key moments at the end were given away in a film review podcast I listen to regularly. So I can't give the balanced opinion I would like to, given that I kept expecting certain things to happen which then did.

Transformers

Cast
Shia LaBeouf
Jon Voight
Travis Van Winkle
Megan Fox
Peter Cullen
Hugo Weaving
Josh Duhamel
Tyrese Gibson
Screenwriters
Alex Kurtzman
Roberto Orci
Director
Michael Bay
Running Time
143m 15s

Dippy youngster Sam Witwicky (LaBeouf) is caught in the race to find a holy relic of robots who adapt by ‘transforming’ into local vehicles. On one side are the decent, human-protecting Autobots (Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ironhide and Jazz); on the other the cruel, destructive Decepticons (with Megatron, Starscream and Barricade). Activate!

I really don't remember the original cartoons, so the whole accuracy of the piece like having some of the same voice cast is lost on me but I thought it was great. Funny script with a large ensemble cast doing a great job and amazing CGI. I like Bay's style it's just that he needs a good script to back him up and here he has one, unlike say on Pearl Harbor

The Simpsons Movie

Cast
Hank Azaria
Dan Castellaneta
Julie Kavner
Nancy Cartwright
Yeardley Smith
Harry Shearer
Screenplay
James L. Brooks
Matt Groening
Al Jean
Ian Maxtone-Graham
George Meyer
David Mirkin
Mike Reiss
Mike Scully
Matt Selman
John Swartzwelder
Jon Vitti
Director
David Silverman
Running Time
86m 54s

After yet another Homer (Castellaneta) inspired disaster — involving his new best-friend Spider-Pig — Springfield is declared an environmental disaster area and sealed in a glass dome as an example to all America. Miraculously escaping their prison, the Simpsons head for Alaska, before Homer has an epiphany and (after the word is explained to him) decides to return and save his town.

It's OK which is the best thing you can say about it. Essentially an overlong not that great episode.