Wednesday, 17 August 2011

Arrietty

Cast
Saoirse Ronan
Tom Holland
Mark Strong
Olivia Colman
Phyllida Law
Geraldine McEwan
Screenwriters
Hayao Miyazaki
keiko niwa
Director
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Running Time
94 minutes

14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.[Metacritic]

A lovely but slight tale.

Wednesday, 10 August 2011

Super 8

Cast
Joel Courtney
Elle Fanning
Kyle Chandler
Ron Eldard
Amanda Michalka
Noah Emmerich
Gabriel Basso
Zach Mills
Screenwriter
JJ Abrams
Director
JJ Abrams
Running Time
111 minutes

In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth – something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined. (Paramount Pictures)

I was really enjoying it and being swept along until the ending which felt like a let down. I think because ultimately all the characters even the kids are just bystanders to what's going on and play no active part in the main events rather like with Cloverfield which JJ Abrams produced.

Wednesday, 3 August 2011

Captain America: The First Avenger

Cast
Chris Evans
Hugo Weaving
Stanley Tucci
Tommy Lee Jones
Hayley Atwell
Richard Armitage
Dominic Cooper
Screenwriters
Christopher Markus
Stephen McFeely
Director
Joe Johnston
Running Time
124 minutes

Captain America: The First Avenger will focus on the early days of the Marvel Universe when Steve Rogers volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America. (Paramount Pictures)

A really well made entertaining film with vivid characters and atmosphere.