Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Cast
Gary Oldman
Colin Firth
Tom Hardy
Kathy Burke
Benedict Cumberbatch
David Dencik
Stephen Graham
Ciarán Hinds
John Hurt
Toby Jones
Simon McBurney
Mark Strong
Screenwriters
Bridget O'Connor
Peter Straughan
Director
Thomas Alfredson
Running Time
127 minutes

Boring. I vaguely remember watching the TV Series years ago and loving it. The way the story is told here is just so dull and uninvolving.

Jane Eyre

Cast
Mia Wasikowska
Michael Fassbender
Judi Dench
Jamie Bell
Imogen Poots
Sally Hawkins
Screenwriter
Moira Buffini
Director
Cary Fukunaga
Running Time
120 minutes

Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender star in the romantic drama based on Charlotte Brontë's classic novel, from acclaimed director Cary Fukunaga. In the story, Jane Eyre flees Thornfield House, where she works as a governess for wealthy Edward Rochester. As she reflects upon the people and emotions that have defined her, it is clear that the isolated and imposing residence – and Mr. Rochester's coldness – have sorely tested the young woman's resilience, forged years earlier when she was orphaned. She must now act decisively to secure her own future and come to terms with the past that haunts her – and the terrible secret that Mr. Rochester is hiding and that she has uncovered. (Focus Features)

Languorous and a half but really good although lacking in romance. Seeing Imogen Poots crop up in this two weeks after Fright Night struck me as unusual.

The Guard

Cast
Brendan Gleeson
Don Cheadle
Mark Strong
Liam Cunningham
David Wilmot
Screenwriter
John Michael McDonagh
Director
John Michael McDonagh
Running Time
96 minutes

The Guard is a comedic, fish-out-of-water tale of murder, blackmail, drug trafficking and rural police corruption, and the two cops who must join forces to take on an international drug-smuggling gang, an unorthodox Irish policeman and a straitlaced FBI agent.(Sony Picture Classics)

It was fine and quite funny but it was all a little too random and ill defined. Scenes were self-consciously set in places to be cool looking and came across as odd. The 50's diner or the diving platform but most clearly the aquarium where I could almost hear the writer/director's thought process at work.