Date: Saturday 24th November
Film: Bridesmaids (2011)
Director: Paul Feig
Starring: Kristen Wiig, Chris O'Dowd and Maya Rudolph
Running Time: 2 hours, 05 minutes
Rating 9/10
After a long and adventurous day at Secret Cinema, all we wanted to do was settle down with a movie and, following Friday night's gossipy disaster (2 films started, neither finished, both stopped for slightly boring stories and superhero chats), we needed something that was going to hold our attention and stop us falling asleep on the sofa.
Two of us adore Bridesmaids and one of us hadn't seen it, so it seemed like a good choice. Something that I knew inside out so if I did feel myself getting a little too tired, I could take a 5 minute power nap and still know exactly what was going on.
This film gets better and better with every viewing; each time I watch there's something new to make me laugh. It probably helps that it is created by a bunch of people I adore, Paul Feig can do no wrong in my eyes (maybe it's because I'm a massive Freaks and Geeks fan), Kristen Wiig is hilarious and Chris O'Dowd is his usual charming self. Bridesmaids is always going to be one of my favourite comedies.
Chaellenge day: 62
Challenge time: 3 days, 00 hours, 37 minutes.
Challenge film total: 39
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Monday, 26 November 2012
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
It's what's in the groove that counts.
Date: Sunday 28th October
Film: The Sapphires (2012)
Director: Wayne Blair
Starring: Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman and Jessica Mauboy
Running Time: 1 hour 43 minutes
Rating 6.5/10
Up early on a Sunday morning for an advance screening of new film The Sapphires (thanks Show Film First). After waiting outside in the cold for a blooming long time, dreaming of my afternoon spent buying a coat that actually protects me from the ice cold temperatures of North London in October (who am I kidding, I try very hard to spend as little time outside as possible), we were finally let into what I consider to be one of the worst cinemas inside the M25, the Odeon, Holloway.
The Sapphires is an Australian film about a group of three Aboriginal sisters and their cousin who, in 1968, take their soul group to Vietnam to perform for US troops, with the help of their manager, Dave Lovelace (Chris O'Dowd).
Overly sentimental and predictable, on any other day I would probably found this film a little too cheesy for my tastes, I did find myself cringing at some points, however there is some comedy there and Chris O'Dowd more than saved the film through his charm and likeability.
This is one of those films you would watch on a rainy Sunday afternoon with your Grandma; an inoffensive, easy watch.
Challenge Day: 35
Challenge Time: 1 day 17 hours 50 minutes
Challenge Film Total: 23
Film: The Sapphires (2012)
Director: Wayne Blair
Starring: Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman and Jessica Mauboy
Running Time: 1 hour 43 minutes
Rating 6.5/10
Up early on a Sunday morning for an advance screening of new film The Sapphires (thanks Show Film First). After waiting outside in the cold for a blooming long time, dreaming of my afternoon spent buying a coat that actually protects me from the ice cold temperatures of North London in October (who am I kidding, I try very hard to spend as little time outside as possible), we were finally let into what I consider to be one of the worst cinemas inside the M25, the Odeon, Holloway.
The Sapphires is an Australian film about a group of three Aboriginal sisters and their cousin who, in 1968, take their soul group to Vietnam to perform for US troops, with the help of their manager, Dave Lovelace (Chris O'Dowd).
Overly sentimental and predictable, on any other day I would probably found this film a little too cheesy for my tastes, I did find myself cringing at some points, however there is some comedy there and Chris O'Dowd more than saved the film through his charm and likeability.
This is one of those films you would watch on a rainy Sunday afternoon with your Grandma; an inoffensive, easy watch.
Challenge Day: 35
Challenge Time: 1 day 17 hours 50 minutes
Challenge Film Total: 23
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