Date: Saturday 16th March
Film: Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Director: David O. Russell
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver
Running Time: 2 hour 02 minutes
Rating: 8.5/10
I've seen this before, and my feelings haven't changed. It's still brilliant and I'm still a little bit in love with Jennifer Lawrence, so when I knew The Luce was going to be in town and we saw that this was showing at The PCC, we couldn't pass up the chance to see it. In fact, I even ran across Leicester Square to make sure I didn't miss any of the film.
What a joyous movie.
Challenge day: 172
Challenge time: 10 days, 20 hours, 07 minutes
Challenge film total: 134
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Friday, 12 April 2013
Thursday, 10 January 2013
Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?
Date: Monday 31st December
Film: Stardust (2007)
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Starring: Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro
Running Time: 02 hours, 07 minutes
Rating: 8.5/10
A brilliant adaptation of a great book (thank you Neil Gaiman), Stardust is a family fantasy film that I always enjoy watching. A strong cast (although I was shocked to discover that the beautiful new Superman plays the dastardly Humphrey - not sure why I hadn't noticed that before), combined with a wonderful storyline, some witty one-liners and a few pretty good looking special effects, all work together to make this an enjoyable movie.
Challenge day: 97
Challenge time: 05 days, 18 hours, 31 minutes
Challenge film total: 72
Film: Stardust (2007)
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Starring: Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro
Running Time: 02 hours, 07 minutes
Rating: 8.5/10
A brilliant adaptation of a great book (thank you Neil Gaiman), Stardust is a family fantasy film that I always enjoy watching. A strong cast (although I was shocked to discover that the beautiful new Superman plays the dastardly Humphrey - not sure why I hadn't noticed that before), combined with a wonderful storyline, some witty one-liners and a few pretty good looking special effects, all work together to make this an enjoyable movie.
Challenge day: 97
Challenge time: 05 days, 18 hours, 31 minutes
Challenge film total: 72
Friday, 23 November 2012
If you stay positive, you have a shot at a silver lining
Date: Sunday 18th November 2012
Film: Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Director: David O. Russell
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver
Running Time: 2 hour 02 minutes
Rating: 8.5/10
From all the trailers and press I wasn't sure about this film, but a free screening is a free screening (even if it did involve trekking to Stratford first thing on a Sunday morning!) and I'm so glad I got up and went.
I already knew I loved Jennifer Lawrence, she's amazing in Winter's Bone, as well as The Hunger Games and X-Men: First Class, but this film gave me a whole different opinion on Bradley Cooper. With the exception of The Hangover, I struggle to think of a film he's been in, let alone one where he can prove that he's more than a pretty face. With Silver Linings he does exactly this, he plays vulnerable, needy, emotionally unstable and a little kooky, brilliantly.
The supporting cast is equally outstanding. This is the first solid performance I've seen Robert De Niro give in a long time and Jacki Weaver was, yet again, phenomenal.
The story isn't anything special, you can see the ending coming from a mile off, but the acting and dry script lift this away from a standard predictable rom-com.
Worth seeing if you get the chance.
Challenge day: 56
Challenge time: 2 days 18 hours 33 minutes
Challenge film total: 36
Director: David O. Russell
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver
Running Time: 2 hour 02 minutes
Rating: 8.5/10
From all the trailers and press I wasn't sure about this film, but a free screening is a free screening (even if it did involve trekking to Stratford first thing on a Sunday morning!) and I'm so glad I got up and went.
I already knew I loved Jennifer Lawrence, she's amazing in Winter's Bone, as well as The Hunger Games and X-Men: First Class, but this film gave me a whole different opinion on Bradley Cooper. With the exception of The Hangover, I struggle to think of a film he's been in, let alone one where he can prove that he's more than a pretty face. With Silver Linings he does exactly this, he plays vulnerable, needy, emotionally unstable and a little kooky, brilliantly.
The supporting cast is equally outstanding. This is the first solid performance I've seen Robert De Niro give in a long time and Jacki Weaver was, yet again, phenomenal.
The story isn't anything special, you can see the ending coming from a mile off, but the acting and dry script lift this away from a standard predictable rom-com.
Worth seeing if you get the chance.
Challenge day: 56
Challenge time: 2 days 18 hours 33 minutes
Challenge film total: 36
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