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List Price: £19.99
Our Price: £5.89
Rated: Suitable for 12 years and over
Staring:
Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Joan Allen, Edgar Ramirez, David Strathairn
Director:
Paul Greengrass
Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Joan Allen, Edgar Ramirez, David StrathairnDirector: Paul Greengrass
 Bourne Ultimatum, 2010-08-30
This amazing trilogy finishes the way it started!!!!! Fast moving through out but you really need to have seen the first two before watching this as it is really complicated but well worth it!!!
List Price: £19.99
Our Price: £1.33
Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over
Staring:
Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramirez, Lucy Liu, Mena Suvari
Director:
Tony Scott
Loosely based on the real life story of the late bounty hunter Domino Harvey, Keira Knightley quickly sheds her softer image here with an unflinching performance in the title role. As Domino, she brandishes guns, reacts against anyone who crosses her, and isn’t above a lapdance to get her out of a tight spot. Yet it’s the partnership she forms with Mickey Rourke’s Ed Mosbey, her leader and effectively surrogate father, that sits at the core of this good-but-uneven movie, and allows both actors to excel in their roles. The story is told in flashback, as Domino is interrogated by Lucy Liu’s police detective. From there, it follows the story of Domino’s life, from her tragic early days, through to meeting Mosbey and her subsequent life as a bounty hunter. And, laced with strong performances and some nicely-constructed sequences, for long periods the film works well. Working against it at times though is director Tony Scott’s (Man On Fire, Crimson Tide, True Romance) over-fussy directorial style, which is very much take it or leave it, but does at times get in the way of the storytelling. At the point where you want him to focus on what’s ...
 Why so many negative reviews?, 2010-01-02
I was not expecting much, based on such negative press and reviews.
Then I watched it: The look and feel of the film really works. Keira Knightley works. For those that question the reason she got the role, go back and read about the woman it's based upon.
A good story, well acted.
List Price: £44.99
Our Price: £16.99
Rated: Suitable for 12 years and over
Staring:
Matt Damon, Édgar Ramírez, Joan Allen, Franka Potente, Brian Cox
Director:
Doug Liman, Paul Greengrass
Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Julia StilesDirectors: Doug Liman & Paul Greengrass
True HD sound is the icing on the cake, 2010-09-08
If you have the audio capability to enjoy True-HD (not just compressed audio via coaxial or optical links), you'll find how this extra output can add to the excitement, tension and overall enjoyment of these films. Not all Bluray productions have their True-HD so well optimised for the visual content, so it is particularly pleasing when the whole package is so well balanced.
The three films have just been on TV, so you'll probably know what they're all about. If you like them, this package is worth the heavily discounted cost for the sound alone.
List Price: £24.99
Our Price: £8.34
Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over
Staring:
Victor Rasuk, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Jorge Perugorria, Demian Bichir, Yul Vazquez
Director:
Steven Soderbergh
beautiful to look at, breathtaking in scope, brilliant in its execution, 2009-07-03
Almost everyone knows what Che Guevara looks like, but probably very few people have ever investigated him much further than "revolutionary" and "icon". Thankfully, director of this mammoth film Steven Soderbergh has done his homework extremely well, and as a result we are given a film that allows us a genuine insight into Che the man.
Ignoring the early life of the Argentinean doctor Ernesto Guevara who would become the iconic Che, and covered in great depth and style by Walter Salles in the simply brilliant Motorcycle Diaries, Soderbergh picks up the story with Che in Mexico and his first meeting with an equally idealistic Fidel Castro. Soon they are sailing towards Cuba with a small band of guerrillas, intent on fermenting rebellion and revolution against the corrupt (and American backed) Batista regime. The film deals very matter of factly with the revolution, with the rebels suffering a series of setbacks before winning the hearts and minds of the people and the inevitable victory that propels Castro to power and Che into the role of statesman. It is very difficult to say much more about the plot of the film, being that is pretty much all there is, but Soderbergh handles the proceedings brilliantly.
Using an initially very fragmented structure that flits between Che and Fidel's first meeting and Che's time post revolution that he spent in New York addressing the United Nations, the film then uses this dual structure to tell the tale of Che the revolutionary and Che the man, one being indivisible from the other. Benicio del Toro is simply superb as Che, a man driven by his revolutionary ideals, who seeks to educate the people he frees from the Batista junta, who can be unwaveringly single minded when he needs to be, but is ever mindful of his own moral core. Del Toro's fluency in Spanish undoubtedly helps his performance, giving it a resounding ring of truth, as does his able support from a cast of relative unknowns, who occasionally sparkle in their own roles, but are never allowed to overshadow Del Toro's magnificent performance as Che, and this is only to the films benefit.
Peter Buchman, previously best known for Jurassic Park 3 I kid you not, wrote the screenplay and adapted much from Che's own "Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War", and what a fantastic job he has done at uncovering the real Che. Whilst the film does tend to jump somewhat, with moments that seem important abandoned without a thought, this works well within the context of the biopic (remember, this is not a film about the Cuban revolution, it is about Che Guevara).
This wont be to everyone's taste. This is not history made appealing for people who don't like history in the vein of Valkerie, Defiance or U571, this is not slam bang action, this is a slow, thoughtful movie about one of the 20th century's most iconic figure, and love him or hate him, you simply cannot ignore him.
List Price: £14.99
Our Price: £5.95
Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over
Staring:
Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramirez, Lucy Liu, Mena Suvari
Director:
Tony Scott
Loosely based on the real life story of the late bounty hunter Domino Harvey, Keira Knightley quickly sheds her softer image here with an unflinching performance in the title role. As Domino, she brandishes guns, reacts against anyone who crosses her, and isn’t above a lapdance to get her out of a tight spot. Yet it’s the partnership she forms with Mickey Rourke’s Ed Mosbey, her leader and effectively surrogate father, that sits at the core of this good-but-uneven movie, and allows both actors to excel in their roles. The story is told in flashback, as Domino is interrogated by Lucy Liu’s police detective. From there, it follows the story of Domino’s life, from her tragic early days, through to meeting Mosbey and her subsequent life as a bounty hunter. And, laced with strong performances and some nicely-constructed sequences, for long periods the film works well. Working against it at times though is director Tony Scott’s (Man On Fire, Crimson Tide, True Romance) over-fussy directorial style, which is very much take it or leave it, but does at times get in the way of the storytelling. At the point where you want him to focus on what’s ...
Why so many negative reviews?, 2010-01-02
I was not expecting much, based on such negative press and reviews.
Then I watched it: The look and feel of the film really works. Keira Knightley works. For those that question the reason she got the role, go back and read about the woman it's based upon.
A good story, well acted.
List Price: £19.99
Our Price: £0.49
Rated: Suitable for 12 years and over
Staring:
Dennis Quaid, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Forest Whitaker, Zoe Saldana
Director:
Pete Travis
Vantage Point, which aspires to be a cunningly twisted thriller, comes equipped with plenty of hurtling action, handheld camerawork, what-was-that? editing, and a plot that has multiple, contradictory agendas writhing like a nest of snakes. It's all set within a few blocks of a town square in Spain where a U.S. President is targeted for assassination. Although the movie lasts 90 minutes, the events it depicts are mostly over within fifteen minutes or so--but seen, rewound, and reseen from half a dozen different (you guessed it) vantage points. The first line in the credits reads "Original Film," apparently the name of the production company. "Gimmick Movie" might be more accurate. The opening reel, effectively jolting, affords an initial overview of the events through the eyes, lenses, monitors, and duelling sensibilities of a TV news producer (Sigourney Weaver), her activist-minded reporter (Zoe Saldana) and crew. Everybody’s in Salamanca for the start of an international conference to reaffirm Arab-Western commitment to the fight against terrorism. Terrorism, of course, sees this as an ideal moment to break out. As gunshots and explosions reduce everything to chaos, t...
What happened?, 2010-08-17
I thought this movie was clever and a good run. If they had Brad Pitt in it, it would have been really well known for that reason. But this was still a big movie, full of action, clever and it had a few twists to it. It's really worth seeing.
Staring:
Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly, José Iturbi, Dean Stockwell
Director:
George Sidney
Gene And Frank, A Smash Together!!!, 2001-07-05
With this being the film that launched Frank Sinatra to major things for MGM, this proves to be a great classic musical that hits all the right spots. Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra play two sailors on shore leave and who both fall for the same woman. Cue some great song and dance numbers by the pair, together and apart. Kathryn Grayson is also excellent as the female lead with also some great songs to sing. Also, watch out for the much celebrated sequence with Gene Kelly partnering Jerry the mouse (from Tom & Jerry). All in all, an excellent film.
List Price: £24.99
Our Price: £4.54
Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over
Staring:
Dennis Quaid, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Forest Whitaker, Zoe Saldana
Director:
Pete Travis
Dennis Quaid, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Forest Whitaker, Zoe SaldanaDirectors: Pete Travis
Very clever - much underrated movie, 2009-08-25
A superb cast, an interesting story line presented in an unusual manner: a cerebral (as in "not mindless") production that stimulates the mind. Even our jaded 15-year old said after having watched the movie, "wow, that was really interesting!".
The way the film is layered from different peoples' points of view (hence its name) cleverly demonstrates that not always all is what it seems. Very enjoyable, and a steal at £7.
The Blue-Ray video quality is great and the 5.1 soundtrack life-like. Highly recommended.
List Price: £21.99
Our Price: £3.17
Rated: Suitable for 12 years and over
Staring:
Matthew Fox, Richard T. Jones, Sigourney Weaver, Forest Whitaker, Zoe Saldana
Director:
Pete Travis
Vantage Point, which aspires to be a cunningly twisted thriller, comes equipped with plenty of hurtling action, handheld camerawork, what-was-that? editing, and a plot that has multiple, contradictory agendas writhing like a nest of snakes. It's all set within a few blocks of a town square in Spain where a U.S. President is targeted for assassination. Although the movie lasts 90 minutes, the events it depicts are mostly over within fifteen minutes or so--but seen, rewound, and reseen from half a dozen different (you guessed it) vantage points. The first line in the credits reads "Original Film," apparently the name of the production company. "Gimmick Movie" might be more accurate. The opening reel, effectively jolting, affords an initial overview of the events through the eyes, lenses, monitors, and duelling sensibilities of a TV news producer (Sigourney Weaver), her activist-minded reporter (Zoe Saldana) and crew. Everybody’s in Salamanca for the start of an international conference to reaffirm Arab-Western commitment to the fight against terrorism. Terrorism, of course, sees this as an ideal moment to break out. As gunshots and explosions reduce everything to chaos, t...
What happened?, 2010-08-17
I thought this movie was clever and a good run. If they had Brad Pitt in it, it would have been really well known for that reason. But this was still a big movie, full of action, clever and it had a few twists to it. It's really worth seeing.
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