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In Identify Thief Sandy Patterson [Jason Bateman] has just given up his job with a big company to start afresh in a finance company with some of his colleagues, when he finds out that someone has stolen his identity. He … Continue reading →

Oz the Great and Powerful starts off in Kansas, as you would expect…… Oscar Diggs [James Franco] is a magician, conman and womaniser who travels around the countryside with a circus. He gets in to a bit of trouble and … Continue reading →

Managed to go to the pictures in a last minute dash. It was so last minute, I was expecting to see “Hansel & Gretel” [not my usual sort of choice but a friend said it was okay]. But turned out … Continue reading →

Saw this one a couple of weeks ago – I was surprised that Don chose it, thinking he would go for the more manly “Die Hard” I was expecting the usual soppy rom com but was pleasantly amused. It was … Continue reading →

Lincoln is based on a short period on President Lincoln’s term up until his death in 1865, when he successfully passed a bill abolishing slavery in the USA. The President had long campaigned to put and end to slavery, but … Continue reading →

Django Unchained is a Tarantino film, so for that alone I thought was worth a look. Django [Jamie Foxx] is a slave being transported with several other slaves by the Speck brothers. Dr. King Schultz [Christoph Waltz] arrives in the … Continue reading →

We saw this one last week, it’s about Alfred Hitchcock (obviously), but also highlights the contribution by his wife Alma, who never got any credit for her work. Hitchock [Anothony Hopkins] has just completed “North by Northwest” and is looking … Continue reading →

I’ve been making up for lost time, seeing as many films as I can lately. I saw Flight this week, having already seen the trailers. Denzel Washington rarely disappoints, so wasn’t too concerned about it being overly dramatised. Denzel plays … Continue reading →

I’d been wanting to see this one as soon as I started seeing the trailers. I’ve never seen the stage version, but a friend raves about it. I was warned by several folk to bring lots of hankies. By the … Continue reading →

Quartet stars Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly and Pauline Collins as retired opera singers living in a retirement home for musicians. Reg, Wilf and Cissy are friends in the home, though Cissy [Pauline Collins] is showing signs of dementia. … Continue reading →