After the phenomenal popularity of Titanic, now Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio are back together in a great film. Revolutionary Road is set, once again not in our time just like Titanic was set in the early 1900. The movie is set in 1955. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Frank while Kate Winslet plays April Wheeler. They are a couple who had been married for 7 years. To some they look like a happy couple; Frank has a job in New York City while April was a good housewife but they both know how terribly unhappy they are. Frank was unhappy with the kind of job he has and April is unhappy that she did not pursue her acting career. Both have regrets but instead of continuing the kind of life they have, April suggested on moving to France and start a new life there. Eventually Frank agreed with April’s plan.
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- Scene from “The Inebriated Forest”
A student film competition has been jointly organised by NHS South Central, Thames Valley Police and Hampshire Constabulary.
Students were asked to produce a three minute film to highlight the dangers and consequences of excessive alcohol consumption to join the “One too many” competition.
The top five entries are already on YouTube and the voting has opened to the public. You can view them all at www.youtube.com/thamesvalleypoliceuk.
We watched all five of the finalist videos and we selected our favorite one. View online now on Youtube, The Inebriated Forest. The story unfolds easily and beautifully like a fairytale as the title of the film also hints, while the storyteller’s voice is smoothly travelling you along with our drunken friend. But don’t be fooled, there is a lesson to be learnt at the end of every journey…
if you fancy it send an email to Carolyn.miles@hampshire.pnn.police.uk, quoting the title of the movie “The Inebriated Forest” and also your full name.
The winners will be announced on Wednesday 11 March at an exclusive
premier at the University of Reading. So, if you live nearby nothing
stops you from attending it as the event is free of charge (such a
relief at these credit-crunched days!) and open to the public.
One of the all-time favourites in the cartoon world has hit the big screen and has smashed its way into the hearts of millions all over the world. Transformers has been one of the most awaited and most anticipated summer movies that was released last 2007.
It all begins with the Autobots and the Decepticons from the planet Cybertron fighting over the Allspark; a powerful cube that is the source of life for the alien robots. Sam Witwicky (Shia LeBouf) is a high school student who just got hold of a new car that is unknowingly one of the Autobots named Bumblebee.
I remember watching this film back in June of last year together with my boyfriend. I was giggling the whole time while my boyfriend doesn’t seem to get the story very well. Well, I find this movie to be so romantic but I definitely don’t want to be in this woman’s shoes. After all, it’s so hard to be in love with a man who only sees you as a friend and goes out and sleeps with as many women as he can.
Well, the story goes like this. There’s Hannah who is the best friend of Tom. She secretly loves Tom but Tom only sees her as his best friend. When Hannah left to Ireland for 6 weeks, Tom realized that he can not live without Hannah and he finally understood what he actually felt for her. Tom also loved Hannah and when he finally figured out his true feelings for her, she already got engaged to another man from Ireland who is of a noble blood. Hannah asked him to be his male maid of honour and Tom agrees just so he could win her back somehow. This is where the fiasco started as he tries to win her love for him.
On New Year’s Eve, before the final strike of 2008 I watched Chocolat on TV. I remember seeing the movie posters in cinemas around my hometown in 2000 but I did not go to the cinema to see it then.
My advice if you intend to watch this movie: it is compulsory to have a piece of chocolate at hand, to start chewing. The movie will open your appetite for it, be it solid or liquid chocolate, cold or hot.
The chocolaterie is a sort of “commercial” heaven in that little village, where people come to drown their chagrin with a cup of hot chocolate and make peace with themselves and the others.
The chocolate will become addictive for those who taste it, even if the mayor and the priest try to keep the people away from the shop. Little by little chocolate will conquer the honest citizens who will then had to confess their sinful choices.
Juliette Binoche is a chocolate-maker devil with red shoes and a daughter. She and her shop will change people and make their world a better place. Dame Judi Dench plays wonderfully the role of a grandmother deprived by her grandson. And nobody can ignore Johnny Depp who is a nomad and a bohemian, playing the guitar and conquering the chocolate lady.
I just recently watched this movie and I would recommend it to those who love adventure movies that are kid-friendly. It’s about the city of Ember which is a city built underground by the builders who wanted to protect the people from the futile world. There was this case that has all the information needed for them to get out of that city just when it’s at the right time so they could start all over again in the outside world. The case was set to open only after 200 years and was passed on from the city’s mayor to mayor. Unfortunately, it was not passed on after the 7th mayor and that’s where the story had its start.
The stars in the movie are a young girl and a young boy. The girl is the direct descendant of the 7th mayor and she was able to find the case and discovered its hidden message. She, together with the young lad, followed the badly torn up directions but they managed to find the exit to the city of Ember. Read the rest of this entry »
Changeling is based on a true story on which the writer J. Michael Straczynski has spent a lot of time researching and gathering information for what was later to become the scrip for this movie.
In Los Angeles in 1928 a single mother (Angelina Jolie) discoveres that her son Walter who has been kidnapped and returned by the police 5 minths later is not her son actually. She confronts the authorities but is labeled as delusional. Christine Collins arranges a press conference where she tells her story.
Soon after that she is locked into a mental hospital. She is administered pills and is promised a release if she admits her mistake regarding Walter.
Jolie delivers a very good performance, being portrayed as both a vulnerable and tough woman who advocates for other women’s in similar situation. Several female stars campaigned for playing Christine Collins in this film: Reese Witherspoon and Hilary Swank to name only a few.
Eastwood also wrote the music for Changeling and the film expects at least two Oscars for Eastwood and Jolie.
I’ve had an online journal since the late 90s (before it was cool 
) where I generally write about what is going on in my life and allow some friends to read and keep in touch. I have avoided writing about film there because I am so passionate about it that it might annoy my friends to read about the films I watch every day. So here is a short introduction of what I am all about and what you might expect to find in this blog.
Growing up I watched anywhere between 4 and 10 hours of TV (mainly films) a day. I know it is a lot and it probably warped my brain but there it is (like the king said to Amadeus). Since then I have graduated with a film degree, participated in a couple of feature films and a number of shorts and continue to work in the industry. I still watch at least one film a day, more if time allows.
All this watching and participating in productions has increased my love for film to the point where I want to share my views with others and maybe introduce people to films they did not know of. I know I am grateful whenever someone lends me a DVD of a great film that I’ve never seen and I’m trying to return the favour.
So, in this blog I will attempt to review and recommend films that are being released at cinemas or on DVD, write about my favourite films and directors, inform you about festivals and retrospectives, as well as comment on TV (special seasons, film premiers, series, etc.).
I am of the belief that there is a fine line between mere entertainment value and quality “artsy” films and that there are films out there that tread that fine line, making them an absolute wonder to watch. It is what the ancient Greeks called psychagoga, or guidance of the soul. Films should most definitely entertain, but at the same time they should offer you something more, and I will try to identify the films that will keep you entertained, but at the same time offer you something more that would merit repeat viewing.