Great Expectations: Viewings

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Tuesday, 17 August 2010

Today's Cinema Viewing

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Starring: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Alison Pill, Chris Evans, Brandon Routh, Mae Whitman, Johnny Simmons, Anna Kendrick

Bryan O'Malley's well-known comic book series gets the big-screen treatment, directed by no other than Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead creator Edgar Wright. Michael Cera stars in the title role of Scott Pilgrim, a teen whose crush on the wonderfully hypnotic Ramona Flowers sets off a rivalry between him and her seven, evil, exes. Filmed with the upmost enthusiasm (this is Wright we're talking about!), Scott Pilgrim may as well be one of the biggest, most enjoyable films of the year.

Sunday, 25 July 2010

Today's Cinema Viewing

The Rebound

Starring: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Justin Bartha

Zeta-Jones stars as Sandy, a 40-something recently divorced woman whose recent move to New York City with her two lively children sets off an unexpected romance with a young coffee shop worker. Sick of dating, she settles for the charming Aram, a college graduate whose tough parents forceful manner has, up until now, owned his life. Are the two a well-matched couple?

Splice

Starring: Adrien Brody, Sarah Polly, Delphine Chanéac

Two rebellious scientists (Brody and Polly) defy all laws of science when they illegally splice together the DNA of multiple organisms - one of which is human. Growing at a rapid rate, the specimen 'Dren' becomes attached to both of her carers, but will the attachment turn deadly? Vincenzo Natali directs and co-writes this original sci-fi horror.

Friday, 16 July 2010

Today's Cinema Viewing

Inception

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Ken Watanabe, Cillian Murphy, Marion Cotillard, Tom Hardy, Michael Caine.

Christopher Nolan follows up the Box Office smash-hit The Dark Knight with Inception, centering around Dom Cobb (DiCaprio), a skilled thief with the unusual expertise in the art of extraction. His job enlists him to delve into the subconscious of unsuspected civilians whilst in a dream state, with the intention of stealing valuable secrets. Doing so, Cobb has become a fugitive and has lost everything he has ever loved. Hopefully earning his ticket back to normality, Cobb and a team of experts plan to not steal an idea, but to plant one; the impossible-inception. Unfortunately, an enemy is hot on their heals.

Wednesday, 23 June 2010

Today's Cinema Viewing

Get Him To The Greek

Starring: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Rose Byrne, P. Diddy

A record company (led by music artist P. Diddy) sends it's intern Aaron Green (Hill) on the ultimate quest to prove himself; attempting to bring the out-of-control British rock star Aldous Snow (previously seen in Forgetting Sarah Marshall) back to L.A. to appear at a concert at the Greek Theatre. Cue the explosively funny and gross-out gags which will, no doubt, be offensive to many - if not all.

Thursday, 17 June 2010

Today's Cinema Viewing.

Killers

Starring: Katherine Heigl, Ashton Kutcher, Tom Selleck, Catherine O'Hara

Single gal Jen (ex-Grey's Anatomys star Katherine Heigl) is vacationing with her parents (Selleck, O'Hara) when she meets her supposedly ideal man (Kutcher). Shirtless and dripping water, the attraction is instant. Clearly wooed, the pair swiftly marry and move into an idyllic neighbourhood. However, their quaint lifestyle is turned upside down when Jen finds out her hubbie is a recently retired hitman, and their neighbours have been hired to kill the couple.

Wednesday, 9 June 2010

Today's Cinema Viewing

Letters to Juliet

Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Egan and Gael Garcia Bernal

Fact checker and wannabe-writer Sophie (Seyfried) and her slightly overbearing fiancee (Bernal) flee to Verona, Italy on a pre-wedding vacation. While her fiancee deals with things in relation to his new restaurant, Sophie danders around the idyllic location and comes across Juliet's house and the wall of letters below it. Finding an unanswered, fifty-year-old letter belonging to an undecided woman (Redgrave), Sophie sets out to reunite her with her true love 'Romeo', all-the-while dealing with her inexplicably obnoxious son (Egan) and writing a piece which will hopefully break her into the world of journalism.

Sunday, 30 May 2010

Today's Cinema Viewing.

[REC] 2

Starring: Jonathan Mellor, Manuela Velasco, Ariel Casas, Oscar Zafra, Alejandro Casaseca

Beginning a short 15 minutes after the original ended, a four-man SWAT team, outfitted with cameras, enter the quarantined building with a medical officer to brace the remains of the outbreak to attempt to collect a blood sample of one of the infected. However, they're unaware of the sheer severity of the situation.

Friday, 28 May 2010

Today's Cinema Viewing.

Sex and the City 2

Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth

The much-loved foursome return to the big-screen after a two year absence, struggling through, once again, more of life's constant throwbacks.

Carrie deals with Big's complacent attitude after marriage; Charlotte has trouble adapting to motherhood; Miranda's new overbearing boss is more than she can handle; and Samantha is enjoying her free and single life - basically sleeping with anything and everything that has a pulse. Luckily for the girls, tickets for an all-expense-paid trip to a five-star resort in Abu Dhabi lightens up the mood.

Friday, 21 May 2010

Today's Cinema Viewing.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Sir Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina

Directer: Mike Newell

The rebellious Prince Dastan (Gyllenhaal) flees the scene with rival Princess Tamina (Arterton) after he is wrongly accused of murdering his father. Equipped with a time-altering dagger, the duo aim to defeat a merciless ruler before he wipes out the entire world with a cataclysmic sandstorm.