Gnomeo and Juliet

Gnomeo & Juliet - Perfect for the whole family, this fresh and funny makeover of one of the world's most timeless stories features music from Sir Elton John, and the voice talents of Emily Blunt, James McAvoy and Sir Michael Caine. Caught up in a feud between neighbors, Gnomeo and Juliet must overcome as many obstacles as their namesakes. But with flamboyant pink flamingos and epic lawnmower races, can this young couple find lasting happiness?

The Kings Speech

After the death of his father King George V (Michael Gambon) and the scandalous abdication of King Edward VIII (Guy Pearce), Bertie (Colin Firth) who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life, is suddenly crowned King George VI of England. With his country on the brink of war and in desperate need of a leader, his wife, Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter), the future Queen Mother, arranges for her husband to see an eccentric speech therapist, Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush). After a rough start, the two delve into an unorthodox course of treatment and eventually form an unbreakable bond. With the support of Logue, his family, his government and Winston Churchill (Timothy Spall), the King will overcome his stammer and deliver a radio-address that inspires his people and unites them in battle.

Attack The Block

Bonfire Night, South London, Sam is robbed by a group of hooded youths. Suddenly a flaming meteor crash lands and Sam makes her escape, but the gang are attacked by a small viscous alien.  The kill it, but their triumph is short lived, more aliens invade and they are bigger, stronger and out for blood.  The gangs only refuge is within the walls of the council estate. Teaming up with Sam and a local drug dealer.

A Sci -Fi, Horror, Action Comedy with and old school flavour its 'Inner City VS Outer Space'

The Girl Who Played With Fire

The girl who played with fire is the second novel in the Mellenium series. As computer hacker Lisbeth and journalist Mikael investigate a sex-trafficking ring, Lisbeth is accused of three murders, causing her to go on the run while Mikael works to clear her name.

Contagion

Contagion follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same time, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart

A Town Called Panic

Toy Story on Absinth.  They came, they saw, they panicked. 

Animated plastic toys like Cowboy, Indian and Horse have problems, too. Cowboy and Indian's plan to surprise Horse with a homemade birthday gift backfires when they destroy his house instead. Surreal adventures take over as the trio travel to the center of the earth, trek across frozen tundra and discover a parallel underwater universe where pointy-headed (and dishonest!) creatures live. With panic a permanent feature of life in this papier mâché town, will Horse and his girlfriend ever be alone? 

Adventureland

 A comedy set in the summer of 1987 and centered around a recent high school grad who takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world. 

Tamara Drewe

This film follows the story of Tamara Drew, who returns home to a small village in Dorset after her mother dies to clear out the house and put it onto the Market. Along the way she gets engaged to a Rock Star and many mishaps ensue.

Planet of The Apes - Tim Burton

It is the year 2029: Astronaut Leo Davidson boards a pod cruiser on a Space Station for a "routine" reconnaissance mission. But an abrupt detour through a space time wormhole lands him on a strange planet where talking apes rule over the human race. With the help of a sympathetic chimpanzee activist named Ari and a small band of human rebels, Leo leads the effort to evade the advancing Gorilla Army led by General Thade and his most trusted warrior Attar. Now the race is on to reach a sacred temple within the planet's Forbidden Zone to discover the shocking secrets of mankind's past - and the key to its future.

The Illusionist - Sylvain Chomet

I think the best description of the film is as follows “An 80-minute, hand-drawn animated French film without dialogue and with one of the most depressing finale acts ever committed to celluloid: this is The Illusionist. It’s also some sort of divine masterpiece.”

Set initially in Paris, through London, Scotland and eventually settling in Edinburgh this film follows the life of a magician and his dying art. No one is interested in his work and as he travels he finds that less and less people are coming to his shows. Along the way his magic entices a young girl, bored of her humdrum life, naïvely she latches onto him and being unworldly does not quite understand the value of money, the magician does nothing to discourage that, and produces gifts and treasures as if by magic, working extra hard to keep the illusion up.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part Two

The final part to the Harry Potter Series, where Harry must defeat the final Horcrux's and go into a face to face battle with Voldemort.

I went to see this at the IMAX cinema in 3D.  Visually this film on the big screen was stunning. The images were so crisp and clear and defined, and the 3D although not always popping into the audience, gave this film a whole new level of depth. The Directors had really gone all out to make this a visually spectacular experience. The digital photography, scenery and props were fantastic in this film. The snake and the effects were so realistic, and almost (wands excluded) believable.

Paul

Graham (Sean Pegg) and Clive (Nick Frost), go on a road trip to america to chase aliens, and are surprised when they almost kill one and end up smuggling him along for the ride. Taking on stowaways as they go and trying to escape from those who are trying to recapture the alien, many misadventures ensue.

Sherlock Holmes

After finally catching serial killer and occult "sorcerer" Lord Blackwood, legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson can close yet another successful case. But when Blackwood mysteriously returns from the grave and resumes his killing spree, Holmes must take up the hunt once again. Contending with his partner's new fiancée and the dimwitted head of Scotland Yard, the dauntless detective must unravel the clues that will lead him into a twisted web of murder, deceit, and black magic - and the deadly embrace of temptress Irene Adler.

Hard Candy

A mature 14-year old girl (Ellen Page) meets a charming 32-year old photographer on the Internet. Suspecting that he is a pedophile, she goes to his home in an attempt to expose him.  

Tangled

Tangled is the story of the princess Repunzle, taken from her family and locked in a tower. Flynn the 'handsome prince' who stumbles upon her tower and helps her to break free and live in the outside world.

Blade Runner

In a cyberpunk vision of the future, man has developed the technology to create replicants, human clones used to serve in the colonies outside Earth but with fixed lifespans. In Los Angeles, 2019, Deckard is a Blade Runner, a cop who specialises in terminating replicants. Originally in retirement, he is forced to re-enter the force when six replicants escape from an offworld colony to Earth.

Eat, Pray, Love

Eat, Pray, Love is the story of Liz, who has a messy divorce and travels the world to find herself and who she is. She goes to Italy to enjoy the good food, and company. She then travels to India where she prays and finally to Bali where she falls in Love.

Resident Evil Series

Resident Evil, follows the story of a viral weapon that has leaked (the T Virus) and is spreading, the infection causes people who should have died to become the undead, and feast on others.  The Umbrella Corp, who built and experimented with the virus, need to be brought down, and as the virus wipes out the world, they just keep experimenting, not caring who gets killed.  The heroine Alice (who becomes half mutant) is trying to stop Umbrella Corp, with the help of any survivors that she meets.  Film one, is the initial outbreak of the virus in one of the Umbrella Corps bases, by film two its spread to the local town, Film three - the world, and film four (the final showdown), is dealing with the infection as it is still spreading and mutating.

Rio

Rio, is the story of Blue, a captive Blue Macaw, who has to travel to Rio De Janeiro to meet a female to save his species.  They get in all sorts of trouble which is hindered by the fact that Blue can't fly.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part One

This is part one of the seventh film based on the stories of Harry Potter.  Harry Potter has left school and a war has broken out which only Harry can stop. Harry, Ron and Hermonine have to go into hiding and try to figure out how to kill Voldemort.  This film is the general build up to the final battle between Harry Potter and Voldemort.

Blood Diamond - Edward Zwick

Blood Diamond, follows the story of diamond hunting in Sierra Leone.  The rebels want the diamonds to purchase weapons, the government want to crack down on illegal diamond hunting.  We follow Danny (Leo DiCaprio), a diamond smuggler, who gets caught up in doing the right thing, alongside wanting to exploit the rare diamond for what it is. The farmer (Dijimon Hounsou) who finds the rare diamond, who just wants to rescue his family.  And the journalist (Jennifer Connelly) who wants to exploit the stories of Blood Diamonds.

I am not always a huge fan of these types of films but it was cheep and it looked quite interesting.  Overall i quite enjoyed this film, following a story line i'm not so familiar with, but was quite interesting.  A little bit predictable, with a few twists and turns.  A few good acting moments and a few really dodgy ones.  I think it was nice you weren't always sure what side Danny was on, and depending on the situation you saw both the baddy and the goody in him.   Although Danny (aka Leo DiCaprio) did have a very dodgy accent throughout and it just didn't seem natural made me laugh throughout this film.

Overall quite a good little blockbuster film from Hollywood, interesting plot line, some dodgy accents and a wee bit of predicability, and not so complicated you could easily follow the story.

Zombieland - Ruben Fleischer

Zombieland is a comedy about the world taken over by Zombies.  Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) is scared of everything but somehow managed to survived so far,  Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) is on a mission to find a Twinkie, join forces with Wichita (Emma Stone) and her kid sister Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) who just want to find their way to pleasure-land for some last time fun.

Remember Me - Allen Coulter

In the romantic drama "Remember Me," Robert Pattinson plays Tyler, a rebellious young man in New York who has a strained relationship with his father (Pierce Brosnan) ever since tragedy separated their family. Tyler didn't think anyone could possibly understand what he was going through until the day he met Ally (Emilie de Ravin) through an unusual twist of fate. Love was the last thing on his mind, but as her spirit unexpectedly heals and inspires him, he begins to fall for her. Through their love, he begins to find happiness and meaning in his life. Soon, hidden secrets are revealed, tragedy lingers in the air, as the circumstances that brought them together threaten to tear them apart.

Little Miss Sunshine - Jonathan Dayton

Little Miss Sunshine is a about an rather eccentric, weird and wonderful family who take a road trip to rally behind their daughter to compete in a Beauty Pageant. However its not an easy ride with many weird and wonderful mishaps along the way.  The youngest is not exactly what you would expect from a beauty queen, the older brother has taken a vow of silence, the mom believes in always telling the truth, the dad is a bit of a looser who is desperately trying to sell his motivation and winning programme with no success. Coming along for the ride is the moms brother who recently got picked up from hospital for suicide attempts and a crazy old grandfather who has been kicked out of the local retirement home.

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Niels Arden Oplev

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, is a swedish film, based on a very popular book (part of a series of three).  40 Years ago, Harriet disappeared from a family gathering, her Uncle has dedicated his life to finding out the truth. He hires a renowned journalist Blomkvist to help find out the real story, who is currently having his own battle after being set up and faces a prison sentence.  Lisbeth is a hacker who becomes involved in the story (who has her own demons to face) and ends up helping Blomkvist discover the truth. (Yes all slightly confusing till you watch the film/read the book where it all makes a lot more sense.)

St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold

St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold  - Oliver Parker 

The legend of Fritton's gold is the sequel film to St Trinians.  St Trinians is a boarding school for wayward girls, who have no rules and lots of fun.   This film focuses on them going on a treasure hunt for legendary pirates booty and getting up to lots of mischief on the way.  

Micmacs - Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Bazil our main character, dad got killed by a land-mine and later on in his life he gets shot in the head by a stray bullet.  Loosing his job and his home, he gets adopted by a group of eccentrics living off a scrapheap.  With his new band of friends he goes on a revenge streak of the two arms dealers that changed his life. 

Inception - Christopher Nolan

Inception is a blockbuster hollywood hit, that focuses on Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his team who uses modern technology to incept peoples dreams. He is given a mission to alter the state of a man's mind to make him crumble his dads multi-million pound empire. But this is much harder than Cobb has ever done before.

The Lovely Bones - Peter Jackson

I read the book recently and wanted to see the film. I think its probably one of the best films i have seen for a while.  Now i am not one to be upset that the book doesn't match up with the film because i understand you cant always portray the book in vision and visa versa. However i think Jackson did a very good job of interpreting the book.  I thought the book was good but a bit to commercial however the film did it justice and i actually loved the film. Although he did miss out a few key points, he made up for this in the way he portrayed the story in which i think enhanced the film. Their is one point of the Novel that really pissed me off and i didn't like what Alice Seabold did with it in the novel (I wont spoil the actual point). However it was portrayed in a much nicer way in the film which i thought was impressive.

The Triplets of Belleville - Sylvain Chomet

The Triplets of Belleville is a strange and curiously wonderful film from france.  A lonely little boy Champion living with his Grandma recieves his first bycle and from that moment on his life goal is to race in the Tour de France.  No sooner has the race begun, he is kidnapped by men in black suits. His aunt goes to find him, and happens across the Triplets of Belleville, three music hall stars, and they go to battle against the french mafia. 

OH did i mention the dog, he is prob the best character in this plot, he is fat, he is clumsy and he likes to bark at trains. But in a weird and wonderful way he is cute and is very funny. 

Narcissa and the valley of the wind - Studio Ghibli

One of the studios first films in 1984, portraying environmental and post apocalyptic undertones. The story is based on a toxic world, polluted by humans. Most of the world in is ruin, taken over by the Sea of Decay, toxic plant life which kill when breathed in.  The only survivors are a few scattered villages and some insects (terrifyingly large ones).  Narcissa is the princess of the Valley of the Wind try's to save the world by working with the insects and the toxic plants.  However in a typical good vs evil plot their are those who want to 'save the world' by burning it and starting again.  A war breaks out over competing villages both who believe they are doing the right thing to stop the Sea of Decay spreading.