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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

R.I.P Paul "Legend" Newman

[10/10 · 28 September 2008]

The word legend gets used all to easily now a days. But in this man i think it is an under-statement. On and off the screen this man was a giant ! My condolences must go out to his family.

In my mind he was the last real link between the old Hollywood and the Hollywood of today. I bet you can not find a single person in the movies or in life that would have a bad word to say about him.

Butch Cassidy is one of my favourite films of all time but i could pick 10 or more of his films that would make my list of favourites of all time, that was the calibre of his work.

Over here in England he is on the front covers of all the major news papers today which times as they are and things that are going on in the world right now speak volumes of how much this screen legend will be missed.

RIP Paul Newman........

The Dark Knight (2008)

I Wanted to Love Indy 4 This Much !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[10/10 · 27 July 2008]

First off i am not a mega comic book hero fan Spider-Man, Hulk Superman,Iron Man etc all good films but never to make it into my top 10 ten of all time.

This coming summer Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull was the film i wanted love the most. After seeing it i like it but i came away feeling a little bit empty.

So when the Dark Knight came round i was looking forward to it, Really wanted to see what Heath Ledger did with the Joker, i also liked Batman Begins. So we went on the opening night did want to find out what was in the movie from other people.

From the opening Bank robbery(which was awesome and the music in those opening scenes set the tone for the whole film) to the closing credits was simple the best film i have ever seen and i have seen a lot.

The pace of the film, the story and the depth of the characters with out boring you is just handled so well. Christian Bale has made Batman his own now, Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent is first class. The expansion of Gary Oldman as Gordon is also very welcome . Finally Heath Ledger as the Joker to play a character so cold and Evil but at the same time he makes you kind of like him as well. Only god knows where this young man would have taken his career after this film and as i was watching his performance i felt sad that we will never see him on the screen again.

Just go see for yourself what all the hype is about and just sit back and enjoy the ride of the summer or maybe of all time ? ....................10/10

The Other Half (II) (2006)

Gutted Gutted Gutted

[5/10 · 18 July 2007]

I have had this DVD in my collection for a while now and was really looking forward to watching it. How could it miss, you've got Danny Dyer (who i think is a very underrated actor), The England football team playing in Euro 2004, and a half descent story line involving Danny Dyer's character trying to see the first 3 England group games (on their honeymoon) without his other half finding out he already had the tickets before they left.

I am thinking this could be ,Is harry on the boat meets Football Factory a cocky lad's film a real Brit classic. How wrong i was. I was gutted a real let down. Watching it i felt it tried to be to many things it should have just been a comedy and used Danny Dyer in that lad role he does so well. Also without giving too much away what the hell are those 2 guys doing commentating on whats going on in the film that was really annoying.

So do yourself a favour if your Danny Dyer fan watch The Business, Outlaw or Football Factory. If you want a chick flick leave the other half to it and go to the pub.

Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

Bruce Saves The Summer With This Action Classic!!!!!

[10/10 · 6 July 2007]

At last a big summer Blockbuster that does no more than try to entertain you, for your £7 and its 2hr duration. No multi layered plots and stories trying to be all clever. This film is all about Entertainment and its of the highest action order. It's a throw back to the films of the 80's and early 90's were bad guys die violently, with a one liner to boot , There's chaos and mayhem everywhere you look in this movie.

Like in all the Die Hard movie's Bruce is in fine one liner form and he still looks cool doing all the action too. I wasn't to sure about Timothy Olyphant as the bad guy before i saw the movie but he was excellent,as good as any other villain in the Die Hard series.

Normally part 4's in a series like this start to run their corse (Lethal Weapon 4 springs to mind) but this film can hold its self up to the first Die Hard and i can pay it no higher compliment than that.

GO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Casino Royale (2006)

Welcome Back Mr Bond Its been along time

[8/10 · 26 November 2006]

I don't want to spoil anything for anyone going to see this movie. But James Bond is back !!!!!!!. Daniel Craig is first class as James Bond 007 and he holds his own( he really does ) against any of the other bonds before him. He has got the hard edge that Sean Connery brought to Bond and wit and cool of Roger Moore and i am sure he will be Bond for the next 15 years or more. There is tons of action ( and the first 50 minutes is break neck non stop ) , great cars and the Aston Martin is cool and good old fashioned villain. what more could you want in your James bond movie. So sit back and enjoy the ride , welcome back Mr Bond.

Dempsey and Makepeace: Armed and Extremely Dangerous (1985) Season 1, Episode 1

Classic TV from the 80 s

[8/10 · 9 September 2006]

What a great TV show this was. Just watched the feature length 1st episode.There was some good action(Specially for a TV show) great one liners and it moved along very quickly.The cars look dated now and Mrs Barber out fits are a bit butch but it does stand the test of time unlike some shows from the same time.Michael Brandon is a very good leading man and should have been a bigger star than he is. Why they only made 3 seasons, 30 episodes is a shame.It could have run for a bit longer i am sure. Highly recommended to anyone who likes the action shows of the 70s and 80s.Go and get the DVD box set(1&2 in the Uk only) and enjoy this classic show.