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Movies for 2011

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

Here is my list of movies to see this year. This list doesnt mean I necessarily will watch them all – some of them I am not sure about and need to maybe read a review or check out another trailer. Anyway, heres the list (a bit late this year – its almost March already!):

NB – Movies with the strike-through I have seen. Its just for my own records!! :p

January

The Green Hornet. UK – 14th January

Black Swan. 21st January

Morning Glory. UK – 21 January

How Do You Know. UK – 28th January

Tangled. UK – 28 January

The Mechanic. UK – 28th January

February

The Fighter. UK – 2 Feb

True Grit. UK – 11th Feb

Just Go With It. UK – 11th Feb

Paul. UK – 14th Feb

I am Number Four. UK – 25th Feb

Drive Angry. UK – 25th Feb

March

Fair Game. UK – 4th March

Battle: Los Angeles. UK – 11th March

Limitless. UK – 25th March

April

Cat Run. US – 1st April

Source Code. UK – 1st April

Sucker Punch. UK – 1st April

The Roommate. UK – 15th April

Scream 4. UK – 15th April

Fast Five. UK – 22nd April

Thor. UK – 29th April

May

Everything Must Go. US – 11th May (Limited)

The Hangover 2. UK – 13th May

Priest . UK – 13th May

Take Me Home Tonight. UK – 13th May

Pirates Of The Caribbean 4. UK – 18th May

June

Green Lantern. UK – 17th June

Kung Fu Panda 2. UK – 17th June

Bad Teacher. UK – 24th June

Bridesmaids. UK – 24th June

July

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. UK – 15th July

The Zookeeper (think I need to see another trailer – not sure if will watch it). UK – 29th July

Cars 2. UK – 22nd July

Horrible Bosses. UK – 22nd July

Captain America: The First Avenger. UK – 29th July

August

Mr Popper’s Penguins. UK – 5th August
Cowboys & Aliens. UK – 12th August
Super 8. UK – 19th August
The Change Up – 26th August

September

Friends with Benefits. UK – 2nd September
Justice (aka Seeking Justice) . Italy – 2nd September
Crazy, Stupid, Love. UK – 23rd September
Tucker and Dale vs Evil. UK – 26th September (DVD release)
What’s Your Number?. UK – 30th September

October

30 Minutes or Less. UK – 7th Oct
Real Steel. UK – 7th October
Johnny English Reborn 7th October
Trespass. US – 14th October
Contagion. UK – 21st Oct

November

In Time. UK – 1st November
Tower Heist. UK – 4th November.
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas. (US – 4th November)
Wanderlust. UK – 25th November

December

Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol. UK – 16th December
New Year’s Eve. UK – 9th December
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – 21st Dec (US)

2012

January 2012

Haywire. US – 20th January
Man On A Ledge. US/UK – 27th January
50/50. UK – 6th January
Premium Rush. UK – 3rd Feb. US – 13th January

February

This Means War. UK – 17th February

Others

Journey 2 The Mysterious Island
Contraband
Project X

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Top 10 Movies of the year 2010

Friday, January 7th, 2011

I have been thinking about the movies I have watched this year (or should I say last year). There have been some very good ones, some average and some rubbish. I have not seen some of the movies for ages so position of each movie in top 10 is kind of in no particular order – its approximate order!! The only thing for sure is Toy Story 3 is no.1!

  1. Toy Story 3
    A brilliant, fantastic movie. I laughed so much watching this. Its also emotional and sad.
  2. Easy A
    Excellent, funny clever movie. Really enjoyed. Emma Stone is brilliant.
  3. Social Network
    Really good movie. Excellent script. Well acted. No Facebook people were involved and the screenplay was adapted from a book about Facebook.
  4. Kick Ass
    Hit Girl is brilliant. The star of the movie. Pretty violent but it is “comic book violence”. Also a shock when you hear a girl say the “c” word
  5. How To Train A Dragon
    Great fun!!
  6. Due Date
    Not quite as good as Hangover but still very funny. A few LOL moments.
  7. Up In The Air
    I think this movie was just about in 2010?? (Quick check of IMDB and it was out January in the UK). George Clooney does basically just play George Clooney.
  8. The A Team
    Loved the tv show when I watched this as a kid and this was like a long episode with a much bigger budget!
  9. Catfish
    Very interesting movie. Claims to be 100% true – whether it really is, is up for debate.
  10. Inception
    Good movie but over-rated. Don’t know why people are so confused by it.

Just outside the top 10 are:

The Switch – some people may think its just another Jennifer Aniston rom-com but I enjoyed this. Jason Bateman is funny and the little kid is great!

Karate Kid – better than I expected. Really enjoyable.

Scott Pilgrim vs The World - Good movie but not as good as I hoped. Bit different than I expected. Great for geeks.

There are a few movies which a lot of people like but I havent seen – so can’t rate them. These include 127 hours, The Fighter, Harry Potter, Jackass 3D and Tron.

Some other movies I watched this year include:

  • When In Rome – only watched because of Kristen Bell who I think is adorable! Many people have rated this terribly. I thought it was alright
  • Valentine’s Day – kind of like Hes Just Not That Into You but a bit rubbish
  • Alice in Wonderland – didn’t like this. Made worse that I watched it in 3D – not really a fan of 3D.
  • Green Zone – bit like Bourne Identity -lite. It was alright
  • She’s Out Of My League – typically American teenage type of movie but I enjoyed this
  • Hot Tub Time Machine – funny movie. Was expecting it to be funnier though
  • Date Night – funny movie but mainly because of Tiny Fey and Steve Carroll
  • Losers – no brain action movie. Good fun
  • Iron Man 2 – good movie but no as good as the first one. No way near!
  • Knight and Day – very very average
  • The Other Guys – quite good. Will Ferrell is great!
  • The Expendables – so predictable. Rubbish!! Bruce Willis and Arnie were in it for about a minute
  • The Repo Man – crap
  • The Joneses – alright. Entertaining enough
  • Despicable Me – pretty funny but no way as good as other animations this year i.e. Toy Story 3, How To Train A Dragon
  • Salt - it was alright. Was expecting better. Angelina Jolie runs funny in this movie too – maybe shes too skinny??
  • Unstoppable - edge of seat entertaining. Denzel Washington hardly ever makes a bad movie.

One film most people seem to like is The Town which I didn’t like – almost fell asleep watching it.

I am sure you will all disagree with my choices!! :)

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Movies 2010

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Every year, I check out the various movie web sites and check out the best movies to come out during the year. I am a bit late this year but here is the list. It is ordered in chronological order (release date) wherever its released 1st – either UK or US:

Whip It – 2 Oct 2009 (US), 7th April (UK)
Armored – 22 January (UK), 4 December 2009 (US)
Up In The Air – 15 January (UK)
The Book of Eli – 15 January (UK)
When In Rome – 11 June (UK), 29 January (US)
Edge of Darkness – 29 January (UK/US)
Valentine’s Day – 12 February (UK/US)
Takers – 26 March (UK), 26 February (US)
Alice in Wonderland – 5 March
She’s Out Of My League – 23rd April (UK), 12 March (US)
Green Zone – 12 March (UK/US)
Bounty Hunter – 19 March (US), 16 April (UK)
How To Train Your Dragon – 26 March (US), 31 March (UK)
Hot Tub Time Machine – 26 March (US)
Date Night – 9 April (UK/US)
The Losers – 9 April (UK), 23 April (US)
The Repo Man – 16 April (UK)
Cop Out – 16 April (UK)
The Joneses – 16 April (US), 23 April (UK)
Iron Man 2 – 30 April (UK), 7 May (US)
Kick-Ass – 2 April (UK), 16 April (US)
My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend – 1 May (US – limited)
Prince of Persia – 21 May (UK), 28 May (US)
The Killers- 4 June (US), 16 June (UK)
The A Team – 30 July (UK), 11 June (US)
The Karate Kid – 16 July (UK), 11 June (US)
Jonah Hex – 18 June (US)
Toy Story 3 – 23 July (UK), 18 June (US)
Knight & Day – 2 July (UK/US)
Predators – 7 July (US)
The Kids Are All Right – 9 July (US)
Despicable Me 3D – 15 October (UK), 9 July (US)
Inception – 13 August (UK), 16 July (US)
Salt – 20 August (UK), 23 July (US)
Beastly – 30 July (US), 15 Oct (UK)
Morning Glory – 10 September (UK), 30 July (US)
The Other Guys – 6 Aug (US), 2 Sept (UK)
Scott Pilgrim vs The World – 6 August (UK), 13 August (US)
The Expendables – 20 August (UK), 13 August (US)
The Switch – 20 August (US)
Going The Distance – 27 August (US)
Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D – 14 January 2011 (UK), 27 August 2010 (US)
Priest – 17 September (UK), 1 October (US)
You Again – 24 September (US)
Life As We Know It – 8 October (UK)
The Zookeeper – 15 October (UK), 8 October (US)
Easy A – 22 October 2010 (UK)
Due Date – 5th November (UK)
Megamind – 3 December (UK), 5 November (US)
Unstoppable – 12 November (UK/US)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I – 19 November (UK/US)
Yogi Bear 3D – 17 December (UK/US)
The Green Hornet – 29 December (UK), 22 December (US)
Little Fockers – 22nd December (US)

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What a weekend!

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Had a great lovely weekend. For a start the weather has been brilliant – very sunny and hot. (As usual the back of my neck has been tanned a lot). On Saturday I went to Tatton Park with a few friends. The park was quite busy – there was some flower show on and also with the weather being so nice lots of people in the park. We played abit of football, badminton and frisbee. In the evening I met up with some of the ex-workmates. We went to watch The Dark Knight which I was really looking forward to (review coming soon). It was brilliant!!! We then went for a nice meal at Wagamamas and a drink at Kro Picadilly. It was really good to catch up.

On Sunday I went to a friends house party. Lots of lovely food and great company. I will be uploading photos at some point soon on Facebook. It was very sunny and her garden had no shade so lots of people taking shelter under various umbrellas and tents. Also got the briefly catch up with some people I met in Shanghai a couple years ago – its a small world!

A few of us took shelter inside and somehow ended up watching High School Musical!!! I know!!!! My friend’s kids are big fans of High School Musical so one of the DVDs was playing on the TV. We wondered what was so good about it so she put Part 1 on. My word its sooooo cheesy.  Musicals are bad enough most of the time bursting into song but this was super cheesy – american cheese. There was no doubt that it was an American movie. When they were singing, it was such bad mimeing and the acting was laughable. Actually the movie was quite funny … unintentionally!

Later on in the afternoon/evening I went to a family party, also in Bolton. It was a good to see family and catch up (including a small game of garden 10 pin bowling). I got back home abit past 8 and watched the rest of Top Gear.

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Movie review: Wall E

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Wall EI went to see Wall E on Wednesday. I had heard very good things about it and some reviews saying it was the best animated movie EVER. Even Toy Story!!

It was a good movie but just not “amazing”. It was very very funny and laugh out loud and was more cute if anything. It was a bit sad in a way, this robot being pretty much completely alone for hundreds of years.

It has many funny moments and one thing which was amusing was that it showed that in a few hundred years humans will be all fat and stupid! LOL

Rating: 8/10

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