Safe House - 8/3/12

Ever since The Bourne Ultimatum, film makers seem to have got into a competition to see whose film can have the fastest edits and this film is up there with them, unfortunately the speed of the shots does not hide the slowness of the plot, I have to admit I was dozing off, but the film makers thought of this too, and made the soundtrack extra loud to keep people awake. The film was OK but nothing special.

This Means War - 3/3/12

I'm so glad I decided to ignore the critics and see this film when it had been universally panned in everything I had seen and read. I really enjoyed this film and laughed out loud on a number of occasions. Chelsea Handler made the film for me, she seemed to get all the best dialogue and the film whilst not the best I have ever seen, in no way deserved the kicking it got on Film 2012 this week.

The Decendants - 29/1/12

I do try to see all of the Oscar nominated films each year,(which is the only reason I sat through the painfully dreadful Black Swan)and had read reams of reviews about how amazing this film was. Maybe I had read to many because while I did enjoy the film I was not as impressed as I felt I was supposed to be. Don't get me wrong George Clooney is excellent, but I wasn't blown away by his performance, I think more praise should be being given to the kids especially the actor who plays Sid as he I feel was one of the funniest and saddest characters in the whole movie.

Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol - 14/1/12

This film did not leave me wowed, it was more of the same from the preceding films, though thankfully better than MI3. Simon Pegg made it for me, his understated humour distracting from the puffed up Tom Cruise.

The Artist - 7/1/12

Didn't know going in if I was going to like this film, silent film in black and white, how would this work - but the hype is all true! This film is amazing even if the quietness of it takes some getting used to, until I saw this film I had not realised just how much noise gets pumped at you in an average movie. I was so grateful that I went to the grown up cinema to see this where everyone seems to follow the Wittertainment Code of Conduct, as any munching of popcorn would have been even more irritating that usual. The soundtrack is amazing and since it plays such a pivotal role in the film, listening to it after ward you can almost see the film in your head. Both leading actors are fantastic but the real star is the dog.

Arthur Christmas - 27/12/11

LOVED this film, it managed to be both Hollywood but still very British in its jokes and humour. Defiantly one to get on DVD as it is sure to join the list of Christmas classics

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - 26/12/11

I have read the books, seen the Swedish films so was a little apprehensive about what Hollywoodising would do to what can be at times a quite disturbing story, but thankfully my fears proved to be unfounded. They had not moved the story to somewhere in middle America, they had not made massive cuts to the story to make it more appealing and thank God they had not cast beautiful shiny people as the main characters. Rooney Mara is fantastic as Lisbeth, and she is not trying to copy what Noomi Rapace did in the original, and Daniel Craig is also good as Mikael Blomkvist. I have read some reviews where it has been said that it all feels a little rushed at the end, I can only assume that the reviewer had not read the book as it was exactly what happened there. I found the book a struggle to get into, it was only as I got to the last 20 pages I realised what a good book it was, as it all came together very fast at the end. Congratulations David Fincher, can't wait to see what you do with the second (my fave out of the three) book.