Sarah's Key - 31/07/11

Sarah's Key is a stunning film that uncovers the story of what became of Sarah a little girl rounded up in the Vel d'Hiv Round-up in 1942.

Kristen Scott Thomas is a journalist in 2009 who is writing a piece about the Round-up, which seems to have been forgotten by history. She discovers the apartment that she is about to move in to was once home to Sarah and her family, and gradually uncovers the story of what happened to Sarah, which has consequences for her in the current day. Mélusine Mayance who plays the young Sarah is outstanding and will bring you to tears on a number of occasions. The film is in English and French and I always think it is the sign of a really good film when you forget that you are reading it.

If you can find it showing go and see it.

Captain America - 29/7/11

Truly bad, from the start where the Danish men are speaking Danish with English subtitles and then the Germans arrive speaking English and suddenly the Danes also speak English, to the rip offs from a number of other films - for example the chase through the woods on motorcycles bears a stunning resemblance to the chase through the woods in Return of the Jedi, just switch storm troopers on speeder bikes for soldiers in black on motorbikes. At one point I thought that Tommy Lee Jones was about to launch into his hunt him down piece from the Fugitive and the icing on the cake was Hugo Weaving appearing the channel Arnold Schwarenegger.

I go and see a lot of films, and it has been a while since I have seen a film so bad that I actually had my head in my hands but this is how I spent a good part of the film - I am only grateful that thanks to my Cineworld unlimited card I didn't hand over any cash to go and see this turkey - it was that bad that I couldn't bear to stay to the end credits to see the alleged Avengers tease

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - 22/07/11

Finally got round to going to see this film, in 2D and it was OK, nothing that I would rave about. Couple of points:

- If you are going to split a film into two parts could you at least remind us what happened in the first bit, as it has been months since I saw it and it took me a while to catch up.
- A big deal has been made about how all these films have been made in Britain by British crews - you would think therefore that they would have know the difference between Kings Cross Station and St Pancras Station,(hint - the clue is the sign outside the station). A number of people in the cinema with me felt the need to point out the error!