Wednesday, 30 September 2009

Surrogates

I saw this film on 29th September at Stratford Picture House

A world run by mind-controlled human look-alike robots.

All's Well That Ends Well

I saw this performance on 29 September at the National Theatre Olivier.

This is the second time I have seen this production. What more is there to say, except I want to see it yet again.

Friday, 25 September 2009

Julie and Julia

I saw this preview on 24th September 2009 at the Sony Centre in Soho.

I suppose there was some point to this but I didn't see it.
Julie, a young, bored American wife who worked in a call centre sets herself a project of cooking every dish in a cookery book. The cookery book was written by an earlier bored American, the wife of a sort of diplomat living in France. This latter day pointless activity takes over Julie's life.

Julie (Amy Adms) was tedious and irritating, Julia (Meryl Streep) was vaguely amusing although Paul (Stanley Tucci) her diplomat husband was excellent. There were references to the McCarthy persecutions and their effects on Paul but these were barely explored and the limit of the film's meaningful content.

Wednesday, 23 September 2009

Gamer

I saw this film on 22nd September at Stratford Picture House

It used to be mad scientists who wanted to rule the world. Never trust a clever geek.

Monday, 14 September 2009

Dorian Grey

I saw this film on 13th September at Stratford Picture House

To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture.

Sunday, 13 September 2009

Whiteout

I saw this film on 12th September at Stratford Picture House

Surely Antartica is colder than this shows.

Wednesday, 9 September 2009

500 Days of Summer

I saw this film on 8th September
at Stratford Picture House

More American romantic nonsense.

Saturday, 5 September 2009

District 9

I saw this film on 4th September
at Stratford Picture House

It starts as an apparent metaphor on apartheid, turns into a commentary on humanity, then standard sci-fi techno-babble story and eventually morphs into a Terminator lookalike. Disappointing.