15 February 2013

some words on co-parenting

"You say you want to be involved, it doesn't come with an embossed invitation, you involve yourself, or you don't."
- Andy (mother), The West Wing, Aaron Sorkin

31 December 2011

red dog

a lovely little story about a pretty cool and apparently famous dog.

2011 Directed by Kriv Stenders
Actors: Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor and Keisha Castle-Hughes

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30 December 2011

hable con ella (talk to her)

another fine piece of work from one of my favourite directors, pedro almodóvar. i particularly enjoyed the silent movie.

2002, directed by pedro almodóvar
actors: Rosario Flores, Javier Cámara and Darío Grandinetti

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the iron lady

This movie is very different to what I was expecting. The story telling is beautiful, heartfelt and very personal. Streep is undeniably brilliant, Broadbent is gorgeous.

2011 Directed by Phyllida Lloyd
Actors: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent

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03 May 2008

iron man

cool suit! silly and implausible storyline, but who cares ... robert downey jr is still great to look at :) did i mention the cool suit?! oh, and his house is also way cool. ( i could almost give this ***)

2007 Directed by Jon Favreau
Actors: Robert Downey Jr, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, Leslie Bibb, Shaun Toub, Faran Tahir

15 April 2008

cashback

beautiful, imaginative, melodic. great soundtrack

2005 Directed by Sean Ellis
Actors: Sean Biggerstaff, Emilia Fox, Shaun Evans, Michelle Ryan, Stuart Goodwin, Michael Dixon, Michael Lambourne, Marc Pickering

08 April 2008

sleepy hollow

not one of burton's better movies, but some great moments and definitely worth watching

1999 Directed by Tim Burton
Actors: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones, Richard Griffiths, Ian McDiarmid, Michael Gough, Christopher Walken, Marc Pickering, Lisa Marie, Steven Waddington, Claire Skinner, Christopher Lee