Tinker,Tailor,Soldier,Spy

Ummm, that's interesting. I saw this film back in September but for some reason the rating wasn't posted.

Anyway, from what I can remember I enjoyed this film. There was a lot of attention to detail which reminded me of Master & Commander (only it wasn't as much fun) and the performances were what you expect of John Hurt, Gary Oldman, Mark Strong, etc.. I thought Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hardy were also particularly good up against the acting behemoths that they were.

Overall a definite ***1/2 star movie..

Drive

This was an interesting film. In some ways it was similar to 'tinker,tailor' in that there was little dialogue and lots.... of...... long............ lingering ......... shots.......... That was the main problem with this film. The pauses were too long and to start with it irritated me.! I felt like shouting at the screen 'just say something for gods sake'..
Ryan Gosling plays the strong (too) silent lead who gets mixed up with the wrong types, as you do! Also what was with all the 80's reference. When the film started the titles where in a day-glow pink and a font that reminded me of 'Grand Theft Auto:Vice City'! On top of this a soundtrack straight out of 1989! Despite this (or because of!?!) I enjoyed it, in a (very) slow burning way.
Overall I'd give it *** out of 5 (I've seen worse!)
Also where's Ryan Gosling been. Well where ever he's been he's making up for it now by being in pretty well everything!
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Update:  It's funny reading this review now.  The film definitely improves with age and repeated viewings.. So much so that I've bought the Blu-ray DVD AND the soundtrack..!? If I was to rate it today it would be ****.

Friends With Benefits

Yes, that's right TWO tickets. This was a wedding anniversary trip down the bay and was Liz's idea..
It's always nice to see a film with the wife, but even she'll agree this one wasn't that good. Eye candy always helps a film in my opinion but not even Mila Kunis could save this. It had it's moments, I think I laughed twice. But in the end it turned into the cliche it was mocking all though the film. Still, mildly entertaining and Liz managed to catch 40 winks towards the end..
Rating:**1/2
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