Action & Adventure

Advantages: Excellent performances, chiefly from Ledger.
Disadvantages: Final third could have been a film in its own right.

With the passing of Heath Ledger in January of this year, there was always going to be an unusual kind of interest in this film, the sequel to 2005´s Batman Begins. As much as audiences are keen to see if director Christopher Nolan´s follow-up is as strong and hard-hitting as its predecessor, there´s also the inevitable semi-morbid curiousity that comes in seeing a well-known actor´s last role, especially so soon after his death. I´ve never been ...
...Here, though, he excels. While the film is good, Ledger is great - if an actor could choose a level of performance to go out on, this would be it. At the end of Batman Begins, Lieutenant Gordon (reappearing in this film, Gary Oldman) alludes to a villain at large in Gotham City whom Batman (Christian Bale) promises to track down. This villain, Ledger´s Joker, is Batman´s principal nemesis in Dark Knight, reprising the conflict last shown nearly ... Read review

Advantages: good film to watch
Disadvantages: no real story that holds you watching

2 fast 2 furious is obviously the folow on from the movie fast and furious, to completely understand the storyline you are better off watching the first film before watching this one but if you just want to watch this one you will still be able to enjoy it as the storyline isnt hard to follow. Paul Walker returns in this film as the police officer Brian Oconner who has been stripped of his badge, he teams back up with ex con Tyrese as he takes the ...
...transport a shipment of dirty money for a dodgy miami based importer/ exporter. During all of this he is actually working under cover for mendes to bring vernon down in an attempt to get his job in the police force back, to see if he suceeds you will have to watch the film. This is an action film that will appeal to any boy racer or car enthusiast out there, the story line to this film isnt brilliant but the acting is good and is a good way to pass ... Read review

Advantages: Great effects, Great audio, Great performance from Robert Downey Jnr
Disadvantages: a slightly shoehorned in threat in the last third

...him nt only developing the Iron Man suit but also we see him develop as a person. All the while Downey Jnr is wholly believeable and dripping with charisma. Making a Superhero origins story is never an easy thing as you have so much work to do introducing the characters and showing the viewers as much as possible about them and why they develop into the characters they become. In doing this it is often quite hard to fit in enough of a storyline that ...
...is the case with this film. It is moving along beautifully but then in the final third a threat is levered in which really feels like it's been shoe horned in to give an opportunity for another big set piece before the film ends. Despite this, this is still a very enjoyable film which will leave you wanting more...roll on the sequel ... Read review

Advantages: To watch again and again, without interruption
Disadvantages: It is repeated on Freeview again and again

...1. Sharpe's Rifles: In 1809 Sharpe saves Lord Wellesley's life, later known as the Duke of Wellington. He receives a field commission and is sent on his first mission with his rough band of chosen men, but finds it difficult because he is not seen as a "proper officer". (Certificate: 15) 2. Sharpe's Eagle: Sharpe fights to keep his promotion and goes after an imperial Eagle at the Battle of Talavera. (Certificate: 15) 3. Sharpe's ...
...of deserters and calls for Sharpe to bring the ransom to rescue an English Colonels wife. (Certificate: 12) 5. Sharpe's Honour: Sharpe is accused of adultery and called out for a Dual. His Spanish opponent is found dead and Sharpe is put on trial. Sharpe must work to clear his name. (Certificate: PG) 6. Sharpe's Gold: Sharpe has to go in search of the young Ellie Nugent and her mother who themselves are determined to find her father, ... Read review

Advantages: Emotive and involving, well-written and developed
Disadvantages: Supporting roles not sufficiently individual as to be momorable

Tears of the Sun is perhaps one of the lesser-known films in which Bruce Willis does his best impression of a one-man band. In this, although the presence of his co-stars is not weak (Belucci gives a solid performance as a caring American aid-worker), they are all dwarfed by Willis' commanding role. The film starts as it means to go on, with a contextual introduction putting the events of the film into motion. The characters develop well throughout, ...
...of them safely across the border, away from the pursuing militia. Tears of the Sun was one of the names shortlisted for the film eventually titled Die Hard 2, and is in many ways more involving and exciting than the slightly tired Die Hard sequel - well worth watching. ... Read review