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Advantages: A true story
Disadvantages: Not a brilliant film

Introduction I imagine only a few young things will have not heard of John Reginald Christie, who murdered a young woman, Beryl Evans, and her baby and managed to get her husband Timothy accused of her murder. Timothy Evans was eventually hung for this and constituted one of the biggest travesties of justice that this country has seen; to the extent that it was one of the factors that led to the end of the death penalty. Directed by Richard Fleischer, ...
...about the life of Christie. The director Richard Fleischer died just a week or so ago of natural causes. He also directed The Jazz Singer and Conan the Destroyer. The story As the story is so well-known, there seems little point in hiding what happens - too late anyway, I've already told you in the first paragraph. The interesting (and gruesome) part of this film is finding out how the murders of Beryl Evans and her baby were committed, not least ... Read review

Advantages: Gripping, amusing, horrifying tale
Disadvantages: Not one

...that despite the rave reviews 11:14 bombed in the US resulting in the Great British public being unable to see the movie until 3 years later, in a somewhat muted release. 11:14 tells the story of an event then backtracks to the situations that led up to that event from the perspective of five very different individuals. 11:14 is a movie about karma, morality, and deception that will have you glued for its 80 minute duration. What stands 11:14 apart ...
...Swayze and Henry Thomas. 11:14 sits on a kind of Twilight Zone style platter, the different stories all which have some pretty disturbing moments could either sit as individual pieces or as here link together to make the pieces of a bigger puzzle. It's unlikely that you'll watch this movie without paying a thought to the Guy Pearce movie Memento, because its styling is very similar, although 11:14 leaves you with absolutely no unanswered questions, ... Read review

Advantages: good story, good acting, believable
Disadvantages: dragged at the start

I went to see this in the cinema when it came out, and it i have to say i wasnt too sure i liked it when i came out of the cinema. It was quite a serious type of comedy, which i wasnt expecting. I rewatched it last night though, and have to say i prefered it second time round. It was about 2 sisters who are completely different, one is played by toni collette and shes sensible and hasnt alot of confidence in herself, shes not very successful with ...
...her ruin her sisters life in the beginning of the movie. She doesnt have alot of thought for others, especially her poor sister who does everything for her. After months apart, Cameron Diaz's character maggie, takes stock of her life and then goes on to sort herself out, and she becomes a much nicer indidivual. You see her become more sensible and alot more caring and her transformation is great and i really did like the new maggie. You acting is ... Read review

Advantages: Beautiful, Heartwarming!
Disadvantages: None!

Released in 1988, Empire of the Sun is a brilliant epic movie set during the second world war. Directed by Steven Spielberg, the movie introduced a very young Christian Bale to the silver screen, who we all know by now has gone on to become a household name. The movie is set around the Japanese invasion of China, during the second world war. Jamie Graham (Christian Bale), a precocious and priviledged young boy, and his parents are forced to flee ...
...to the invasion. Amid the mayhem of the escape, Jamie is separated from his parents, and returns to his old house in hope that they will return there to be re-united. As the days and weeks go by, with no sign of his parents returning, and with every last scrap of food having been consumed, Jamie is forced onto the streets of Shanghai, where he is rescued and taken in by two Americans, Basie (John Malkovich) and Frank (Joe Pantoliano). Basie and ... Read review

Advantages: AMAZING
Disadvantages: none

...time!! It is based on the book by Nicholas Sparks, althought i haven't read the book I wish to in the future. The film is about two people falling in love as teenages and finding eachother again later in life with a tear jerking twist. The perfect romantic story and after seeing it every girl will be searching for their Noah! I rate this film 10 out of 10 for sure and recommend it for a girlie night in but you will need the box of tissues handy!! ... Read review