Die hard 4.0

I loved the trailer for this film. It told me what I was going to see when I went to see Die Hard 4.0 - a big, stupid, brash, loud bit of entertainment.

And it didn't disappoint.

It isn't to say that this is the greatest film ever, and it did get ridiculous towards the end, but whatever, sometimes I want to see explosions and giggle.

6/10

The Lives Of Others

This film wasn't on my local cinema during its release, but I managed to catch it on a "Wednesday Special" and I am glad I did.

Set in East Germany, The Lives Of Others follows a Party agent who is assigned to monitor a playright. What follows is European cinema at its finest.

I don't want to say much more about the plot - this is a film that haunted me for days afterwards.

Brilliant. 9.5/10

Dead Silence

Well, I've seen worse films I suppose, but this was a bit pointless.

It was very nice to look at though.

BUT REALLY - A HORROR FILM WITH VENTRILOQUIST'S DOLLS IN IT SHOULD BE SCARY>

Ok, rant over.

I'm sorry.

2/10

The Flying Scotsman

I haven't been to the cinema very often recently, mainly because I'm not interested in Spiderman, Fantastic 4 et al. I saw ghost rider earlier in the year. I don't need to see anymore bad comic films.

My reaction to seeing this weeks cinema listings was one of relief when I saw that there was a film that looked like it didn't involve explosions and car chases.

This is a biopic of Graeme Obree - a Scot who broke the one hour distance record with a home-made bike in the mid-nineties. He battled with depression and the Internation Cycling Union (who ruled his bike design illegal) during his racing career.

The film is beautifully shot (and partly set in Glasgow - which is always a good thing) and the performances are pretty good - I just felt that Obree's depression wasn't handled as well as it could have been.

All in all, it is a sports movie - and fits the blueprint for such a film perfectly. At least it wasn't about American Football!

I really liked it, and definately recommend it.

oh, and there WAS a car chase!

7/10