Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Finding Nemo (2003)

Directors: Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
Starring:  Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willam Dafoe
Certificate: U
Genre: Animation
Awards: Best Animation
Finding Nemo Poster
Finding Nemo is a disney and pixar film about a fish called Marlin (Brooks) who's son: Nemo (Gould) is kidnapped by divers so he teams up with a fish with short term memory loss named Dory (DeGeneres) to find him again. Meanwhile Nemo is inside a fish tank with a clever fish named Gill (Dafoe) and plans to escape back into the ocean.

Finding Nemo is a film for the family. It is one of D&P's better films and can easily be watched over and over again (unlike Cars).

****Good

Finding Nemo Trailer

Thursday, 3 March 2011

The Prestige (2006)

Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johnson, Andy Serkis, David Bowie
Certificate: 12
Genre: Drama
Awards: None
The Prestige Poster
The prestige is about two rival magicians who try to outdo each other in tricks. Robert Angier (Jackman) and Alfred Borden were once friends who were assistants to the same magician and helped Cutter (Caine) backstage. After the death of Roberts wife the two became enemies and tried to beat eachothers tricks in more and more dangerous ways, Even going to the scientists Tesla (Bowie) and Ally (Serkis) for help that includes mass electrical power.

The Prestige is even cleverer than Inception. There is a massive twist in the end and some cool looking magic tricks. For this and Inception Christopher Nolan has become my Favorite director.

*****Brilliant

The Prestige - Trailer

Tuesday, 1 March 2011

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Starring: Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez, Maribel Verdu, Doug Jones
Certificate: 15
Genre: Fantasy
Awards: Best art direction, Best cinematography, Best Makeup.
Pan's Labyrinth Poster
Pan's Labyrinth is about a girl called Ofelia (Baquero) who lives in Spain in the time of the civil war. She has to live with the fascist Captain Vidal (Lopez) who is her knew stepfather. She is confronted by a faun (Jones) who tells her if she does 3 tasks she can go to a magical place with her real father and mother. But there is a battle being fought between Captain Vidal and the Spanish resistance, And the Captain's servant- Mercedes (Verdu) - is more than she seems....

I have no idea why the film is called Pan's Labyrinth as the name Pan is not mentioned at all. The film is scary and heart warming at different times. I find the ending sad but other people find it happy. The film is like Inception as it makes you wander about the end.

*****Brilliant

Pan's Labyrinth Trailer