The King's Speech (2010)

Director: Tom Hooper
Starring: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter
Certificate:12
Genre: History
Awards: Best director, Best Picture, Best Actor (Firth), Best screenplay

Before George VI (Firth) was king he used to stutter and could not give speeches to the people so his wife- Queen Elizabeth (Carter)- Goes to see Lionel Logue (Rush) who helps George. But George needs more than just a teacher, he needs a friend.

The Kings Speech is my second favourite film of 2010 after Inception. It is funny but serious at the different times and is an enjoyable film to watch. All the acting is brilliant and the story is brilliantly told. Firth and Rush's Oscars are in the bag.

*****Brilliant

The Kings Speech Trailer

Independence day (1996)

Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Will Smith and Bill Pullman
Certificate: 12
Genre: Sci Fi
Awards: Best effects

Independence day is a film where aliens come and try to take over the earth. The only people who can stop them are a techno wizard David Levinson (Goldblum), Pilot Steven Hiller (Smith) and the presidant of the USA (Pullman). together they need to come up with a plan to save mankind.

Independence Day had a good story and good acting and it was overall an enjoyable film.

****Good

Independence Day Trailer

How To Train Your Dragon (2010)

Directors: Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders
Starring: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler and America Ferrera
Certificate: 12
Genre: Cartoon, Fantasy
Awards: None

How To Train Your Dragon is about a young Viking named Hiccup (Baruchel) who wants to kill dragons. But when he gets his chance he misses it and becomes friends with it. As he is weak and scrawny he is a disappointment to his father (Butler) who hates dragons and kills them on sight. He is also becoming suspicoius to Viking girl Astrid (Ferrera) who tracks him and his dragon down and tries to tell the tribe. Can Hiccup be a dragon rider and a Viking?

HTTYD is a fun and witty film that is a good family film. If you like animations you will like this.

****Good

How to Train Your Dragon Trailer

Inception (2010)

Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Ellen Page, Ken Watanabe, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Dileep Rao and Cillian Murphy.
Certificate: 12
Genre: Action
Awards:  best cinematography, Best sound editing, Best sound mixing, Best visual effects

Inception is a film about dreams. In dreams people reveal their secrets. Cobb (DiCaprio) is a dream expert who uses dreams to get information for his clients. After getting a job offer from rich business man Saito (Watanabe) that could get rid of his criminal charges so that he can see his kids again Cobb sets up a team to infiltrate Robert   Fisher's (Murphy) mind. The team include his partner in crime: Arthur (Gordon-Levitt), Creator of the dreams: Ariadne (Page), Forger Eames (Hardy) and Dream scientist Yusif (Rao). Unfortunatly Cobb's dead wife Mal (Cotillard)  can get into any dream he is in and stop the mission.

Inception is one of the cleverest films of all time. The actors are good and the ending is Brilliant in the year 2100 Inception will still be in the top 10 films of the century.  Inception is one of my four films that I will give six stars.

******Genius