Film Reviews by HM

A bunch of criminals hide away while the heat dies down having shot a cop during a heist. Although set up like a Tarantino film, the dialogue is nowhere near as smart. Conversations are not particularly intersting. You just know it is going to kick off. Supernatural events also occur which seem out of place and don't work. A film best avoided IMO.

First half or more of the film deals with a civil servant in 1950s Britain living a dull existance. A 6 months to live death sentence given to him by his doctor, has him self analyse his hitherto existence dwelt in a rut of his own making. Off he goes to live it up a bit and sample what he has been missing. All well and good, entertaining and engaging, however, the last part of the film is over sentimental as we learn more about him and his past deeds. The film drags on a bit at this point frankly so that the finale is a dissapointment. A shame as performances up to now were very good.

Sadly you have to sign up for the whole collection of series. Colour and a memorable theme tune appeared in later series. McGoohan is brilliant in the lead role and would surely have been a great Bond? Typical of the period the scripts are smart condensed and straight to the point. The formula? John Drake has a punch up and always seems to have a pretty female involved. The plots are good though and are usually based abroad somewhere exotic, even if it is actually Wales or a back drop shot of Istanbul etc.

Definitely worth a hire to enjoy a season of a very good 1960s action/thriller stuff. Enjoy.

A young woman feels she is being watched by a man over the road. A serial killer is on the loose but he is arrested, so who is this guy? Maybe the real killer? She encounters this odd lonley character but instead of reassurig her, she seems to be loosing her mind, maybe there is a mental health issue. Is it just her imagination or a real threat? Her boyfriend is around for protection, so what could go wrong? Well it does get creepy without being unrealistic. Needless to say things develop with a few twists. An enjoyable thriller which held my attention.

A small community off the coast of 1920s Ireland. Two men who appear to be crofters of some sort although no sign of how they make a living arises, fall out. Brendon Gleeson decides never to talk to his friend Colin Farrell without any hint of why and we don't find out either. Farrell insists in talking to him so Gleeson threatens to mutilate himself if he does. Gloomy and dark the two spar for the films duration. The whole thing doesn't make sense unless the Gleeson character is supposed to have gone mad. Attempts at humour don't really work, apart from a donkey running joke.

Pretentious or just badly conceived? Search me. Boring and unrewarding. You have been warned.

A twist on flying saucers. That is the only interesting thing about this overlong (well, it felt like it!) movie. A horse rancher who provides performing neddies to Hollywood movie makers investigates ariel phenomenon over his ranch. People dissapear but a lack of suspense lets the whole plot down.

A Finnish (bi-sexual) girl meets a drunken Russian on a train. How any female could develop a relationship with this idiot I don't know. I found myself winding the movie on to avoid anymore poinless mundane conversation between them. He comes across as a drunken Norman Wisdom 'the Gimp' but without being funny! A dull story and not well paced at all. Will you stay awake? Probably not.

Good action scenes and back story but it limps along with irrelevent personality portraits and is too long. A 30 minute cut may have kept the momentum going. It ends abruptly without a clean tidy up of the 'true story'.

Never heard of this band, so it was an education of sorts. Not into heavy metal? It probably won't matter as it is a documentory about personalities really. The music isn't up to much, however, the band were an art school creation wanting to be as garish and shocking as posibble and they succeded on that front! The look they have has clearly influenced other bands to dress up (Slipknot and Lordy spring ot mind). So, an interesting doc and worth a look.

A twisting plot intrigues and Cage's charisma helps lift it a notch higher than it may have deserved. It certainly kept me wondering what was coming next as we learn more about each character. A decent action/mystery thriller and entertaining if you don't take it too seriously. Good fun all round.

Well two rancher brothers with completlely different personalities co-exist on a Montana ranch circa 1909. Cumberbach plays an aggressive character, a real man's man; bullying, feared by his ranch hands and an all round obnoxious bore. His brother's son is a poetic, efeminate, flower cuddler and obvious gay. The movie drags on for an hour without progress. This inhibits enjoyment and entertainment value somewhat. Is Cumberbach over compensating for a hidden homosexuality as he joins in humiliating the lad? This is where the movie opens up so that the second half intrigues.

Once rescued, the story comes into its own and engages the viewer (if you are still watching). A more engaging script with perhaps red herring events may have helped and disguised the direction of travel to keep you guessing. So not a skillful bit of story telling really. Performances are strong howver.

If you like stop go movies this may interest you, but as with CGI the medium can obscure everything else. I never really understood what the heck was going on other than lots of bangs and violence between creatures of no character or interest. No dialogue, sense of story line, narrative etc. Not a movie I can recommend. Cetainly not for kids due to sadistic scenes.

A journey into the American porn industry where the men running the show are caring about their female stars and 'look after them'. However, the extreme sexual requirements are in themselves brutalising. All rather like being a nice slave owner; the business itself doesn't really allow it by its very nature.

We follow a young Swedish girl determined to be the next great porn star. In the end she realises you must settle into the business as you must warts and all or quit. What will her choice be?

Not a comfortable watch by any means and certainly not very sexy. It only looks sexy this side of the camera. A good drama and an education too, although possibly confirming your own fears about the industry.

No idea what this film is saying to us. Some kind of anti-men thing. A load of nonsense. Porno horros at the end for no apparent reason.

A series of Steven King short stories connected by a cat skipping from one owner to another. It feels like these stories were ideas that wouldn't fill a book so they got slapped together. Silly stories and mildly amusing. Horror fans won't be entertained, but a few thrills along the way. A couple of the stories are ridiculous so lack credability.