Film Reviews by MD

I watched this tedious film right to the end, but it was a triumph of hope over experience. I should have known that you don't need to eat the whole steak to know that it is tough.

Painfully modern, anodyne, desexed and politically correct with plenty of action to interest little boys. For all that, it's not completely unwatchable. There is some passable humour and genuine sci-fi ideas.

A dated looking B/W film from the 1960's but still completely relevant, about a young couple's descent into homelessness. I don't know about the ins and outs of the social security system these days, but I recognised the surrounding conversation about immigratnts and housing shortages. It was word for word exacly the same as it is now. It's shocking to realise, we in Britain are still going round and round in the same circles... the immigrants are causing the housing shortage... oh no they are not, we need them to do jobs we cannot fill ourselves... and so on. WOW!

A seriously bad film, but at least they didn't kill the dog. Usually, when there is a dog in a film, I think it's going to die. Not in this film, the dog lived. You only get a brief glimpse of it, but at least it's alive. Oh and there was one funny moment, when the coulpe have sex and she has to pretend to be under general anaesthetic. That was mildly amusing. Apart from these two highlights, it is relentlessly boring and nonsensical.

An aspiring young Canadian journalist goes to Somalia, when no other westerners dare to go there. He spends 5 years getting to know them and then writes a best seller. Quite interesting up to a point, but doesn't really make a good story.

Futuristic fantasy. In a Dystopian future worldwide pollution has caused infertility. People live in back to basics religious fundamentalist communes, where women are forced to breed with the leaders. The ideas behind the story are interesting, but the program in fact dwells in female bodily functions much of the time. Ostensibly this is a sci-fi, but having seen 7 episodes, I would categorise it as misogynistic porn, even though there is no nudity. There is a persistent preoccupation with pregnancy, menstruation, rape and abuse of women. The abuse may be being inflicted by other women, but that doesn't make it any more acceptable. I don't know what kind of audience this program is aimed at, but I am starting to feel a little queasy.

WW2 plane ditches into the sea. From there on it's 3 men in a dinghy. Those 3 are the entire cast. This film is a proof that true stories don't necessarily make a good movie.

A teenage girl taken over by an alien talks to it and tries to resist it. Her doleful voice and the manner of the whole movie are extremely boring. I am afraid, I fell asleep and don't know what, if anything, happened later.

I found this program disappointing and dull. The cast seemed unconvincing apart from Jesus, who looked the part. It all just didn't work for me. I gave up in episode 3.

This must be the most violent film I have ever seen. Well made with good sound qulity - I actually understood every word, which is unusual for me with American war films - but seriously over the top with the battle scenes.

I usually quite like watching older movies, but this has a dark blurry picture and poor sound quality. Not even the presence of a young Steve McQueen can make up for it.

I have enjoyed the series so far and understood the Geordie accent well enough with my southern ears, but this disc seems different, especially episode 9. I have not been able to follow this, but there are no subtitles. I guess it depends on which actors are in a particular episode. Some speak more clearly than others. I hope the rest of the series is better.

I could not see any point to this film. It was dull and without a detectable story line. The characters were quite unattractive.

I am afraid I could not finish the first episode. It was all gushing blood, sex and CGI. Perhaps I should have persevered, but life is too short.

The shots of Mars and the effects are nicely done, but the rest of the film does not match up to it.