I am Ali (2014) & Muppets Most Wanted (2014)

I am Ali-

This Biopic on Muhammad Ali wasn't bad, just wasn't amazing. Light hearted and told through Ali's personal audio recordings from the past & interviews with friends and family. It was enlightening in the sense I didn't know what a family man his was and how good with his kids he was.

3 Stars










Muppets Most Wanted -

Not as good as the one with Jason Segal but still quite a good romp. I'd heard a lot of negative things about this film and found that I quiet enjoyed it. Not a lot to it just good family fun. Ricky Gervais stood out as Dominic Badguy.

2.5 Stars

What if (2014)

So this is a film about Harry Potter who meets a girl he likes, but she just wants to be friends as she has a wonderful boyfriend. So Harry Potter hangs around and pervs until the poor boyfriend goes away for work in Ireland... and then shazam he makes his move the sneaky bastard. This film embodies the exact reason why any guy would be not overly happy about their girlfriend having a male best friend. A horrifying cautionary tale.

2.5 Stars

Kid Cannabis (2014)

Kid Cannabis, entertaining true story on a kid who smuggled in Cannabis from Canada into America. I would have quiet enjoyed this... had it not been for the lead ...Jonathan Daniel Brown who is just an awful actor, I and you may vaguely remember him in the film Project X (he couldn't have been that good in it or it wouldn't have been such a vague memory). I could go on... but I won't. I love true stories/bio pics but this one fell short.
2 Stars

 

2015! Happy New year!

It's been awhile since the last UK Film Nuts post, Feb 14th 2011... so a little while.
This year I will do my best to review (be it possibly quite brief reviews) every film I see, including ones I've previously watch, if it's an old classic... or old tosh. I was quite busy new years day, watching 3 films on the 1st of Jan.

I would like to give some honourable mentions to the films that still really stand out for me in 2014.
Guardians of the Galaxy - so good I saw it 3 times in the cinema and once at home.
X-Men Days of Future Past - time travel films are great.
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gone Girl - Should be an educational film shown in schools.

Worst films that spring to mind.
Amazing Spider-man 2 - Andrew Garfield makes a great Spider-man, but film had too many villains and needs to learn to keep it simple.
Sin City 2 - Seriously hated it, awful acting from Eva Green and Jessica Alba.
A Million ways to die in the west - Terrible... how did the same guy that made Ted poop this out?

True Grit

This is the definition of cinematic.

Absolutely sublime. it is extraordinary in every sense. Top of the list has to be the cinematography which is just perfect. then there's the script, the pacing, the tone, the story an the performances.

Ahhh the performances - normally i'm against little kids being up for Oscars as i think it's all a little bit pathetic. However, Hallie Steinfeld deserves all the credit she is getting - a brilliant "gritty" performance and all this from her first feature, lets hope she doesnt turn into a drug addled slut like lindsay lohan and a load of other child stars.

Not gonna go on too much about how good it is. just go see it and wallow in its immenseness.

perfection
5Stars

The Fighter

It's no Rocky, but still very good.

A lot has been talked about Christian Bale in this film, and he is very good - but the fact of the matter is that i still think he's a cock. Due to this and the fact that there is another much better supporting performance i'm going to say that Melissa Leo gives an absolutely storming performance as the mother.

The rest of the cast is magnificent too (even Bale) and it is a great story. The fight sequences are good enough, but i cannot help comparing it to Rocky. And it isn't as good. Maybe this is unfair of me to judge but hey, judging i am.

an ok film that suffers from too much hype.
3stars

Tangled

Well this is just lovely. absolutely lovely.

Easily the best Disney film since Lion King. Its a film with a huge heart and is just beautiful to watch, the "lantern scene" being a particular highlight.

The refreshing thing about this film is that it is not trying to be an adult animation there are no in jokes that adults will get but kids wont, it is just a simple fun and friendly film.

The story is fairly straightforward that i wont even bother going into it. So al thats left to say is that once more please go and see this film and give yourself a little bit of joy.

Wonderful.
4stars