Letterboxd — Your life in film

Not the life story of Philip Schofield then, instead The Grey is another in the Liam Neeson: Middle Aged Action Man series (a sort of ageing Jason Statham if you will) from the director of an earlier entry in the series, The A Team's Joe Carnahan.

At least in this one Neeson isn't attempting an American accent. Though let's be honest, there's never much of an attempt really. His voice just gets more gravelly.

The Grey is little more than…

On yet another rewatch this is still the best serious grown up Bond film since OHMSS and LTK.

Craig's Bond is brilliant. He impressed me immediately at the cinema six years ago (was it really that long?!) and he still does now, giving me high hopes for the forthcoming Skyfall. As a Fleming fan I don't buy into the 'faithful to the books' yarn the studios spin regarding his interpretation, because he simply isn't in so many respects. Yes he's…

Like many have said before, this is the Indiana Jones film we all wanted Crystal Skull to be.

This was my second viewing having seen it originally in 3D at the cinema. I'm pleased to say the 3D aspect, whilst a success originally, isn't that missed on television.

The 'animation' may take some getting used to, but it's clear from this that it has come on leaps and bounds since The Polar Express, Beowulf and A Christmas Carol. Indeed, with…

Not as good as the first, but nonetheless a grand old fashioned ripping yarn.

Less canon than the first (which was surprisingly canonical-ignore the naysayers) but don't let that worry you, after all the Rathbone series was hardly faithful, this felt more like a John Buchan adaptation (The 39 Steps, Greenmantle) or The Riddle Of The Sands, using as it does the plot of the onset of WWI and a criminal mastermind/fraternity determined to speed it up.

Highpoints; I still…

In the 1970s disaster movies proved incredibly popular. There's a theory that their success was indelibly linked to the global climate at the time; economic woes, dissent between management and workforce, increasing threats of terrorism and an over reliance on technology. With this in mind it's apt that a film like Contagion, an effective homage to such hokum was released last year to a similar world.

Perhaps the biggest pandemic in this film is the British actors, with Kate Winslet,…

I still remember going to the cinema with my mum and my little friends in '89 to watch this. I was blown away then and I still greatly enjoy it each time I settle down to watch; tonight, on BBC1, was no exception.

Denholm Elliott steals the film with some superb typically English buffoonery - he's not the paternal, sensible Brody of Raiders, taking a different approach as Connery is clearly filling that role here. John Rhys Davies is back…

Just when you think its going to be a 40 Year Old Virgin retread, it pulls it out of the bag with an ensemble approach with a level of heart and maturity that places it above the usual smutty romcom fare it may incorrectly be lumped in with.

Ryan Gosling continues to stoke the affections of female admirers across the globe with an assured turn as a charming cocksure ladies man that is witty and charismatic enough to make the…