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Saturday 17th March 2012

2000

Bread and Roses

Director : Ken Loach

Synopsis extract :
Fight for union rights for the mexican cleaners in LA
Film Category
The 2000s (the noughties)

Reviewed by Roger, DVD @ Home on 17 Mar 2012

Review of "Bread and Roses"

Interesting but not as good as Land and Freedom


Sunday 11th March 2012

2008

Milk

Director : Gus Van Sant

Synopsis extract :
Harvey Milk pioneering gay activist getting elected to office and then assassinated in San ...
Film Category
The 2000s (the noughties)

Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ Home on 11 Mar 2012

Review of "Milk"

Good story well told


Saturday 3rd March 2012

1982

Fanny & Alexander

Director : Ingmar Bergman

Synopsis extract :
Swedish rich family life at turn of 19/20 century
Film Category
The 1980s

Reviewed by Roger, DVD @ Home on 03 Mar 2012

Review of "Fanny & Alexander"

Overlong and typically Bergman ponderous but with a few compelling moments and atmosphere



Thursday 1st March 2012

2011

The Artist

Director : Michel Hazanavicius

Synopsis extract :
Silent movie actor fails to make the transition to talkies. ...
Film Category
The 2010s

Reviewed by Roger, Vue Plymouth on 01 Mar 2012

Review of "The Artist"

a reasonable film made good by the presence of a Jack Russell co-star


Tuesday 28th February 2012

2011

Source Code

Director : Duncan Jones

Synopsis extract :
Dead soldier has consciousness transferred into last 8 minutes of life of a victim of a train ...
Film Category
The 2010s

Reviewed by Roger, DVD @ Home on 28 Feb 2012

Review of "Source Code"

Entertaining, tropes from many previous films (memento, sliding doors,) not too aggressive violent or soppy romantic although could have been either.


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