What general film/series have you just seen.. marks out of 5

[gasteropod]

Mission: Impossible III - 3.5/5

Wow, I wasn't expecting that. Solid and enjoyable, exciting, it did what it did well. I haven't seen the TV series but I got the impression that this film actually went back to the spirit of that, after the second film bizarrely made Ethan into some kind of superhero. My only criticism is that I'd have liked to have actually seen him stealing the rabbit's foot, instead of just seeing him smash out the window on a parachute.

Technically I'd give it a 7.5/10, I've been trying to make my star ratings harsher nowadays because I always seemed to slightly overrate things. It doesn't quite deserve a 4/5 in the grand scheme of things.

[Keung]

Philip Hoffman is awesome. I watched it on Film4, too. Excellent stuff.

[gasteropod]

Yeah he was quite intimidating

[Markgway]

The Lovely Bones *½

Complete and utter misfire from Peter Jackson.

The Graduate **

Wildly overrated sophisticated 60s comedy.

[IronMonkey]

Philip Seymor Hoffman was the only thing I didn't really like about M:I III. I didn't think he was intimidating at all and thought his performance was pretty wooden to be honest. But the film overall was great - especially the scene on the bridge.

[Keung]

Woah, really? The interrogation scene at the end was intense! I would've been shitting myself if I was in Tom Cruise's place. Hoffman was badass.

[Markgway]

I'm not as mad about Hoffman as most. He was OK in M:I3 but no more.

Cruise gave his best performance of the series (thus far).

[Markgway]

Scream 4 **

Passable slasher sequel.
The pop culture references are uptodate - but freshness has long deserted the series.
Time to put it to sleep methinks.

[gasteropod]

Alien Autopsy - 2.5/5

Thought Ant & Dec would annoy me but nah it was watchable.

Cronos - 4/5

The first Guillermo del Toro film I've actually enjoyed, and it reminded me quite a lot of The City of Lost Children. I shall have to check out The Devil's Backbone now.

[Markgway]

MASH **

Irreverent black comedy... didn't do much for me.

[grim_tales]

I can't remember what I gave it - maybe 3.5/5. Interesting that though the film is set during the Korean War, it has Vietnam written all over it - and some scenes seemed to set the blueprint for something like Stripes more than 10 years later, like the crazy football game and stuff.
I dont think I've seen much/any of the TV show,

[Markgway]

It was supposed to represent Vietnam, but the studio made Altman add a THIS IS KOREA caption to avoid political controversy.

[grim_tales]

I didnt know that

[luckystars]

Alien Autopsy - 2.5/5

Thought Ant & Dec would annoy me but nah it was watchable.

Cronos - 4/5

The first Guillermo del Toro film I've actually enjoyed, and it reminded me quite a lot of The City of Lost Children. I shall have to check out The Devil's Backbone now.

I did really enjoy Cronos, but I think its safe to say Devils Backbone is his best film. Hope you enjoy it

[gasteropod]

Knowing - 2/5

That was disappointing, it was going OK until the end where it just got really lame.

[gasteropod]

The Happening - 0/5

I had to turn it off, some of the worst acting ever.

[saltysam]

The Happening - 0/5

I had to turn it off, some of the worst acting ever.

A truly awful film but i made it through to the end,which has to be seen to be believed.

The Funhouse 3/5 Decent early 80's horror from Tobe Hooper,light on gore but very atmospheric and a decent music score.This unbelievably was on the nasties list,now it only warrants a 15 rating.Arrow have been hit & miss wit their BD's but have done a sterling job here.very good transfer.

[luckystars]

I got through about 10mins of Signs before I turned it off.

[Markgway]

Dazed and Confused ****

Best high school-teen movie ever. Fact.

Breakthrough **

Turgid, ugly-looking sequel to Cross of Iron. The lead actors look tired and are obviously far too old for their parts.

[Markgway]

Innerspace **½

Clever sci-fi-comedy... doesn't quite hit the mark though.

[grim_tales]

Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days: 4/5

A nice retrospective overall though most of the 2nd disc is dangerously Elmo-centric.

[Markgway]

What Just Happened? **

Good question.

Braddock - Missing in Action III **½

Good sequel with a better story than usual.

[gasteropod]

P2 - 1/5

Boring and has bad acting, avoid.

[Markgway]

Amityville II - The Possession *½

Did the world really need another risible rip off of The Exorcist?

[Markgway]

Toys *½

An ambitious, almighty failure.