So with upcoming exams and assignments that I need to complete I will be going on full hiatus for as long as three weeks, hopefully no longer.  I doubt I will be watching much movies, and I’m sure I will not be writing any full blown reviews.

Please bear with me.  But if you would still like to follow my doings you can read my twitter page here.  I tend to post every and anything I’m thinking about there, as well as whatever movie I do watch.  You can also keep checking for updates on my My Movie Log, where I do post ratings for every movie I do watch.

Thanks for your considersation and your readership,

gman.

So it’s been a while I suppose since I’ve really drooled over a movie. Possibly Taken was the last movie that I enjoyed this much, and after the utter disappointment that was Quantum of Solace this movie was the right pick me up I needed. Guy Ritchie returns with some new tricks up his sleeve for his newest movie, RockNRolla.

Now as with Ritchie’s more popular movies [i.e. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch] the movie follows a few different characters who all end up knocking heads together by end of the flick, and of course this all involves the British Underworld. In this edition of Ritchie’s ‘how to’ guide for the anglo-gangster we get to observe a few groups of characters.

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I can say that this feels like a pretty nostalgic moment for me. For those of you who know me personally know that I started writing reviews about two years ago on facebook, you can go back on my profile and see all the old ones there still, and the first post I made was about Casino Royale [2006]. So this is slightly refreshing to be revisiting this new Bond franchise with its newest episode which is a direct sequel of the 2006 reboot.

So I usually write a short synopsis for the movie’s plot when I review it, but since my first issue with this movie is the plot I’m going to skip that bit. If you’ve seen the good Bond, Casino Royale, then this is the direct sequel of that movie.

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Lisa [Kerry Washington] and Chris Mattson [Patrick Wilson] are newly weds who move into their first home in Lakeview Terrace. Their new next door neighbour, Abel Turner [Samuel L. Jackson], has decided to make the couple’s experience in their new home a living hell.

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So with today being Halloween I decided I should review a horror movie, and with my lack of knowledge of the Saw series I decided to pick up this well received film starring Vinnie Jones.

Leon Kauffman [Bradley Cooper] is an aspiring photographer in New York, and he is out on assignment to get some gritty pictures for a showing. He comes upon an interesting subject, Mahogany [Vinnie Jones], who is a butcher who rides the late night trains in the subway.

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Max Payne [Mark Wahlberg] is a detective who had his family murdered almost right before his eyes. He now works in the cold case department and chases any leads he can find. After checking up on an old snitch of his looking for more leads on his wife’s murder he finds more than he wanted to and gets dragged into a drug addicted serial murder case. Payne runs this down, while getting closer to his wife’s killer.

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So to tie in with the feature review which will come later in the week of Max Payne I will be giving you the Top 5 Worst Movies that are based on Video Games.  Usually I’m listing the best, but since most people will agree that we are yet to get one good movie based a video game, much less to be able to name five would not only be difficult but a heart wrenching lie.  So here we go

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It’s Friday and Craig [Ice Cube] doesn’t have anything to do, so he’s hanging out in the neighbourhood with his friend Smokey [Chris Tucker]. While joking and enjoying the day Craig and Smokey end up smoking off all of Big Worm’s [Faizon Love] weed that Smokey was supposed to be selling. Now they owe him money and they are looking for how to get it before Big Worm kills them.

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Jerry Shaw [Shia LaBeouf] and Rachel Holloman [Michelle Monaghan] are two regular people who are being instructed by this mysterious voice over the phone to do various things for her, or face the consequences. Jerry is suspected of terrorism and Rachel’s son’s life is being threatened, they must cooperate with this unknown woman or else.

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So the post is a day late, mainly because I lacked inspiration for my Top 5 this week.  I wasn’t really sure what to to make it on.  Finally late last night I go the inspiration and decided to work out who made the cut.

So here we go….

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