Christian Bale delights audiences with his accent. It’s his idea of what an Englishman doing an American born in Germany would sound like. It’s confusing. But it ends up being a lot of thundering “d’s” and oddly formulated vowels.
Look past that and there are some really good performances. Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davis and Galen Yuen [...]
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Rescue Dawn
Posted in War on February 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Atonement
Posted in '07, Based on a Book, British, Movies, Oscar Race, Period Piece, War on January 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Well, let me say this. I saw it with my Mother, and she cried (not a lot, but still). It was a great movie, and I completely see why it was nominated for an Oscar.
It was deeply tragic and had a fantastic cast. The costumes were fantastic. I enjoyed it very much.
If you want to [...]
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Posted in '07, War, tagged Cillian Murphy, IRA, Irish, netflix on January 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Set in 1920s Ireland, this is the story of two brothers. Damien (Cillian Murphy) would rather continue his medical training but after witnessing the atrocities of the Black and Tans at the train station as he’s about to depart changes his mind and joins up with his brother Teddy (Delaney), already the leader of a resistance group. [...]
