Twitter "Reviews" 18 Feb 10 to 28 Feb 10

Ondine (2009, Jordan) 54 Beautifully shot, cast solid but precocious kid, singposting and need to explain hamper. Too many cliches.

Into The Storm (09, O'Sullivan) 68 Standard biopic but Gleeson is pitch perfect and succeeds in being inspiring without being a hagiography

Farewell (09, Carion) 76 Tense thriller changes point of view and uses unusual camera angles. The sum up is too tidy though.

Enter the Void (09, Noé) 93 The strangest most sensory experience I've had in the cinema.Spellbinding wonderful,Noé is Ophuls on acid

Life During Wartime (09, Solondz) 83 Stylised, grotesque and the most twisted humour you'll see in the movies. A worthy sequel

Tides (Begums) (10, Zviedris) 10 Worthy subject, terrible execution. How can 70 minutes be packed with filler? Zero insight

Bye Bye Now (s) (09, O'Sullivan/Whitaker) 68 Amusing and poignant,a lament to the demise of phoneboxes and the death of a way of life

The Island (Ostrov) (06, Lungin) 59 Methodical approach with striking symbolism. Questionable conclusions and viewpoint detract.

Samson and Delilah (09, Thornton) 52 Misery piled on unrealistically with redemptive cop-out.2 lovely scenes tho (dancing & bathing)

Accident (09, Cheang) 71 Surveillance aspects excellent, set-pieces spectacular but the story was muddled with disappointing climax

Touki Bouki (73, Mambety) 73 Highly expressive almost surreal approach. Soundtrack kept things interesting. Loved the parade scene

Women Without Men (09, Neshat/Azari) 49 Occasional beautiful shots did not make up for the poor narrative. Iran has produced better

Breathless (09, Yang) 3/100 2 people walked out after 5 mins. They did the right thing. Repugnant film, why did people clap?

Please Give (10, Holofcener) 56 Nice acting, nice setting, nice story. No faults to it and no real positives either, just inoffensive

Same Same But Different (09,Buck) 22 If satire then it was very good, if played for real then it was awful. I lean towards the latter

Lourdes (09,Hausner) 87 Ambitous formal exploration. Took an easy target and thoughtfully examined. Testud and cast immense

A Brand New Life (09, Lecomte) 73 Very similar to Treeless Mountain though slightly inferior. Deeper meaning of just what family is.

She, a Chinese (09, Guo) 75 Manages not to turn into melodrama despite the build up of exploitation as she moves from village to city

What You Don't See (09, Fischer) 58 Clever, though one-paced, psychological thriller crossed with Funny Games. Ending inconsistent

Eyes Without A Face (60, Franju) 68 More a thriller than a horror for me.Concept is horrifying but Special FX have dated badly.

Lebanon (09, Maoz) 88 Visceral film that gets into your guts. Soldiers are too sympathetic but brings something new to the war genre

Lemon Tree (08, Riklis) 52 Facile "Why Can't We Just Get Along"? type movie. Every character is a caricature with plodding plot.

La Danse (09,Wiseman) 96 Incredible exhibition of the ballet.The art,rehearsal, audience, business and mundanity all covered.Terrific

I Am Love (09, Guadagnino) 92 Swinton is a force of nature,brilliantly shot, subtle when needed,not afraid to be overblown,ambitious

February 2010 UK & Ireland Releases

The following release information is from Sight & Sound.

Watched:
44 Inch Chest (Malcolm Venville) 50/100
A Prophet (Un prophète) (Jacques Audiard) 94/100
Adoration (Atom Egoyan) 73/100
Brothers (Jim Sheridan) 70/100
Crude (Joe Berlinger) 58/100
Humpday [2009] (Lynn Shelton) 50/100
Invictus (Clint Eastwood) 80/100
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (Lee Daniels) 62/100
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (Mat Whitecross) 53/100
Sherlock Holmes [2009] (Guy Ritchie) 33/100
Still Walking (Aruitemo aruitemo) (Hirokazu Koreeda) 90/100
The Boys Are Back (Scott Hicks) 57/100
The Island (Ostrov) (Pavel Lungin) 59/100
The Lovely Bones (Peter Jackson) 18/100
The Princess and the Frog (Ron Clements, John Musker) 63/100
The Road (John Hillcoat) 84/100
Treeless Mountain (So Yong Kim) 80/100
Up In The Air (Jason Reitman) 76/100

Eager to Watch:

Will Watch:
Anonyma - A Women In Berlin (Eine Frau in Berlin) (Max Färberböck)
Masquerades (Mascarades) (Lyes Salem)

Might Possibly Watch:
Only When I Dance (Beadie Finzi)
OSS 117: Lost In Rio (OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus) (Michel Hazanavicius)
Our Beloved Month of August (Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto) (Miguel Gomes)
Tony (Gerard Johnson)

Have No Interest In Whatsoever:
All About Steve (Phil Traill)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (Betty Thomas)
Astro Boy (David Bowers)
Christmas In Wonderland (James Orr)
New Moon [2009] (Chris Weitz)
Ninja Assassin (James McTeigue)
Southern Softies (Graham Fellows)
Spread (David Mackenzie)

Edits:
Moved The Road from Eager to Watch to Watched 13/1/10
Moved Up in the Air from Eager to Watch to Watched 22/1/10
Moved A Prophet from Eager to Watch to Watched 24/1/10
Moved Brothers from Eager to Watch to Watched 27/1/10
Moved 44 Inch Chest from Might Possibly Watch to Watched 30/1/10
Moved Invictus from Eager to Watch to Watched 6/2/10
Moved Precious from Eager to Watch to Watched 7/2/10
Moved The Boys Are Back from Might Possibly Watch to Watched 13/2/10
Moved The Island from Will Watch to Watched 20/2/10
Moved The Lovely Bones from Eager to Watch to Watched 6/3/10
Moved Crude from Might Possibly Watch to Watched 13/3/10
Moved The Princess and The Frog From Might Possibly Watch to Watched 30/3/10
Moved Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll From Will Watch to Watched 14/9/10