Saturday 13 July 2013

Letterboxd

OK, kidna ditching the blog in favour for Letterboxd. I don't doubt i'll get a negative comment on a review that will offend me and make me give it up. but at the very least, starige out of 5.
http://letterboxd.com/pac_white/films/diary/

Monday 20 May 2013

The Hunt (2012)

In Brief: Lucas(Mads Mikkelsen) is teacher working at a Kindergarten after his school had been closed down. The Kids love him and He's a respected member of the community. One day, he see's his Best Friend, Theo (Thomas Bo Larsen), young daughter, Klara (Annika Wedderkopp),out the front of the local supermarket, unsure of how to get home. Lucas walks her home, and on another occasion, walks her to school. When being picked up from kindergarten, Klara tells one of the supervisors that Lucas had exposed himself to her, and his life is suddenly, and irrevocably change.


Monday 6 May 2013

Sleepwalk with Me (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013), The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)

Sleepwalk with Me, In Brief: 
Matt (Mike Birbiglia) Recounts the tale of his rocky yet loving relationship with Abby (Lauren Ambrose), the development of his sleeping disorder, and take off of his comedy career.

Iron Man 3, In Brief: Tony Stark(Robert Downey Jr) is back, Filled with regret and fear, hiding away from the world in his Basement working on his next Armor. Pepper (Gwyneth Paltrow) has stepped up as CEO of Stark Enterprises, and Rhodey (Don Cheadle) War Machine has received a make over courtesy of The American Government and AIM, into Iron Patriot to boost confidence in the wake of the events in New York last year. A International Terrorist, The Mandarine (Ben Kingsley) starts blowing places up without bombs.

The Place Beyond the Pines, In Brief: Luke(Ryan Gosling) is a Carnival Stunt rider, traveling america, every year he comes through Schenedtady. The previous season Luke had a one night stand with waitress Romina(Eva Mendes), that resulted in a bouncing Baby Boy, who she raises with her partner. Luke turns to Bank Robbery as a way to provide for his Family. Meanwhile, Bar Certified Rookie Cop Avery(Bradley Cooper) struggles in a job that doesn't have the support of his Family.



Thursday 25 April 2013

The Company you Keep (2012)

In Brief: Sharon Stolzar (Susan Sarandon) leaves her family one morning, and while going into New York, she's arrested by the FBI. Sharon has spent the last 30 or so years living under a assumed identity after her student activist group, The Weather Underground, shot a security guard during a bank robbery. Her capture sparks a Journalist (Shia LaBeouf) to look into her story, and start following the connections to Jim Grant (Robert Redford) who appears to know more then he's letting on, about the activity of The weather Underground.


Thursday 4 April 2013

Trance (2013)

In Brief: Simon (James McAvoy), is a Art Auctioneer, With a Gambling Debt. He arranges with a local criminal Franck (Vincent Cassel). Only, He chooses to double cross him. During the robbery, Simon is beaten and looses his short term memory. After Franck decieds he's not lying, they enlist the help of Elizabeth (Rosario Dawson), A Hypnotist, to unlock the missing memory.


Promised Land (2012), Hara-Kiri : Death of a Samurai (2011)

Promised Land, In Brief: Steve (Matt Damon) is roaming the country convincing people to allow them to build Natural Gas wells on they're properties with his partner (Frances McDormand). During a town meeting, they are met with some resistance from the townspeople, and an environmentalist (John Krasinski) who has been burned by big corporation tries to encourage the town to reject the offer.

Hara Kiri : Death of a Samurai, in Brief: A Ronin (Kôji Yakusho) approaches the house of a fudal lord, requesting the use of his courtyard to die with Honour. The lords advisor recounts of another young Ronin (Eita), who requested the same service.


Thursday 21 March 2013

Anna Karenina (2012)

In Brief: Anna (Keria Knightley), while on a trip to speak with her Sister Dolly (Kelly MacDonald) about her cheating Husband (Matthew MacFadyen), when she Meets Vronsky (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). There's a Spark, and Vronsky peruses Anna, catching the attention of her politician husband (Jude Law). As they're passions Ignite, people are bound to be hurt, and forgiveness is always in question.


Tuesday 12 March 2013

Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Amour (2012)

Zero Dark Thirty, in Brief:
CIA operative, codenamed "Maya"(Jessica Chastain) embarks on a 10 year journey to investigate and capture Osama Bin Laden, through many means.

Amour, in Brief:
George(Jean-Louis Trintignant) and Anne(Emmanuelle Riva), two retired music teachers, living in Paris, seperated from they're married daughter. One day, after following a concert, Anne displays signs that distress George, and soon, she has a stroke. After returning home, Anne makes Geogre promis her that he'll never let her go back to the hospital.

The Imposter (2012)

In Brief: Based on the true story of  Frédéric Bourdin, Who, in 1997, frauded his way in to the United States of America, posing as Nicholas Barclay, a 16 year old boy, who's been missing for 3 years. The boy's family meets the man claiming to be Nicholas, and instantly believe that the 23 year old, brown eye black haired man is they're missing blue eye'd blonde.

Friday 1 March 2013

Silver Linings Playbook (2012), Lincoln (2012)

In Brief, Silver Linings Playbook: Pat (Bradley Cooper), has Just finished up his 8 mandatory months in a institution after being diagnosed as Bi Polar . He move's into his parents(Jacki Weaver and Robert De Niro) attic, Trying to turn his life around, he's started exercising, and starts reading his estranged wife's high school curriculum, in a effort to show he's changed and win her back. While having dinner at a friends house, He meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), a vibrant, and troubled young woman who's coming to terms with her  husbands death.
In Brief, Lincoln:  President Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day Lewis), Pushes to get the 13th amendment introduced before the start of his second term, in a effort to abolish Slavery and put an End to the Civil War. With Secretary of State William Seward (David Strathairn) trying to arrange Democratic Senators to vote for the Amendment.

Wednesday 30 January 2013

Django Unchained (2012)

In Brief: Dr. King Shultz (Christopher  Waltz), seeks out the slave Django (Jamie Foxx), to help him get the bounty who Django is familiar with. Once Freed, Django assists Shultz in bounty hunting, in a to get back his wife Broomhilda, who was purchased by Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio)

Friday 18 January 2013

Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

In Brief: Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis) lives in a small house, raised off the ground, where she keeps all her and her mothers possesion, Her father, Wink (Dwight Henry), lives a short distance away in a shack in a area called 'the bath tub', a small commune to the South of America. Hush Puppy is 5 years old. A storm is comming, and the ice caps are melting, and soon, the Bath Tub will be underwater.

Friday 11 January 2013

The Hobbit pt1 An Unexpected Journey (2012)

In Brief: On the day of his eleventy first birthday party, Bilbo Baggins (Ian Holm) begins to write a story, to pass down to his Nephew, Frodo (Elijah Wood), recounting the tale of a younger Bilbo's (Martin Freeman) encounter with Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen), who enlists the help of the young Hobbit to join a company of dwarfs, led by Thorin (Richard Armitage), to reclaim they're mountain home from the dragon Smaug.

Friday 4 January 2013

Les Miserables(2012), Jack Reacher (2012)

Les Miserables, in Brief:
19th Century France, Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is released from a 20 year stretch in prison, where he's watched over by Jarvert (Russel Crowe). Over the Years, Valjean manages to make good, although he manages to this by avoiding his parole.While Fantine (Anne Hathaway), tries to provide for her daughter, being looked after several towns over.

Jack Reacher, in Brief:
A man(Jai Courtney), from a vantage point in a parking lot, shoots 6 people, then vanishes. As the police investigate the crime, they arrest James Barr (Joseph Sikora), who responds to his interegation with a single written message 'Get Jack Reacher' (Tom Cruise). Reacher, Former Military Police, is a drifter, and arrives on the seen as soon as he hears what Barr has been accused of, and with the assistance of his Lawyer (Rosamund Pike), begins to investiage the case.

Tuesday 1 January 2013

Wreck it Ralph (2012)

In Brief: Ralph (John C. Riley) in a Villain of a 80's Arcade game, Fix if Felix, Jr. It's the role he's played in this game for 30 years at the local arcade. But on the inside, He doesn't feel like a Villain. That doesn't stop everyone treating him like one still. Ralph wants a little recognition for the role he plays, a thank you. When a wager is made that could see him living in the Penthouse of a Apartment, He sets out to win a Medal in a neighbouring game, First Person Shoot Hero's Duty.