Whooo, brave choice of outcome there Mark. I haven't seen Hereafter yet, so I can't comment, but I'd disagree with many of your comments about Bruce Willis in TSS. I thought Willis showed a fantastic restraint in his performance, completely captivating and genuinely better than Toni Colette - although I agree he was out-acted by Osment. Interesting outcome, which means I'm gonna have to check out Eastwood's latest to see if I agree!

I'm going to go against you here Beau. I think Inception lacks the characterisation quality of Dark Knight, if only for the poorly concieved supporting characters of Nolan's latest work. I don't buy into the argument of those other Inception characters being given short thrift intentionally, because to me that's just an excuse for bad writing. I think the overall accomplishment of Inception is better than Dark Knight, but the lack of characterisation in Inception is what will ultimately see it not able to stand the test of time like the Batman sequel. Great review, as usual though.

Sarcasm noted. TTRL isn't subtle. It's art-house pretension of the highest order. I like character development as much as anybody else, I just don't get that out of Malick's movie. All I get is a sore bum waiting for something.... anything... to happen. Thanks for the sarcasm though, I needed some of that! ;)

Wow, Mark, you focussed almost entirely on the acting in both these films.... which is something I'm not sure the film-makers were trying to worry about! I would disagree with you that Predator is "as step slow", I felt it was perfectly edited to build suspense. The action, akin to Cameron's use of action and dramatic tension after a slow buildup in Aliens, comes hot and heavy during the final act of Predator, which is a great payoff for the gradual killing of the mercenary crew sent into the jungle. I haven't seen Predators yet, but I will be doing so soon. I hope it lives up to the big plaudits you've given it!!

Agree with you on "Duplicity," Sherry. Folks, if you haven't seen "Duplicity" yet, then can I urge you to do so! I watched it on the weekend and was more than impressed with it, much more so than another Jason Segel "comedy".

Finally got around to seeing "From Paris With Love", and I have to say I agree with all of your statements here Bryce. Both films have a high entertainment value, although "Taken" pips out "Paris" with a little more intelligence behind the screenplay. Both are worth a look, though.

I don't normally disparage people on this site, but you're an idiot. That doesn't even make sense.

I actually enjoyed the first SATC film, a lot more than I expected. By the sounds of this, and by some of the clips I've seen, I will skip the sequel until I get a freebie at the DVD rental store.

I hate to be cruel, but if Jonah Hill doesn't watch it, he's going to go the same way as John Candy. Although, now that I think of it, John Candy was actually funny. Jonah Hill is just fat and obnoxious. Emphasis on "noxious". I have no desire to see "Greek", while "Almost Famous" looks like the Mona Lisa next to monkey scribble by comparison.

Just caught An Education last night on DVD. I have to say, I thought it was a wonderful film. I haven't seen Single Man yet to comment on the result, but anybody who hasn't seen An Education yet needs to do so immediately.Great review as usual!!

Fitzroy, I lack the vocabulary to tell you what my brain is thinking of you right now. I suggest that you are incapable of coming up with anything creative on your own, and thus must resort to baseless insults to start some sort of flame war. My suggestion? Go back to whatever intellectually shallow gene pool you spawned from and save the film analysis for people with, oh, a brain.

Great. I wonder now if I'm in the "mindless" category....

Yep. With you on that one.

Except in Michael Bay films, story will always be more important than special effects. Glad you enjoyed Robert!

If you appreciate good storytelling, you will.

I am ashamed to say I've never seen either of these films. I shall have to rectify this immediately. Great review Mr Sanchez!

Sure Karl, I have heard of it, and (a while ago) seen it. I guess I should have been more specific in my opening statement: perhaps I should have intimated that perhaps we'd never seen the blood and fury of battle through the eyes of a soldier, quite like this.

I tend to agree with you Sen, re your comments on how realistic/believable CGI is at displaying convincing emotion. I would disagree somewhat that people hate on Avatar (and Wall-E) because it displays us in a negatve light: I think the most positive comments have come from the fact that both films inherently DO show us in a negative light, a kind of moral compass in action, if you will, to try and ensure we as a species don't go down that route. Personally, I think the emotional content of the CGI "avatars" and creatures was pretty well dones, particularly some of the work done on Zoe Saldana's character. I can understand WHY Sherry perhaps doesn't appreciate it like you or I do, but that doesn't mean her opinion on it is any less valid from a characterisation point of view. On the subject of Tim Burton, I agree with you wholeheartedly: Burton needs to get away from simply darkening down classic stories and try something truly original again. I think his Batman Returns was the best of the four 90's franchise films, and as close to the true nature of the character as was possible at the time. Otherwise, I've been consistently let-down by his films, from Sleepy Hollow, Planet of The Apes, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory and everything post-Edward Scissorhands, his last truly unique film. Since then, it's all style over substance. And if the dreadful marketing campaign for Alice in Wonderland is any indication, I'm going to be let down again.

Woops! You're right Rick. Thanks for the pickup. Consider that corrected.

Damn you Michael Bay!!! Oh, wait, wrong website. Oh dear.... My favourite Scorsese film ever is Bringing out The Dead. Awesome film!!! That said, I cannot wait to see Shutter Island, and now it looks as if another fine film must grab my attention, The Ghost Writer. Excellent review once again Sherry!

I'm with you on 3D. Yawn. Over it already.

They should have let Sacha Baron Cohen do his bit. might have made it more interesting. Poor Ben Stiller died out there!

Hear hear. The organisers even sat Cameron right behind Bigelow at the ceremony, as if they were waiting for the fireworks to start! I am so glad Avatar didn't win, because there were other films in the Ten Best that were better. Haven't seen Hurt locker yet, but I will soon!

You've opened Pandora's Box here Bryce! If Superman and Clark ever needed to appear "together" to show the world they were two different people, Clark always brought out one of those Super Robots he made and kept in the Fortress Of Solitude. I assume his Super brain would think of something like this anyway. I always enjoyed the fact that everybody assumed Superman, who didn't hide his identity by using a mask, was Superman 24/7, and that Clark was just somebody who resembled him a bit. It's the conceit of this concept that kept the comics going for so long. Of course, having Clark and Lois as a couple, with her knowing "the secret" takes the pressure off logic hounds to explain it all..... Honestly, if you're going to make a "realistic" Superman a la current comic-book films like Batman and Iron Man, I'd have Lois and Clark get together so we don't have to worry about it. Plus, it'll put a new angle on Lois's angst whenever Clark goes into battle with a super-powered arch enemy. Great article nonetheless....

I loved the costuming in Young Victoria. In fact, I really loved Young Victoria overall... And I still haven't got to see Sherlock yet, though that may have to wait til BluRay....