I can't believe it took you that long, moi! While it does have its flaws, that is still one of my favorite movies. I saw it twice in theaters and now own it on Blu-Ray, but nothing can beat the suspense from watching it the first time.

I know! I don;t know why I've never seen it before - it was on the tely. But I'm going to buy it on DVD - it's certainly one I'll be watching again!

50/50 is a pretty dark, bleak comedy about a young guy (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who discovers he has a life-threatening tumour on his spine, and it kind of follows him and his friends as they try to come to terms with his cancer. It was really eye-opening, there were bits where it made you laugh but then you almost felt bad for laughing considering the subject matter, but then it has the ability of making you cry oh so easily. It was seriously moving, and resonated with me purely because my grandmother has beaten cancer twice, it was a very personal feeling, it made you think about what you'd do in the same situation. Very good film.

I really liked 50/50 too. Very well done. Best performance by a comedian I normally find a bit irritating.

Just finished watching Pearl Jam Twenty. I guess it was ok, but I think I probably would've enjoyed it a whole lot more if I hadn't stopped listening to them around 95 or 96, because that is just one quarter of the band's story. I love a good archive material documentary and this movie had plenty of it. Even from the early days, which is always nice. I'd say there's not much to see here if you're not a fan, but I've got a feeling that it's a real treat for those that are.

Just watched "Restrepo", a 2010 documentary about American soldiers stationed in one of the worst valleys in Afghanistan. I think I went in expecting a little more action and emotion from the soldiers, but it was still a very well-done documentary as it doesn't really try and focus on a message, just show what it's like for these young soldiers over in Afghanistan.

I did become bummed out at the end though when I remembered that the director, who had become embedded with another platoon while covering the Libyan civil war, died last year from a mortar strike.

Moneyball

Brad Pitt

Jonah Hill

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian

Directed by Bennett Miller

The chemistry of a good movie is an impenetrable secret. It’s like alchemy. Talented, intelligent and well-intentioned people make bad movies all the time. So it’s a genuine pleasure when the realization washes over you that you’re watching a good one. It’s one of my favorite feelings.

I started to get that feeling in Moneyball around the time Brad Pitt discovers his numbers guru, a schlub who’s working for another team.

That moment of discovery reveals the beating heart of Moneyball. You think it’s a movie about baseball. You think it’s a movie about arcane statistics. It’s not. It’s a movie about people, about life’s struggle, about adversity and overcoming it.

It is -- as the credits reminded me -- a movie co-written by Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, The Social Network, Charlie Wilson’s War), a man who has a rare ability to bring emotion and passion to the driest of material.

You can’t ignore the movie trope at the center of Moneyball. It is Rocky, it is Hoosiers, it is Karate Kid. But formulas exist for a reason. We like them. Even Romeo and Juliet, after all, is a formula.

As ever, what separates the good from the bad is the quality of the story-telling. And Aaron Sorkin is a very, very good story teller. He makes you care about the disrespected general manager of an impoverished baseball club. He makes you celebrate the fat, nerdy stats freak who helps to change the culture of a sport. He makes you care about their failures and their successes.

Brad Pitt walks a tightrope as Billy Beane, the GM of the Oakland Athletics baseball team. His performance strays dangerously close to parody when he depicts Beane as one of those physical, confident, demonstrative, back-slapping ex-athletes who breaks things when he’s angry. Although he comes close, Pitt never quite loses his balance or strays over the line.

Comic actor Jonah Hill plays the aforementioned numbers schlub with convincing sincerity and honesty. It’s an excellent, low-key performance which helps carry the movie.

The other performance worth mentioning is by Ken Medlock, who plays Billy Beane’s early nemesis. As Chief Scout Grady Fuson, he represents the old order, the guys whose jobs are threatened by Beane’s revolutionary new approach to evaluating players. Medlock brings a confrontational and menacing insubordination as his character basically tries to bully his boss into doing things the traditional way. It’s good stuff.

I never thought I’d write this, but Philip Seymour Hoffman, although good, is kind of invisible as manager Art Howe. And Robin Penn Wright is just wasted as Beane’s ex-wife.

But they’re the exception. Moneyball is a movie that generally finds the pulse of its characters and works its way into your heart. This movie about a loser, is a winner.

Just watched "Restrepo", a 2010 documentary about American soldiers stationed in one of the worst valleys in Afghanistan. I think I went in expecting a little more action and emotion from the soldiers, but it was still a very well-done documentary as it doesn't really try and focus on a message, just show what it's like for these young soldiers over in Afghanistan.

I did become bummed out at the end though when I remembered that the director, who had become embedded with another platoon while covering the Libyan civil war, died last year from a mortar strike.

Have you seen Armadillo? I've got in on my "to watch" -list at the moment, but haven't got around to watching it yet. Talking of war documentaries about recent conflicts that I have seen, I thought I'd mention Baghdad ER and Control Room, both of which are about the US war in Iraq, but from different viewpoints. The former shows us war from the viewpoint of medical personnel(it does get quite graphic at times, I must warn you), and the latter is about the role of media in war. Both are pretty interesting.

Crocodile Dundee, the original movie. Just enjoy watching it when its on.

I know! I don;t know why I've never seen it before - it was on the tely. But I'm going to buy it on DVD - it's certainly one I'll be watching again!

I own it on DVD and to be honest it really is a 1 shot film, once you've seen it you know!!

I watched it again and was just waiting for the 'thing' to happen!

I own it on DVD and to be honest it really is a 1 shot film, once you've seen it you know!!

I watched it again and was just waiting for the 'thing' to happen!

I know, but there'll be lots of good bits of dialogue that I missed, and I'll be able to spot clues that might have warned me what "the thing" was!

Their is that, and as you said it really is a well acted movie!

I'm going to see Man On The Ledge tonoght - Ed Harris, Jamie Bell, Sam Worthington.. The only problem is it's in French and I really don;t like dubbed films - it's weird hearing the wrong voices coming out of people's mouths!

I watched some random film called "The Core" last night, it was sh*t.

Finally saw "Drive". Really enjoyed it, although I think they could've toned the violence down a bit. The sound of him stomping on a guy's head was bad enough, I don't need to see it happen. When real gory stuff happens it takes me out of the movie viewing experience, as I either think about how much it would hurt to have that happen to me, or note how fake it looked.

Since it was the top of so many critics' year end movie lists, I figured my girlfriend would want to see it. She did not enjoy it at all! Oops!

Well, Man On A Ledge is OK but it's not great. It was entertaining without provoking any deep thought. That's acceptable - I'm glad I went, but I won;t go and see it again and I won't be buying it on DVD.

There is a cheap shop jusy beside the cinema which sells absolutely everything at knock down prioces, so for 1 euro 95 I got a copy of Lars Von Trier's Epidemic, and a Federico Fellini film called Prova D'Orchestra - Orchestra Rehearsal? (not one I'd heard of before). So I'm looking forward to watching those next time there's nothing worth watching on telly - oh, like tomorrow...

I'm going to see Man On The Ledge tonoght - Ed Harris, Jamie Bell, Sam Worthington.. The only problem is it's in French and I really don;t like dubbed films - it's weird hearing the wrong voices coming out of people's mouths!

I hate that the French dub foreign films. I'd much rather have subtitles.

Just watched 127 hours. Very good fim, very well acted. Amazing story about that guy trapped in a canyon by a boulder.

Keen to see Moneyball, but it didn't stay long in the cinemas around here, so I'll have to wait for the DVD. I thought the book was superb.

I finally watched "This is Spinal Tap". Really enjoyed it, but definitely not the funniest movie ever like some of my friends would have me believe.

I finally watched "This is Spinal Tap". Really enjoyed it, but definitely not the funniest movie ever like some of my friends would have me believe.

It's a movie that grew on me as I realized how utterly accurate a satire it is. It stands up very well to repeat viewings. Razor sharp and skewers its target better than could be imagined.

It's a movie that grew on me as I realized how utterly accurate a satire it is.

I think it was Ozzy Osbourne who said that he didn't find the movie all that funny because many of the daft things portrayed in the movie had happened to him or his mates.

The documentary "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" instantly reminded me of Spinal Tap. It's not as funny, but it's got a lot of heart, and I'd say it's one of the best movies about music that I've seen. And I don't even like Anvil's music(at all).

My daughter brought me to Jack and Jill. I knew nothing about it. It started badly when I saw that it was written by Adam Sandler. "Hopefully he won't be in it" I thought. First scene and there he was, as irritating as usual. He then says "Oh no, my sister is coming to stay" At that point the true awfulness of the next 90 minutes dawned on me. I don't need to tell you to avoid this one.

Al Pacino should retire.

...Adam Sandler. "Hopefully he won't be in it" I thought...

I've heard he's ok in "Punch-Drunk Love" and the movie is supposed to be good, but I haven't been able to start watching it yet because I know that Sandler's in it.

The documentary "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" instantly reminded me of Spinal Tap. It's not as funny, but it's got a lot of heart, and I'd say it's one of the best movies about music that I've seen. And I don't even like Anvil's music(at all).

That's a great film - highly recommended.

I've heard he's ok in "Punch-Drunk Love" and the movie is supposed to be good, but I haven't been able to start watching it yet because I know that Sandler's in it.

I honestly believe Sandler is now taking the piss, and he knows it. He makes utter dross now but knows it will rake in a sh*t load of cash.

"Happiness" arrived in my post box half an hour ago. Will I manage to wait till tonight to watch it, I wonder?

Watched MI: Ghost Protocol yesterday, it was ok I would say that I enjoyed it, but not as much as the first 3!

Simply put if you've got a spare two and a half hours you could do worse!