By Toby Weidmann.
"Adios, Red Rock.”
What’s it about?
When jobless loner Michael Williams (Nicolas Cage) is mistaken for an assassin and decides to take on the hit, he soon discovers he's way out of his depth, especially when the real hitman (Dennis Hopper) shows up and isn't happy there's a 'rival' already on the scene.
By Lizzie Husher.
"Mrs Robinson, if you don’t mind me saying so, this conversation is getting a little strange.”
What’s it about?
A naïve and vaguely bewildered young graduate returns from college to find himself thrust into a series of congratulatory occasions and facing an entirely uncertain future. Soon however, he is propositioned by one of his parents’ oldest friends and a combination of adolescent curiosity, a faint desire to rebel and post-university boredom cause him to succumb to her calculating advances. Things become messier still, when the graduate finds himself drawn to the woman’s daughter.
By Toby Weidmann.
"Don't pop a blood vessel, you little penis.”
What’s it about?
Ace hitman Chev Chelios is poisoned by a conniving Mob boss seeking revenge. The only way Chev can keep his heart pumping, and thus buy him time to find an antidote, is by keeping his adrenaline cranked up to the max. All of which makes Chev one buzzed up badass on a mission.
0500 The award for Directing. Could it be the first African-American in Lee Daniels, or the first woman and it is... Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker! Wow, fantastic. Guardian film critic Jason Solomons is right, she does have great arms. And without much messing around, Tom Hanks is on stage, opening an envelope and the Best Picture goes to The Hurt Locker as well!
So that's six Oscars for The Hurt Locker, the overall winner you might say and a fine, fine film. I thought Avatar was a great spectacle and Up was the most outright enjoyable film of the year but I can't deny that The Hurt Locker was terrific in what was a year of very good but not absolutely brilliant movies. Here are Adam's final thoughts.
Unable to decide what to write about, I'm going to give you veritable cornucopia of filmy treats on TV today.
The Age of Innocence (3.10, Five), classy period drama starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder.
The Railway Children (3.45pm, ITV3), charming family drama starring Jenny Agutter and Bernard Cribbins.
Walter Stratford: "Do you know what happens at proms?"
Bianca: "Yes. We'll dance, we'll kiss, we'll come home. It's not quite the crisis situation you imagine."
Walter Stratford: "Kissing? That's what you think happens? I've got news for you. Kissing isn't what keeps me up to my elbows in placenta all day long.”
What’s it about?
In a nutshell, Shakepeare's The Taming of the Shrew for the '90s teenager. Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger) accepts money to date the miserable Katarina Stratford (Julia Stiles) but ends up falling in love with her.
"I'm robbing a bank because they got money here. That's why I'm robbing it.”
What’s it about?
Two first time crooks attempt to rob a bank in New York. But being novices doesn't stand them in good stead. They miss the daily cash pick up and then decide to take hostages. Not only that, but the reason for the robbery in the first place is to pay for Sonny (Al Pacino)'s wife's gender reassignment operation.
By Toby Weidmann.
"Don't pop a blood vessel, you little penis.”
What’s it about?
Ace hitman Chev Chelios is poisoned by a conniving Mob boss seeking revenge. The only way Chev can keep his heart pumping, and thus buy him time to find an antidote, is by keeping his adrenaline cranked up to the max. All of which makes Chev one buzzed up badass on a mission.
"Every shadow, no matter how deep, is threatened by morning light."
Walter Stratford: "Do you know what happens at proms?"
Bianca: "Yes. We'll dance, we'll kiss, we'll come home. It's not quite the crisis situation you imagine."
Walter Stratford: "Kissing? That's what you think happens? I've got news for you. Kissing isn't what keeps me up to my elbows in placenta all day long.”
What’s it about?
In a nutshell, Shakepeare's The Taming of the Shrew for the '90s teenager. Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger) accepts money to date the miserable Katarina Stratford (Julia Stiles) but ends up falling in love with her.
