Day 45: This Is England

"Some people say we're racists, We're not racists. We're realists. Some people call us Nazis, We're not Nazis. No, what we are, we are nationalists and there's a reason people try to pigeonhole us like this. And that is because of one word, gentlemen. Fear.”

As a Sequel of This is England is on the horizon soon, I thought it would be fitting to review it. A movie about skinheads and racism was always going to be a touchy subject when released in 2006, especially at a time where the UK was cracking down on racism. Director Shane meadows does well in producing a movie that the majority of the UK can relate to in the 80’s.

Day 38: Secrets and Lies

“Life isn't fair then is it. Somebody always draws the short straw”

Mike Leigh, an English director who with little money still pulls of movies that can be considered the best films in British history. I must admit, a lot of Leigh’s films don’t appeal to me, but I know if I gave it a try I would love it. I rarely see his films get bad reviews and most of his low budget films always become the favourite’s when shown in the Cannes festival.

Day 31: City Of God

“Have you lost your mind? You are just a kid!"

“A kid? I smoke, I snort. I've killed and robbed. I'm a man."

This was my first foreign movie I had watched (apart from American films) and didn’t know what to expect. I heard everyone rave about it and seen a lot of good reviews so I had high expectations of it, it didn’t disappoint! It was adapted by Braulio Mantovani from the 1997 novel of the same name written by Paulo Lins and directed by debutant Fernando Meirelles. For inexperience director to make a movie of this calibre with a low budget is really incredible, I guess it’s a compliment for Meirelles’s movie being compared to Scorsese’s “GoodFellas”.

Day 25: Superbad

"Its like a three thing..its like ball, dick, ball. It's like a division sign... "

There are only a few selected films I have seen more than 5 times, and this movie is one them. I have watched this so many times I know every line and it still makes me laugh. Greg Mottola does a good job in directing his movie debut and it wasn’t hard to guess that Seth Rogan wrote this. Mottola hasn’t done much since Superbad, in fact all he has done is Adventureland which was an average movie. None the less it’s going to be tough to beat Superbad.

Day 18: Kidulthood

"Before Adulthood..... Comes Kidulthood"

Teenage pregnancy, gun crime and suicide are three issues that is likely to come across in almost any newspaper everyday in Britain. Britain's streets are currently the most vicious and unsafe generation our nation has ever seen. With no respect and no morals, this film portrays a detailed insight of real life events in London.

Day 11: "Toy Story 3"

Andy: "The thing that makes Woody special is he'll never give up on you...ever. He'll be there for you, no matter what."


I couldn’t help myself but do a review for one of my favourite movies of all time, the UK drew the short straw and where one of the last country’s to show the movie but it was definitely worth the wait. The fact I haven’t seen a bad review for this movie yet shows how good this movie really is. I had been waiting over a decade to see a 3rd toy story.