Review : The Jealous God @ The Rex Cinema in Elland. 8th September 2005 The Rex is a tiny little cinema with only one screen and is probably nearing a hundred years old. They even have an interval in the middle of the films and bring round ice cream and nuts and things so its proper old fashioned. Its one of them places I visited regularly when I was a nipper with my granddad, so it was nice to go back again really! So there we were waiting around outside the Rex, with quite a few television crews, news and radio reported all waiting in anticipation for the stars of the film to arrive in the 1950s cars. I must admit I really wasnt waiting in much anticipation for these stars (I was actually more looking forward to seeing the cars!) Most of them were from Corrie or had been, so Ill be honest there wasnt anyone reet big there. The Mayor of Calderdale turned up and allt local biddies were there, all in Sunday best, and me! Anyway they turned up and got a bit of a reception, had a few photos and things, then we eventually went in and sat down. Before the film started we sat though some talk and things from the directors and a local hospice who were receiving the profits from the premiere. There were also a few tunes from the organ player, strutting his bita stuff ont organ with his Union-Jack socks on - he made me smile! The film itsself was much better than I expected. There were many faces to be recognised such as Jason Merrells, Denise Welch, Miaread Carty and many more. The basic plot is about Yorkshire life in the 1960s, it depicts the strong religious nature of most families at the time, and how it was frowned upon when people of different religions came together in marriage. It is a story about Vincent and his love life really. He is 30 and still lives with his mum (a devout Catholic). He's the youngest of three brothers, the other two married with children - one a drunk, the other a solicitor. Vincents mother had wanted him to be a priest, but this never came about. And throughout the film you see how very un-priest-like Vincent really is! Vincent eventually falls in love with the new librarian at his local library, Laura. After a few days of seeing her he finds out from her deranged flat mate that she is Protestant and also still married. The news kills him and he ends up sleeping with his drunken brother's wife, who later ends up being pregnant, she thinks with his baby. Anyway Laura and Vincent eventually get back together after some cringe worthy events involving Lauras husband. I really enjoyed the film although some parts were a little boring, and at first it was a bit hard to get into, but over all it was quite good recognising all the local places in the film and the overall plot was OK. Im going to give this film a 6/10 because I liked the local setting.
Review : Whisky @ Cubby Broccoli Cinema, NMPFT, Bradford 15th August Right well, then! This film - hmmmm...... If Im honest it aint reet good!. Basically its about this guy who owns this sock factory and this woman who works for him ends up pretending to be his wife whilst his brother comes over from Brazil. I dunno why. This film doesnt tell you. Not a lot happens. They have a nice time. The sock factory guy sits around and gets miserable, and they end up going away for a few days. They then come home and go back to work and everything goes back to normal. For a start its foreign which, stupid me, I didnt think to look at so, sorry folks, its a bit of a rubbish one this week! but I mean go on, go see it if ya like. I aint stopping you. Ya might like it?! I give this film a 3/10 coz it was bloody boring!  | So good you'll beat yrself up over it! |
Review : Adam & Paul @ Cubby Broccoli Cinema, NMPFT, Bradford 7th August Well, well, well.....hmmm a bit of an upsetting film. This film's basiclly about a few days in the lives of two Irish druggies and how they 'score their next hit'. All the way through you never really get to know which one's Adam and which one's Paul but I suppose it doesn't really matter. Played by Mark O'Hallora and Tom Murphy. One of them is a complete goon and is constantly getting hurt, he gets run over by a mope-head, punched in the face on numerous occasions and is just generally unlucky. The other, more the gaffer, says very little. During the film there are a few things they try to do to get a bit of cash for their next hit but all fail miserably. One part in the film which stuck out the most for me, was a where they see this Downs-syndrome boy standing at the bus stop waiting for his bus alone. They go over, take him down this alley and take his bag off him and his bus fare. Nothing he has is worth anything so they just leave him standing there with all his things all over the floor. This scene completely gutted me and I really did find it very emotional. The film overall has its highs and lows. I did enjoy it as it is a very realistic approach of how these types of people live. I found some parts quite sickening and depressing so I would understand why some people may not approve of the film. But the film is about drugs and sadly it is an issue in today's world and maybe this is another window for people on the outside to look in. I do recommend this film as a must see mainly to inform people of this issue. I give this film a 6/10 for its realistic content and for the fantastic photography in it.  | | Have a lil sit down and watch Festival! |
Review : Festival @ Cubby Broccoli Cinema, NMPFT, Bradford
Monday 1st July!
Wow! What a start to my little film review section. I absolutely loved this film. I understand that it might not be everyone's cuppa tea but I found it just so amusing. It really is brilliant! Basically it's about the lives of a dozen or so people who have acts or are involved in the Edinburgh Festival.
There are so really funny parts with the use of dark humour and just blatant blunt comedy. It's one of those films that really doesn't have a point to it, it's just about some stuff that happens, which I think is what I like about it. For this reason I don't think it will appeal to a lot of people because nothing major happens.
Starring Stephen Mangan (Yes that annoying doctor from Green Wing), Amelia Bullmore and Billy Carter, it has a great cast and you really get to know each character throughout the film, some parts quite gruelling, explicit and a few quite moving. If you're interested in the arts or film making etc I reckon you'll love this film and I 100% recommend it to anyone who'll give any film a chance!
As my first Art House Film Review, I give this film 7/10
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