http://www.meewella.com/critic In the View of P Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:58:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en director: Marc Forster starring: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric running time: 106 mins rating: 12A Despite clocking it at around half an hour shorter than any of the recent Bond films, Quantum of Solace actually proves one of the most exhausting to view, feeling like a single protracted action sequence in ... http://www.meewella.com/critic/quantum-of-solace-2008.php director: Brad Bird starring: Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Peter Sohn, Brad Garrett, Janeane Garofalo, Ian Holm, Peter O'Toole running time: 111 mins rating: U Over the past decade Pixar has been growing steadily and is now churning out a film every year, yet somehow always of impeccable quality in visuals and heart. Ratatouille ... http://www.meewella.com/critic/ratatouille-2007.php director: Sam Raimi starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace running time: 140 mins rating: 12A The most worrying thing about the disappointing final instalment of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy is the fact that no one seems entirely sure exactly how much was dropped on producing it. It ... http://www.meewella.com/critic/spider-man-3-2007.php director: Martin Campbell starring: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green running time: 144 mins rating: 12A The selection of Daniel Craig as the new Bond sparked an outcry at the idea of this blonde-haired, blue-eyed Bond. I was a vocal supporter having seen him carry Layer Cake and later ... http://www.meewella.com/critic/casino-royale-2006.php director: James McTeigue starring: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt running time: 132 mins rating: 15 A Catholic who lights fireworks on the 5th of November, blissfully unaware of the irony, is not wrong, merely telling. V's continual references to Guy Fawkes, not least in his masked visage, undoubtedly flew ... http://www.meewella.com/critic/v-for-vendetta-2006.php director: Rian Johnson starring: Jospeph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Lukas Haas, Noah Fleiss, Matt O'Leary running time: 110 mins rating: 15 This year's first truly inventive film arrives with little flourish but plenty of style. Rian Johnson's directorial début moves classic noir into a high school environment in what would be a gimmick if it ... http://www.meewella.com/critic/brick-2006.php director: Peter Jackson starring: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody running time: 187 mins rating: 12A In completing King Kong Jackson both fulfilled a childhood dream and showed just how valuable a well-timed remake can be, even if the original is as iconic a masterpiece as this. Another combination of Andy Serkis' acting skills ... http://www.meewella.com/critic/king-kong-2005.php director: Stephen Frears starring: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent running time: 140 mins rating: PG I have intentionally not re-read the book prior to viewing the film as I wished to experience it anew, while hoping for the story to rekindle the same emotions it ... http://www.meewella.com/critic/the-chronicles-of-narnia-the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe-2005.php director: Shane Black starring: Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan running time: 103 mins rating: 15 The directorial debut of Lethal Weapon screenwriter Shane Black, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a comic film noir that takes its genre seriously enough that it never becomes a spoof or self-parody like so many recent efforts. ... http://www.meewella.com/critic/kiss-kiss-bang-bang.php director: Oliver Hirschbiegel starring: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Laram, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler running time: 156 mins rating: 15 The first internationally released German film to focus on Hitler, Downfall (or "The Downfall" to accurately translate the German title Der Untergang) focuses on the last days not only of the Führer, but ... http://www.meewella.com/critic/downfall.php