Minute44 - Dan Schonhaar

Last week I decided to take Thursday and Friday off work so Nat and I could have a nice 4 day weekend together. Not done it in a while and because Nat works on Saturday evenings we don’t tend to have much of a weekend together. Also, as it was both of our pay days on Friday we figured it would be a good time to do it.

continue reading Robots and Roadside Bagpipers

Directed By: Martin McDonagh
Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes

Hit men Ray (Farrell) and Ken (Gleeson) are sent to Bruges, Belgium following a semi-successful job in London. Unsure about why they have been sent to Bruges the two men try and make the best of their 2 week stay. But soon it becomes apparent that their purpose in Bruges is not all together savoury. What ensues is a blackly funny chain of events that will leave many dead and many more offended.

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Directed By: David Ayer
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker

David Ayer brings us another hard-hitting, street cop story of corruption and betrayal with Street Kings. Reeves stars as Tom “Lud” Ludlow, a borderline alcoholic who’s indiscretions have been skillfully covered up by his team and his commanding officer, Jack Wander (Whitaker). But when Lud is implicated in the death of another cop he is forced to turn against the force he loves and men who were once his friends and find out if he has been on the right side from the start.

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That’s how the saying goes and I’m inclined to believe it. Get someone hooked early and you’ll have ‘em for the duration. I believe this translates to cinema as well. Opening credits, although they may seem like a formality, are absolutely key in forming a person’s opinion of a movie. Sure, the movie itself might be so good or so bad that the person’s impression of the opening credits doesn’t count for much but I think they are few and far between. I tend to find that if I’m impressed with the opening credits of a film I will be much more receptive to the rest of it’s duration. there are three main components in a title sequence; Typography, Visuals and Music/Audio. The key, it seems, is knowing how to apply them in the correct proportions. The best opening sequences apply the three components in a way that best suits the movie. I’ll show you three of my favourite ever title sequences each of which uses one of these components to a greater degree than the other two.

continue reading It’s all about first impressions.

Starring: Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth
Directed by: Robert Luketic

Star MIT student, Ben Campbell (Sturgess) is offered the means to get all the money he needs to go to Harvard Medical School and much, much more by joining a team of card counters as they take Las Vegas for millions in Robert Liketic’s fun, stylish, yet slightly predictable caper.

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Last night Nat and I went out for dinner. We went to a place that I haven’t been to in well over a year, something I felt great shame for. You see, since my first visit when I was about 16 this place has been the be all and end all when it comes to proper food as far as I’m concerned. Half way through yesterday I craved steak and I knew some reheated, overcooked excuse for a steak from Wetherspoons was never going to cut the mustard. I needed a proper steak, a 24oz beast, cooked to perfection. I needed Denby Lodge Steak House.

continue reading A nine year love affair, rekindled