Nick's Film Jottings

Good screen play by Stoller and star Jason Segel. With Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt, Alison Brie, Lauren Weedman (chef), David Paymer, Rhys Ifan...

Managed to watch most of AMOLAD as had a hankering for Powell's red. I don't mean to imply any kinkiness on Powell's ...

... who directed the Hours  and The Reader . Scr Eric Roth, who has many screenplay credits, though some of them are a bit suspicious, Ben...

Germán de Silva, Hebe Duarte and Nayra Callemamani. Subtle, very minimalist film. Truck hardly ever seen (lots of wing mirror stuff).

Scr Rick Shaughnessy, Brian Kaleta. Danny Aiello, Vivian Wu, Summer Phoenix. Badly directed. Though seems largely unsympathetic, good st...

William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart, Joseph Calleia (bad guy), Jessie Ralph (the unspeakable Aunt Katherine), Sam Levene (cop), George ...

... who did  not  direct United 93  (that was Paul Greengrass). John Simm, Shirley Henderson, Stephanie, Shaun, Katrina and Robert Kirk. ...

Two years before Bend It Like Beckham . Mercedes Ruehl, Douglas Spain, Joan Chen, Will Yun Lee, Lainie Kazan, Maury Chaykin, Kyra Sedgwick...

Directed somewhat self-consciously. Written by Tucci and Joseph Tropiano. Tucci, Tony Shaloub, Minnie Driver, Isabella Rossellini, Ian Hol...

James Corden, Matthew Horne. Myana Buring. Really not good.

Based on Ang Lee's Eat Drink Man Woman. Hector Elizondo, Tamara Mello, various other Hispanics, Klaus's son Nikolai Kinski. Um....

He wrote it so it's his fault. Maurice Cole (kept reminding me of dummy in Dead of Night ), Toni Colette (in a class of her own), Ioan G...

Scr. William Fairchild, novel Joseph Conrad. Ralph Richardson, Trevor Howard, Robert (& Annabel!) Morley, Kerima, Wendy Hiller, George...

He's talented - why did he remake Psycho ? "It was my sort of anti-remake statement!" It ended up being not a shot by shot   r...

Screenplay Justine Hathe, novel Richard Yates. Kate Winslet, Leonardo Di Caprio (both rather good), David Harbour, Kathy Bates, Michael Sh...

Written by Samuel Taylor ( Sabrina, Vertigo, Avanti ), novel Leon Uris. Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin (wife), John Vernon, Karin Dor (mis...

Edgar Wright is an exec producer. Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Nick Frost Ph. Tom Townend (Panavision) Was making me thi...

Scr. Dave Eggers, Vendela Vida. John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Allison Janney, Jeff Daniels, Maggie Gyllenhaal. A sweet and subtle look a...

Emily Blunt, Mark Duplass, Rosemarie de Witt. Has slightly improvved feel. Good.

Should have taken a clue from the title. Cheryl Ladd, Stuart Wilson, Ruby Wax, Julian Sands, John Gielgud. Difficult to know what's ...