Band of Brothers

Wathced the pilot of this series during a power cut back in Nairobi, it wasn’t too bad. A little too american patrioticness around the edges and David Schwimmer was hilarious but apart from that I enjoyed it. Simon Pegg appeared delivering a letter which was a highlight too! Was gonna watch some more but the […]

Just Cause

This was a fairly formulaic thriller with Sean Connery playing some lawyer turned lecturer. Follows story of a wrongly convicted killer on death row who asks for help… The alligators were good actors but the best thing about this is that we watched it on a laptop outdoor whilst staying in a place called Boma […]

The Whole Nine Yards

Amusing comedy with Matthew Perry and Bruce Willis playing neurotic dentist and wanted hitman. Caught this again and really enjoyed it, it was just what was needed – lightweight and amusing. DVD R2 (Nairobi) Colour ***

Italian Job

1969 classic version with Michael Caine. Wonderful crime caper following the gold robbery and ensuing car chase involving those Mini Coopers. Yeah… DVD R2 (Nairobi) Colour ****

Bridget Jones Diary

Ok. Watched this in Nairobi on a laptop with the other people in the guest house. Entertaining enough romcom following Bridget Jones as she falls in love etc. Has the usual ‘working title’ conventions such as christmas, awkward english types and of course Hugh Grant. DVD R2 (Nairobi) Colour ***

Cellular

Choice for in flight movies was thinning at this stage so I decided to watch this again. It’s a formula thriller plot with Kim Bassinger getting kidnapped and held in an attic. She finds an old phone that’s been smashed by her captors and by twisting the wires together she manages to make a phone […]

Enduring Love

Following a ballooning accident, Jed begins stalking Joe, a lecturer who gets slowly drawn into a dark story of stalkers, guilt and in the end it turns into blood and tears as you’d expect. Well filmed and brooding with Rhys Ifhans as a particularly disturbing psycho. In flight Movie (on way to Kenya) Colour ***

Collateral

A bad night for Max the cab driver as he picks up Vincent who’s in town for a night of killing. Tense, real time style thriller from Michael Mann. Best quote from Max “You killed him!” Vincent replies “No, the bullets and the fall killed him…” In Flight Movie (on way to Kenya) Colour ****