Film Reviews by JL

Welcome to JL's film reviews page. JL has written 6 reviews and rated 15 films.

Write your review

100 characters remaining
4000 characters remaining

See our review guidelines and terms.

Danny Collins

Excellent.

(Edit) 29/01/2016

Movies are like meals some peoples likes are others "no thanks". But this film had Pacino (of whom one "respected" reviewer once famously said "I could'nt enjoy any film with Pacino in it"!) Presumably "The Godfather" was not to be enjoyed?

My personal view is that AP is a fine actor if at times a little loud. In this movie Pacino is really good in a lovely tale with a fine "supporting cast" And that is an understatement as to the quality of that cast.

Recommended.

0 out of 0 members found this review helpful.

Write your review

100 characters remaining
4000 characters remaining

See our review guidelines and terms.

Begin Again

Keira sings!

(Edit) 04/03/2015

Really enjoyed this and it was a delight to hear Kera Knightly sing. A small voice but quite lovely.

Nothing particularly original in the story of songwriter trying to make good but this is most enjoyable from start to finish.

A wonderful scene when a recording of a really catchy song is made "alfresco" on the roof of a building. Shades of the Beatles.

2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.

Write your review

100 characters remaining
4000 characters remaining

See our review guidelines and terms.

The Book Thief

Truly Memorable.

(Edit) 04/03/2015

What a lovely film! On every level it enthralls. Wonderful acting throughout with a story of real depth and humanity.

My wife and I watched it twice in the same day.

1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.

Write your review

100 characters remaining
4000 characters remaining

See our review guidelines and terms.

Ida

Critics Choice?

(Edit) 04/03/2015

I really do sometimes wonder about film critics and movies like this! It sometimes make me think of the "Emperors New Clothes" in that it is seen as clever and brilliant to see something in a film that almost no other person can see! This movie won the Oscar for best foreign film. I have yet see Leviathan but it can't fail to be better than this arty-farty "gem".

0 out of 1 members found this review helpful.

Write your review

100 characters remaining
4000 characters remaining

See our review guidelines and terms.

Paul Carrack: A Different Hat: Live at the Royal College of Music

Unplayable!

(Edit) 04/03/2015

Having the wonderful CD encouraged me to put this DVD on my list. After a long wait I was so disappointed to find that it was unplayable due to disc damage. However this is not CP's fault as I have made three attempts to get a playable disc and it appears that there is manufacturing fault on all of them.

0 out of 0 members found this review helpful.

Write your review

100 characters remaining
4000 characters remaining

See our review guidelines and terms.

Behind the Candelabra

Much better than expected!

(Edit) 20/08/2014

My recollection is that this film was badly mauled by critics and was not shown widely in cinemas so I was expecting very little.

However it is not a bad movie at all with fine performances from Douglas and Damon and eye catching cameo from Rob Lowe as a brilliant but somewhat dubious cosmetic surgeon.

I was never a fan of Liberace, although to my surprise I once saw him window shopping in Chester back in the very early sixties. He was appearing in Liverpool at the time. It was at the time Sunday closing so there was hardly anyone about.

Recommended if you remember just how famous Liberace once was!

0 out of 0 members found this review helpful.