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2008 Viewings

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Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging B (AL)

Australia D+ (AL)

The Baader Meinhof Complex C (AL)

The Bank Job C+ (AL)

Body of Lies A- (AL)

Burn After Reading C- (AL)

Changeling B (AL)

Che: Part One D+ (AL)

Cloverfield C+ (AL) A+ (ME)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button D (AL)

The Dark Knight B- (AL) B+ (ME)

Death Race D+ (AL)

Defiance D (AL)

Donkey Punch F (AL)

Doubt B+(AL)

Eagle Eye D (AL)

Easy Virtue D (AL)

Elegy A (AL)

The Fall A- (AL)

The Forbidden Kingdom D- (AL)

Frost/Nixon A- (AL)

Frozen River B (AL)

Get Smart D (AL)

Ghost Town B+ (AL)

Gomorrah B (AL)

Hancock A- (AL) B+ (ME)

Happy-Go-Lucky B+(AL)

Hellboy II: The Golden Army A- (AL)

In Bruges D- (AL)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull B- (AL)

I've Loved You So Long A (AL)

Journey to the Centre of the Earth (3D) F (AL)

Lakeview Terrace B- (AL)

Let the Right One In B- (AL)

Mamma Mia! D (AL)

Man on Wire B+(AL)

Married Life B- (AL)

Milk B (AL)

Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist C- (AL)

The Orphanage B- (ME)

Pineapple Express D- (AL)

Pride and Glory D (AL)

OSS117: Cairo - Nest of Spies D+ (AL)

Quantum of Solace C+ (AL)

Quarantine B- (AL)

Rambo D+ (AL)

The Reader D+ (AL)

[Rec] A (AL) A+ (ME)

Redbelt C (AL)

Revolutionary Road A (AL)

Role Models B (AL)

Sex and the City B+ (AL)

Shine a Light A (AL)

Slumdog Millionaire B+ (AL)

Taken C+ (AL)

Teeth B+ (AL)

Tropic Thunder B (AL)

Twilight B+ (AL)

Valkyrie C- (AL)

Vicky Cristina Barcelona A+ (AL)

The Visitor A- (AL)

The Wackness B- (AL)

Wall*E B+ (AL)

Wanted C+ (AL)

Wendy and Lucy C+ (AL)

What Happened in Vegas B- (ME)

The Wrestler A (AL)

 

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OSS117: Cairo - Nest of Spies

France, 2008

Director:

Michel Hazanavicius

Starring:

Jean Dujardin
Berenice Bejo
Aure Atiko
Phillip Lefebvre

Matt: -

Adam: D+

   

 

James Bond spoofs have a history of failing to be as funny as they think they are. This is just another example and the second Bond parody to fail this year alone. This is certainly a notch up on Get Smart, but the latter set the bar so low that it was barely off the ground. This French farce has probably raised it a couple of millimetres - or, as the French like to say - millimètres .

This went down well in its homeland, earning several Cesar nominations, including a Best Actor nomination for its star. Jean Dujardin is certainly well cast and performs his role with gusto, however he just can't shake the limp, uninspired script that weighs the whole film down. 95% of the jokes just don't work and that simply doesn't make for a very good comedy. I did love the stylish opening credits however.

AL