RocktheCasbah wrote:
Watched Brighton Rock tonight. Thought it was really good, Sam Riley delivers a very good- if totally unsympathetic- performance. Thought the storyline a touch unbelievable and the ending a bit of a cop out but didn't spoil anything. Winters Bone should arrive tomorrow, really looking forward to that.
Cool - glad to see a positive review of that, I thought it looked quite decent from the trailer. I really love the book, and the old Richard Attenborough film that starts with a documentary short apologising and saying "Brighton really isn't that bad". Got into it as a kid thanks to Morrissey name-checking Pinkie's gang in the opening track of Vauxhall and I.
asajoseph wrote:
Apparently they've started filming the Hobbit, finally.
Martin Freeman in the lead role - that's a big call, and possibly a masterstroke.
Yeah, Martin Freeman has the right attributes to make Bilbo work. Most importantly, despite being a natural for a hobbit part, he looks like a man, not a boy. It would've annoyed me no end if they'd cast a Dominic Monaghan type as per Lord of the Rings.
