The Wrong Road - 1937 ***

A young couple robs a bank and then hides the money somewhere that only they can find it. They then end up in jail and have to serve considerable sentences before they can be reunited with their money. The trouble is, when they do get out they are being pursued by the man's cellmate and an investigator, both on a trail for their vast sum of stolen loot.
Surprisingly enjoyable, although sadly very bad quality.

Stone - 2010 ***

I find Robert De Niro a rather intense actor so it's always good to see him in a film where he can really show off his acting talents to the full. Here he plays a parole officer near retirement who has to work with criminal Edward Norton. Despite playing it fairly amicably with De Niro, Norton is complete maniac, and to make matters worse, De Niro starts to develop feelings for Norton's wife, played disturbingly by Milla Jovovich.
The parts are all played well, but I can't say I particularly enjoyed the story itself.

Le Crime De Monsieur Lange - 1936

This is an odd little film. For a start it's quite unknown. But it's also a remarkably good story and I enjoyed it. A man and a woman arrive at a cafe in France hoping to get accommodation for the night. The customers and owner recognise the man from a 'wanted for murder' poster. As they decide what should become of the man (who is asleep upstairs) the woman comes down and sis with them, telling the events leading up to that day. Renoir's good so all fine with me.

Never let me Go - 2010 **

I know I'm going to upset everyone here but I seriously disliked this film. I'm not sure if it is partly to do with the fact I couldn't understand what the hell was going on or whether the characters were so dreadfully unlikeable that I gave up the will to live. Keira Knightley wasn't on top form here, and Carey Mulligan was infuriating. The idea that these three characters had an intense love for each other throughout the movie was not examined in enough detail. I think maybe if I read the book it would give a more detailed look at their relationships, but here everything seemed very wishy-washy and dull. *SPOILERS* I understand that the characters are in effect born to donate their organs and that is their purpose in life, I also understand that maybe they don't react properly to certain situations because they are programmed not to, but I don't get why they act like robots for most of the movie. Even the 'emotional scenes' are devoid of any actual emotion. They seem to act the same whether they are happy are sad, and at the end of the day they are still humans and must have most of the same thoughts and feelings that others do.

Very weird, disjointed film. I didn't like it.

Chinatown - 1974 ***

I felt the same way about 'Chinatown' that I did about 'L.A.Confidential', which was that I was underwhelmed. Maybe I wasn't in the right mood to watch either and that can put me off watching anything, but I would have thought that a film which boasts tons of top 50 film lists would have pulled me in a bit more. Jack Nicholson is great and I find him a very bizarre actor. He did suit the 1930s get-up, but I was totally unimpressed by Faye Dunaway. Her character was completely non-descript and got on my nerves constantly. I liked the premise of the film, and the seedy, sweaty world which Nicholson seems to inhabit more than his own home, but the story was a bit of a jumble, and I suspect Polanski used a mish-mash of very successful film noirs to help him with the plot. I cannot call this a film noir, because it didn't have those qualities, I would simply call it a crime drama. One thing I did like about the film was how Nicholson lit up every scene he was in. The minute he appears in a room he takes it over so that you are concentrating on him and him alone, that is a pretty powerful trait to have as an actor these days.