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30 Day Film Challenge – Day 26: Your Favourite Foreign Language Film – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Movies | Posted by Dean
May 10 2011

Favourite foreing language film

Favourite foreing language film


Synopsis
The disappearance of a magical jade sword spurs a breathtaking quest for the missing treasure. Li is embittered by the loss of his jade sword, and his unrequited pursuit of Yu is further complicated by the mysterious intrusion of an assassin. The identity of the assassin is gradually unveiled as another poignant tale of love begins to ravel with that of Li and Yu against the backdrop of Western China’s magnificent landscape.

Why this is my favourite foreign language film?
Martial art sequences are brilliantly stylised and theatrical.

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30 Day Film Challenge – Day 25: Your Favourite Documentary Film – Sicko

Movies | Posted by Dean
May 09 2011

Favourite Documentary Film

Favourite Documentary Film


Synopsis
Documentary look at health care in the United States as provided by profit-oriented health maintenance organizations (HMOs) compared to free, universal care in Canada, the U.K., and France. Moore contrasts U.S. media reports on Canadian care with the experiences of Canadians in hospitals and clinics there. He interviews patients and doctors in the U.K. about cost, quality, and salaries. He examines why Nixon promoted HMOs in 1971, and why the Clintons’ reform effort failed in the 1990s. He talks to U.S. ex-pats in Paris about French services, and he takes three 9/11 clean-up volunteers, who developed respiratory problems, to Cuba for care. He asks of Americans, “Who are we?”

Why this is my favourite documentary film?
This is a very interesting look at the politics of why the USA does not have a social medical insurance program and how it works elsewhere around the globe.

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30 Day Film Challenge – Day 24: Your Favourite Animated or Children’s Film – Finding Nemo

Movies | Posted by Dean
May 08 2011

Favourite Animated or Children's Film

Favourite Animated or Children's Film


Synopsis
A clown fish named Marlin living in the Great Barrier Reef loses his son, Nemo, after he ventures into the open sea, despite his father’s constant warnings about many of the ocean’s dangers. Nemo is abducted by a boat and netted up and sent to a dentist’s office in Sydney. So, while Marlin ventures off to try to retrieve Nemo, Marlin meets a fish named Dory, a blue tang suffering from short-term memory loss. The companions travel a great distance, encountering various dangerous sea creatures such as sharks, anglerfish and jellyfish, in order to rescue Nemo from the dentist’s office, which is situated by Sydney Harbor. While the two are doing this, Nemo and the other sea animals in the dentist’s fish tank plot a way to return to Sydney Harbor to live their lives free again.

Why this is my favourite Animated or Children’s film?
The story is very family driven and exciting. The tale is quite engrossing and filled with compelling memorable characters.

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30 Day Film Challenge – Day 23: Your Favorite Thriller/Mystery Film – The Fifth Element

Movies | Posted by Dean
May 07 2011

Favourite Thriller/Mystery Film

Favourite Thriller/Mystery Film


Synopsis
Two hundred and fifty years in the future, life as we know it is threatened by the arrival of Evil. Only the fifth element can stop the Evil from extinguishing life, as it tries to do every five thousand years. She is helped by ex-soldier, current-cab-driver, Korben Dallas, who is, in turn, helped by Prince/Arsenio clone, Ruby Rhod. Unfortunately, Evil is being assisted by Mr. Zorg, who seeks to profit from the chaos that Evil will bring, and his alien mercenaries.

Why this is my favourite Thriller/Mystery film?
The Fifth Element is a thrilling adventure from beginning to end. It does not bogged down into an investigation type mystery film. The solution to the mystery of what is the fifth element is clever indeed and worth the watch alone.

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30 Day Film Challenge – Day 22: Your Favourite Horror Film – Alien

Movies | Posted by Dean
May 06 2011

Favourite horror film

Favourite horror film


Synopsis
When a mining ship lands on a planet to investigate upon a suspected SOS, the entire crew are unaware of the terror which they would unleash upon their ship. When a alien life-form attach’s itself to the face of a crew member, the rest of the team act fast to try and separate the two organisms. Unbeknownst to everyone, this is the start of the terror which would affect every member of the seven person crew.

Why this is my favourite Horror film?
Alien still creeps me out. You know it’s coming but the suspense of when is a killer concept, literally. Alien was all about the tone and is backed up with great acting and direction. It is, and always will be, a masterpiece.

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