Mac's Movies

UK Release Date: 20 October 2000 Certification: 15 Director: Christopher Nolan Cast: Mark Boone Junior, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Guy Pearce, Stephen Tobolowsky Rating: 91% When the world met Christopher Nolan. Review: Christopher Nolan is the greatest filmmaker of all time. I don't think it's debatable. I don't think it's even close. He's so much more than a filmmaker. He's a writer, an artist, a mathematician, a scientist. For a director to be able to create something so inventive and totally original in only your second directorial outing, his first with a Hollywood budget, is utterly perplexing.  Memento is also such a pivotal film because it's the first time Christopher Nolan decided to work with his brother Jonathon Nolan. Working together with Christopher writing the screenplay and Jonathon writing a short story 'Memento Mori'. It's a well-polished script with each piece of dialogue being slick and precise. Memento is so well...

UK Release Date: 28 August 2009 Certification: 15 Director: Kathryn Bigelow Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Brian Geraghty, Evangeline Lily, Anthony Mackie, David Morse, Guy Pearce, Jeremy Renner Rating: 84% 'You don't have to be a hero to do this job. But it helps.' Review: The Hurt Locker is a modern day war classic. It was critically acclaimed, winning a total of six Oscars including best picture and best director for Kathryn Bigelow (who at the time became the first female director to win the award). However, the movie is unquestionably about the affects of the Iraq War on US soldiers and how for some people it became an addiction.  The cast assembled for The Hurt Locker is now filled with A-list actors but at the time was cast away for not having any so called big names as leads. Never the less Jeremy Renner stands out as I believe he isn't 'acting' and is instead just enjoying the role - yet he can still show a caring, emotional side to Staff Sergeant William ...