Mac's Movies

UK Release Date: 14 January 2005 Certification: 12A Director:  Clint Eastwood Cast: Jay Baruchel, Mike Colter, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Anthony Mackie, Michael Peña, Hilary Swank Rating: 88% A dramatic, unconventional sports movie. Review: This is my second watch of Million Dollar Baby and that really benefited my viewing experience because I first viewed the film as a sports movie but it's much more than that. Instead of telling the typical underdog tale seen in Rocky , Clint Eastwood focuses on the phenomenal performances and the gut-wrenching story, that is at points tough to watch.  M illion Dollar Baby is a character study and so the acting had to be great to entertain the audience, and each of the three main cast took their performances to another level. Hilary Swank perfectly encapsulates the 'You can do whatever you put your mind to' mindset embodied by Maggie Fitzgerald. She's dogged, determined and most importantly likeable.  Swank, of course, won ...

UK Release Date: 16 June 2005 Certification: 12A Director: Christopher Nolan Cast: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Rutger Hauer, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman, Ken Watanabe, Tom Wilkinson Rating: 88% "Why do we fall sir?" Review: The cast assembled for Batman Begins is world class and the casts performance's are a large factor in the success of the movie. Christian Bale is extremely good in Batman Begins , his body transformation is outstanding and h is voice is the perfect fit for Batman . Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman are standouts and provide great performances in supporting roles. Every single piece of dialogue from both is quotable. I liked Katie Holmes in the role of Rachel Dawes, so I would have preferred her to stay on in the role in subsequent movies (rather than Maggie Gyllenhaal). And finally Gary Oldman who, besides Heath Ledger (Joker,) probably plays my favourite character in the whole trilogy, Jim Gordo...

UK Release Date: 10 April 2013 Certification: 12A Director: Joseph Kosinki Cast: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Melissa Leo, Andrea Risborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Rating: 46% The state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening around one. Review: Oblivion is probably the most confusing movie I have watched to date. If someone asked me too describe the plot I could probably only describe the first 30 minutes of the movie pretty well. My attention was stretched whilst watching Oblivion as I was just trying to figure out what was going on. I wasn't alone - m y mum nicknamed this movie 'Confusion.' I e ventually did realise what was happening, but not until after the movie ended. This isn't a criticism of Oblivion because if a movie gets y ou thinking it means you must have been slightly interested in it.  To some degree, the performances of Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman save Oblivion .  Both are interesting in their rol...