Recommended Films
Recommended English Films
Films are a great way to improve your English. Going to the cinema is ok, and hiring DVDs is even better, because then you are in control.
Watching them alone is okay, but watching them with your friends and then talking about them is even better.
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English films / movies
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Wild Bill - Recommended Film
Wild Bill
by Patrick O'Connor
A first glance at the synopsis of this film could easily put you off – drug dealer returns home on parole after eight years banged up to find that his wife has walked out on their two sons aged 15 and 11 leaving them to fend for themselves.
Skyfall - Recommended Film
Skyfall
by Patrick O'Connor
I'M not a great lover of James Bond films, finding them too contrived and flimsy. In the past, they have been a classic example of style over substance but I have to admit to having being won over by the latest in the franchise, Skyfall.
Of course, many of the usual Bond ingredients are there – the hyper-exciting opening sequence and chase; the spectacular settings and the obligatory super-arch villain.
Recommended Film - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
by Patrick O'Connor
MOST of my cinema excursions take me to the Broadway, a splendid independent venue in the centre of Nottingham.
But as a special Christmas treat, I decided to see The Hobbit at the recently opened IMAX auditorium at the city's Cineworld.
Read more: Recommended Film - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Recommended Film - Grabbers
Grabbers
by Patrick O'Connor
YOU may have to search a bit to get a viewing of this delightful low-budget sci-fi offering but it will be well worth it if you succeed.
The film, an Irish-British production, has picked up much praise on the independent film festival circuit and it is easy to see why.
Recommended Film - Sightseers
Sightseers
by Patrick O'Connor
HAVING seen the two previous films by highly-rated director Ben Wheatley on television in the last couple of months, I was eagerly looking forward to a trip to the cinema to view his latest offering, Sightseers.
Wheatley has made his mark with black comedies, indeed Down Terrace, a gangster tale set in Brighton and Hit List, a film about hired assassins which morphed into a terrifying witchcraft story, are as dark as the most tasty bar of chocolate.