Reviews

Through flashbacks we get to see the life of Mr Chipping, dedicated teacher at an all boys school in England. He's a kind man and at first the boys seriously test him. But he perseveres and becomes very popular. He lives for his job and when he's asked to come on a trip to the mountain in Europe he doesn't want to. But he's overruled and goes along. By than he's already a little older. On a mountain he meets the love of his life. He gets married but sadly tragedy strikes and he loses her. In wartime he finally gets to be headmaster for some time. Yes its sentimental but in the most wonderful way. All the actors young and old are great. But naturally Greer Carson and Ronald Colman excel. Especially the latter having created one of the most lovable movie characters ever.

We meet Timothy Treadwell failed actor and lover of bears. In fact he loved bears, specifically grizzly bears, hence the title, so much he spent many m weeks among them. In fact, he truly seemed to have believed, the Alaska grizzly's viewed him as an alpha male bear, we see clips of him explaining his attitude towards other grizzlys. Now I truly believe he cared for those animals. But, in my view he was more than a little mad. Worse, he encouraged his girlfriend to come and join him. All it took was one grizzly not playing along with Treadwell's delusions. This happened in the spring of 2003. Treadwell and his girlfriend were attacked while camping. the attack was actually caught on tape ( only sounds) director Herzog gets to hear it. It completely shocks him and he agrees it should never, ever be made public. Herzog has made a rather brilliant documentary. He tries to understand the motives of our protagonist. I thoroughly disliked the man, but thats just my opinion. Also, ever after watching this you will not catch me near bears, like, ever.

OK so this is a rather intense thriller with Gerard Butler as the victim of a heinous crime turning him into a blind vengeful and dangerous murderer. And Jamie Foxx as a district-attorney trying to stop the murders. Well I have mixed feelings about this one. It's a passable thriller which will keep you engaged until the end. But the end may please some but it doesn't make it right... And yes Gerard Butler's character has been through hell, losing his family but does that justify his vicious murders? And believe me some deaths are pretty horrific. Jamie Foxx is excellent as the mostly rational d.a. trying to prevent worse....but in the end he ends up being Charles Bronson...and Gerard Butler...we get what he's been through...but his character is INTENSLY despicable. So a good watch...but there's some food for thought afterward

The Hangover movies always had a mean/dark streak to them.( I mean the way Alan treats his mum isn't nice to say the least) The 3rd one is no exception. As usual it's Alan and Leslie Chow who are the instigators. Phil, Stu and Doug have moved on with their happy uneventful lives. Alan has gone overboard not taking his medicines which makes him even more unpredictable and mean that ever before. After a freak-accident with a giraffe, his father confronts him which doesn't end well for him because he dies immediately after-wards. On the funeral the Wolfpack reunites and after seeing some of Alans antics they decide to stage an intervention. So they get on their way to New Horizons which is supposed to make Alan a changed man. They never get there of course, because they get run of the road by a gang of thugs led by a guy called Marshall played by John Goodman. He lost a lot of money because of Leslie Chow and he figures the wolfpack has the best chance of finding this oddball. He takes poor Doug hostage and forces the others on their way to find Chow and his money. While it's true that the gags are scarce that doesn't mean the movie isn't funny. Also a lot of loose ends from the first movie get a fitting end. Especially seeing Jade doing really well is kinda gratifying. There's a very nice cameo by Melissa Mc Carthy who turns out to be the one for Alan. So while this isn't laughs all the way through it's still fun to watch and nowhere near as dull as the reviews had made me believe. Don't go away after it ends...there's one after credits scene which has to be seen to be believed.