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Amazing Grace [2007]

starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Rufus Sewell, Michael Gambon, Albert Finney, Youssou N'Dour
directed by: Michael Apted

August 06, 2007
An enjoyable film , but not as powerful or as moving as the film Amistad in conveying the cruelty and injustice of slavery. Despite this, an enjoyable film, especially the rousing bagpipe rendition of Amazing Grace at the end which was worth the price of the DVD alone.

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A Good Year [2006]

starring: Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Marion Cotillard, Freddie Highmore, Abbie Cornish
directed by: Ridley Scott

May 07, 2007
Take an excellent story by an expert writer and you can guarantee that once in the hands of the film makers they will ruin it. This film is an abomination further ruined by an appalling sound track, poor acting and an excecrable screenplay. My advice is to avoid this film like the plague and buy the book!

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Annie [1981]

starring: Albert Finney, Aileen Quinn, Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking, Bernadette Peters
directed by: John Huston

April 19, 2004
Great film, great cast.Great songs. Its been ten years since I last watched this, and found it to be great, I am suprised I forgot how good it was. Its as good as Oliver.

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Tim Burton's Corpse Bride [2005]

starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, Emily Watson, Albert Finney, Richard E. Grant
directed by: Tim Burton, Mike Johnson

February 06, 2006
a beautiful film that can be enjoyed by children and adults alike. the cast is great and i loved the animtion, these
things make up for a slight lack of story line but it is still a wonderful movie!

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Miller's Crossing [1990]

starring: Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito, J.E. Freeman
directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

October 13, 2003
This is not a great movie.

I watched Blood Simple for the first time a few weeks ago and really enjoyed watching Francis McDermott. She was fantastic in Fargo. Fargo was a great movie with all the right moves, excellent tone, bizarre characters, and a flatly affected but very strong pregnant cop played by McDermott. The Coen brothers are known for their slightly off-kilter films. Raising Arizona with Nicholas Cage and Holly Hunter was a very successful and entertaining quirky movie. Strange characters and bizarre situations can be very entertaining. The formula just doesn't work in Miller's Crossing.

Gabriel Byrne stars as a dirtball gangster. He's the slimey no. 2 to Albert Finney in Finney's massive gangster world. Finney is the real power ... Read More:

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Erin Brockovich [2000]

starring: Julia Roberts, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick, Albert Finney, Valente Rodriguez
directed by: Steven Soderbergh

October 09, 2000
Why can't we get more films like this, a strong story, based on actual events, excellent performances and dialogue which sounds like it is based on how real people talk to each other?

I don't know how accurate this particular story about corporate deceit and environmental pollution is but, given the track record of big corporations, it should be a rich vein for film makers to mine. 'Erin Brockovich' is very good, a shocking story of land pollution and resultant death and disease in a community. A story, however, which would not have been told were it not for the efforts of one woman to get behind the obfuscation and at the truth. It's a juicy role and Julia Roberts grabs it for all she is worth, she is superb, full of anger and determination to use the opportunity ... Read More:

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Big Fish [2004]

starring: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter
directed by: Tim Burton

June 07, 2004
This was the most embarrassing mess from Tim Burton. It should be deleted from his CV very quickly. It was so bad I thought that Ron Howard made it.
Synthetic rubbish. The story was like someone from Deliverance pitched a fairy tale to Walt Disney. I'm ashamed to have rented it, I felt like vomiting after it ended.

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Before The Devil Knows You're Dead [2007]

starring: Albert Finney, Ethan Hawke, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michael Shannon, Marisa Tomei
directed by: Sidney Lumet

May 26, 2008
First I need to point out this film is definitely not a feelgood film, it's very dark, downbeat and, ultimately, very sad. Two brothers with major financial problems decide to carry out a financial scam involving the robbery of their own parent's jewellery store. The idea is the brainchild of the older brother, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, and when he first pitches it to his younger brother, Ethan Hawke, he has to do quite a lot of persuading to convince him. In the end they both agree that such a risky and desperate scam is realistically the only way to get them both out of their current dire financial straits. It's a decision that ends up having a profound and tragic effect on them and their family's lives.

The cast and acting in this film is top notch and the performances are ... Read More:

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Corpse Bride [HD DVD] [2005]

starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, Emily Watson, Albert Finney, Richard E. Grant
directed by: Tim Burton, Mike Johnson

June 04, 2007
Enter Tim Burton Director master of the dark spooky film noir and you have an animated film drawing experience from A Nightmare Before Christmas but not quite as good a tale....The Corpse Bride is simplistic in plot when a young man attempts to wed a bride, a ghost bride from the past who was taken away from this world yearns to marry the young man instead.Whilst initially bitter and heartbroken the young man tries to escape to no avail and therein lies the story to come......The Corpse Bride is a dark look at at a children's tale with a happy ending with various characters such as the real life bride's snobbish parents and a make belief land of the dead. This is an entertaining tale if not fantastic....but one thing that is fantastic is the picture quality of this hd-dvd. Colours are vibrant almost 3 ... Read More:

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The Browning Version [1994]

starring: Albert Finney, Matthew Modine, Greta Scacchi, Michael Gambon
directed by: Mike Figgis

March 05, 2007
Of course, Finney needs no intro- especially with his BAFTA. As remakes go, this one is exceptionally good (compared to the 1951 original with Michael Redgrave). Acclaimed director Mike Figgis took an old fashioned setting & brilliantly updated it so that the story occurs in the present. The scenes were beautifully shot too. The key scene where the boy, Taplow gave Andrew Crocker-Harris (Finney) the gift of the book was actually a great improvement compared to the original. Thought provoking, truly first class acting & totally enjoyable. Well done Mike Figgis- another excellent example of skillful direction. Praise to Albert Finney too- few films these days carry such a dignified performance.