500 Days of Summer (2009)

500 Days of Summer, directed by Marc Webb, is an offbeat romantic comedy about a young man’s search for true love. Our main character Tom (Joseph Gorden-Levitt) believes in such a thing as true love and when he meets Summer (Zooey Deschanel) he believes he has found the perfect girl. Summer on the other hand has a very different take on love. This film shows Tom’s storey as he spends his 500 days with Summer, and the ups and downs that comes when two people have two very different views when it comes to love.

Joseph Gorden-Levitt (3^rd Rock From The Sun, Inception) plays our main character Tom. Joseph is a young but excellent actor, he plays Tom as a slightly nervous yet charming person who believes in such a thing as true love. I like Joseph and in my opinion he was perfect for this role. What this film needed for this character to work was a good looking, young, funny and generally likable actor, which Joseph delivered perfectly. Joseph is able to play a whole host of roles and this film demanded he do that, from deliriously happy to depressingly sad to intensely frustrated and everything in-between. I could not think of another young actor who could have pulled off such a heart warming performance as Joseph did.

Now is it any wonder Tom falls in love with Summer, I mean who would fall for Zooey Deschanel (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The Happening). Zooey plays the part of Summer, a alternative, qwerky, free spirit who has a very different view of love. I think Zooey is absolutely brilliant, she plays these kinds of roles, the innocent free spirit, in a few films and it just fits so wonderfully. Her and Joseph make a very convincing young couple and really get you believing in the love that is so obviously shared between them. I think Zooey is an excellent actress and particularly good at playing this type of role.

Now I’m not usually one for romantic comedies but I have to say this one stuck with me. The film is so wonderfully put together, so alternative from any other in its genre and the soundtrack is exactly what you need to listen to on a sunny summer’s day. For any readers thinking they don’t like rom-coms I have to agree with you, but this film is no typical rom-com. I found it to be a brilliant watch and have since seen it three or four times and still love it. I would recommend this film to anyone who likes a laugh and an oddly alternative feel good film. The important thing to remember is this is not a love story; it’s a story about love.

Written by Oliver Willis 

Top Cat is back!

Benny the Ball, Fancy Fancy, Choo Choo, Spook and Brains, and the indisputable leader of the gang T.C. are back at war with the long arm of the law when the menacing Police Chief Strickland moves to town, ousting the bumbling Officer Dibble. 

Determined to put a stop to the feline antics in Hoagy's Alley with the help of a bullying robot police force, the tech-savvy Stickland threatens to be the most dastardly enemy the gang has ever faced. 

With their wise-guy lifestyle hanging in the balance T.C. and friends are forced to cash in on another of their 9 lives to curtail Strickland's reign of terror and claw their way back to the top!

That's right, Vertigo Films are proud to announce the UK release of Top Cat: The Movie for Friday June 1, 2012 in 3D. Top Cat, or T.C. as he's known to his close friends has been a hit with children and adults alike since his first appearance way back in the 1960's. I do have to admit I was rather sad when they stopped showing T.C. and the gang. But now he's back, and bigger than ever!

Vertigo Film's Rupert Preston and Allan Niblo said: "Top Cat is an iconic and much-loved character known by nearly every parent in the UK. We are thrilled to be bringing Top Cat, his mischievous gang and Officer Dibble to a whole new generation."   

The movie is set to bring the vibrancy, colour and retro-charm which we loved from the original and bring it to a new generation. After more than a 50-year hiatus, T.C. and the gang return with 'the most tip-top' adventure of them all.

Horror Anthology

 Calling all horror fans! If you like your horror and just cant get enough of it, then take a look at this. Its called Supernatural Tales, a double DVD containing 16 brand new short horror films. This is an original and authentic horror blitz where you will be hit by everything and anything scary. 

This horror anthology comes from Denmark, showing us that they create films other than light comedies and social realistic dramas. The 280 minutes of pure horror comes mostly in the English language and the rest come with English subtitles. 

This collection of short films comes from the Movie Battle which is held during the Copenhagen Film Festival, CPH PIX, and the films will be available on this fantastic 2DVD from May 6. 

To Pre-order at one of these two links: 

http://www.laserdisken.dk/html/visvare.dna?vare=133286219030652950

http://www.moviezoo.dk/dvd-film/Movie-Battle-2-Supernatural-Tales_5709498014555

So if horror is your thing and you're sick of the Hollywood garbage they spew out on a regular basis, why not look elsewhere. This anthology promises to contain some truly original ideas and startling horror films.