Mimsette

Mimsette

Favorite films

  • The Prestige
  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  • The Dark Knight
  • Tron

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  • Holland

  • Crime Spree

    ★½

  • The Critic

    ★★

  • The Rule of Jenny Pen

    ★★½

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  • Holland

    Holland

    A lacklustre affair with little to no suspense, excitement or thrill.  The music/sound track is unoriginal and jarring, even intrusive at times.  Well shot, not badly acted, however totally unconvincing performances and story.  A derivative and obvious concoction with nothing to really recommend it.

  • Crime Spree

    Crime Spree

    ★½

    This doesn't know what it is supposed to be; not much of a comedy, not much of a crime caper, not much of a human drama, just not much of snything.

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  • The Critic

    The Critic

    ★★

    This period drama starts off intriguingly and there are some good performances, primarily from grandees McKellen and Strong, who contribute a welcome and reliable pairing of experience and gravitas in their performances.  There are some solid supporting cast players who help to flesh out the environment.  The cinematography is high quality with some good set pieces and shots.  The stage is set, as it were, for a decent yarn, however there are a number of issues which unfortunately bring this…

  • The Rule of Jenny Pen

    The Rule of Jenny Pen

    ★★½

    Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow obviously relish their roles in this, Rush in particular always appears believable and completely immerses himself in character.  An oddly impressive, unexpectedly well made, albeit slow-paced story, with elements of mild creepiness and threat which sadly never really amount to real chilling horror.  There are some great shots and the whole affair is very well filmed and acted.  The music choices add to the deranged feeling of the place, remembrances of a world lost in…

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