Miss White & I watched Hors de Prix last night. The first thing that struck me were the opening titles, a lovely illustrative styled animation, reminding me of the old Saul Bass work though uniquely delightful. The film itself... I must say it was hugely enjoyable, charming French romcom with fantastic performances from Audrey Tautou and Gad Elmaleh. For me it felt like a throwback to films such as the classic Breakfast at Tiffany's, with Audrey Tautou playing a character that shares many similarites to Audrey Hepburns' Holly Golightly.

Disney sent out these extravagant press releases for the up and coming Alice In Wonderland movie. The idea, similar to a russian doll, the press release is a cardboard box containing a large hard-backed, gilt-edged book, inside that was another book just like it only smaller, inside that, another book... yes you guessed it, just like it only smaller and so on until you get to a cavity containing a USB stick disguised as a metal key, with a tag tied to it with the words 'Read Me' written on it. The key contained images from Tim Burton’s forthcoming film and a trailer. (images courtesy of Esquire magazine).

I would highly recommend the movie 'Timecrimes'. I love time travel movies, I love the way you are required to get your head around the events happening, how they started and how they end, or if there was ever a start or an end in the first place, a real paradox mind-f**k. The film 'Primer' is my favourite in this genre, and once watched, google the timeline... it will blow your mind, however, 'Timecrimes' is well worth a look.

'Timecrimes' (or Los Cronocrímenes in spanish) starts off with a man called Hectarmoving to a new house with his wife. One evening, while he's looking through his binoculars, he sees a naked girl in the woods. He decides to go there just to find that same girl laying on a rock... I won't give anymore away but check out the trailer and get yourself a copy.

www.timecrimesmovie.com

March 2010 is the release date for the Sony Bravia NX Series HD Panel TV... It's possibly the sexiest TV I have seen and I may be tempted, it is my birthday in March afterall ;)

The second film I can't wait to see is something I just stumbled across during a google image search, I thought the poster was extremely cool, but to my surprise it's the new film by Jim Jarmusch (Director of Broken Flowers) starring my favourite actor of all time, Bill Murray, and the fantastic Gael García Bernal. Check out the cool poster!

First of the 2 films I'm very much looking forward to seeing is Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film 'Broken Embraces' starring Penelope Cruz. There's a few screens below the poster which are just so vibrant and fantastically shot, visually, this film looks stunning. Can't wait.

Check out the new single and film trailer for the Noah & The Whale's forthcomig album & film. Nothing short of beautiful... I can't wait!

The First Days of Spring Official Trailer from charlie fink on Vimeo.

Below is a short excerpt from the film 'The First Days Of Spring', although it isn't reflective of the nature of the film generally, I feel like its nice as its own little piece. Its the only point in the film where the characters acknowledge the music and should be viewed in context, when you watch the full feature it will hopefully make perfect sense.

The First Days Of Spring Teaser from charlie fink on Vimeo.

I've just seen the latest trailer for We Anderson's Fantastic Mr Fox, I must say although Anderson is my favourite director I really had no idea what was in store, this trailor looks 'fantastic!' The animation style looks much more interesting than most recent animated films and rather quite creepy retaining that 60's animation feel.

I know nothing about this film other than I love the poster!

I'm very much looking forward to seeing 500 Days of Summer. I'm a bit of a sucker for romantic comedies and Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Zooey Deschanel are 2 of my favourites actors. I love the poster for the movie too, simple with lovely tones.

We caught the preview screening of Sam Raimi's Drag Me To Hell last night. I'm a huge fan of the Evil Dead Trilogy and although I enjoyed the Spiderman movies to date, Raimi hasn't excelled to the brilliance of his Evil Dead movies... until now that is! Drag Me To Hell is a triumphant return to horror, shot with an endearing quality, super paced and terrifying timing, Drag Me To Hell had me on the edge of my seat. There's certainly enough laughs to class this in the comedy horror genre but it remains more edgy than the latter 2 Evil Dead films. The character development is good and I felt I could relate to the characters and you actually cared what happened to them which really helps a good horror flick. I'm not going to give to much away, the plot is about a loan officer ordered to evict an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse, which turns her life into a living hell. Desperate, she turns to a seer to try and save her soul, while evil forces work to push her to a breaking point.

It's been a disappointing year for me so far, there's not been much Ive seen that I've really enjoyed apart from 4 stand out movies. 'Let The Right One In' is my favourite so far, a film about Oscar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire.

Darren Aronofsky's 'The Wrestler' is my second favourite - A drama centered on retired professional wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson as he makes his way through the independent circuit, trying to get back in the game for one final showdown with his former rival.

The Wrestler from Sleeper Awake on Vimeo.

Third... Clint Eastwoods 'Gran Torino'. It's about a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy an old man called Walt Kowalski, a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Drawn against his will into the life of his new friend and family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood. 

Last but not least, I loved Woody Allen's 'Vicci Cristina Barcelona'. The plot is based around the sexually adventurous Cristina and her friend Vicky on holiday in Barcelona where they meet the celebrated and wholly seductive painter, Juan Antonio. Vicky is not about to dive into a sexual adventure being committed to her forthcoming marriage. But Cristina is immediately captivated by Juan Antonio's free spirit and his romantic allure is enhanced when she hears the delicious details of his divorce from fellow artist, the tempestuous Maria Elena.

After enjoying the amazing season 1 of Californication, David Duchovny returns as the womanising, anarchic writer who's lost his inspiration for work and desires the love of his ex girlfriend and mother of his child (and every hot woman that passes him by). Season 2 kicks off with Hank running off with his long lost love on her wedding day, accidentally going down on the wrong woman, assaulting a police officer, winding up in a cell where he finds new inspiration in a new book. Truelly the best thing on TV for a long time... in my opinion of course ;)