A funny film, with some though provoking scenes, set in France during World War II starring Brad Pitt and Christoph Waltz about two separate plots to assassinate Hitler and other big names in the Nazi army. The Inglourious Basterds, led by Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt), are s specially selected group of American soldiers sent to France to kill Hitler, with help from the British. A separate story follows the daughter of a Jewish family who survives the SS attempt to kill her entire family, who gets the opportunity to kill the SS officer (Christoph Waltz) who was responsible for killing her family. A cameo appearance by Mike Myers as an English General shows that he is a talented actor, far better than you would suspect from seeing the Austin Powers films.

Without a doubt one of the best films I've ever seen. From the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it tells the story of a man (Benjamin Button) who ages in reverse, starting life as an arthritic old man and dies as a newly-born baby. The acting is superb, notably Brad Pitt, but also Cate Blanchett, and a great supporting cast. However the direction, cinematography and music really make this film special.

Initially I was very unsure about this movie, and even after it had finished, I was still unsure. However the more I remembered it, the better it got, and definitely a film worth watching more than once. It has a host of big names in the cast, Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Helena Bonham Carter to name but just a few. As you would expect from such a cast, their portrayal of their characters is excellent and really adds to the film. The story line is very much not predictable, and is initially why I was not a huge fan, mainly as I was expecting a different type of movie. The movie centres around a father and his son, and their relationship due to the stories that his father tells that his son considers to be simple lies. The movie follows the stories of the father, which are his memories of being a young man growing up. As you would expect, the stories are far from normal, however if you realise this film is not trying to be a "standard" film then you can enjoy the stories. The film has a beautiful ending, very well done, that, in my opinion, really makes the movie and leaves you thinking that embellished stories should be not be considered lies, but an excellent way of making what may be boring stories enjoyable.

In a nutshell it's a detective story, however with a Pulp Fiction feel. An excellent story line that keeps you thinking, even if you already reckon you know the ending. The acting is excellent, particularly by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, however all the actors portray their characters brilliantly. The direction is excellent and future works by this director, Rian Johnson, should be fantastic. However there is one flaw with the movie, that left me unsure about the movie, and wondering how much better it could be. The setting for this dark, loner detective story is a high-school which unfortunately really does not work in this situation. If it was an attempt to break the typical mould of a passed it/drunk/crazy precinct detective that we often see with these types of movies, then it was an excellent attempt, however I am still left thinking that an alternative setting may have been more appropriate and made the story line all the more believable.

An excellent film set in the early 1930s about a boy's discovery that his father (Tom Hanks) works for a gangster family (Paul Newman, Daniel Craig), and then his father trying to protect him when the family come after him.