Thursday, 25 April 2013

Gangster Squad Film Review


Gangster Squad - Film Review

Director:
 Ruben Fleischer
Writers:
Will Beall , Paul Lieberman (book)
Stars:
 Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone

Description:
Los Angeles, 1949: A secret crew of police officers led by two determined sergeants work together in an effort to take down the ruthless mob king Mickey Cohen who runs the city.


It was so long overdue that I watched this film, as it has the full package of a film that I love: violence; great acting; great setting and pretty good plot. 

I have to say I thought Sean Penn played his character brilliant.  He really captured the personality of Mickey Cohen and created a character which I ended up hating by the end, but not in a bad way.  It’s a very brutal plot line, with some good action scenes.  I mean don’t get me wrong, I love a good shoot out, but sometimes you do think, how can they miss him? Do you know what I mean?  I know its film, so I love believing it, but the “gangster squad” had quite a few lucky misses throughout the film, with only a few exceptions.  But I especially loved the fist fight at the end, thought it had a great build, and loved to finally watch Mickey Cohen properly box. 

I also liked the side plot of Jerry (Ryan Gosling) and Gracey (Emma Stone), it switched up the pace, from it always being about violence.  And I have to say I love them two together, and from them being in ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’ together (btw great film, if your into that sort of thing), to this, I am just going to carry on waiting for the next one. 

Overall, great acting, especially from Sean Penn and Josh Brolin, but a generally fantastic cast, and as Emma Stone had the only female prominent role, I thought she really held her own in a male dominant film. And to top it all off, it had some great fighting/shooting scenes.  I personally, really enjoyed watching it, however, if violence isn’t your cup of tea, I’d maybe skip this one.  But you should still watch it, purely for Ryan Gosling ;)



Friday, 19 April 2013

Was it the Colonel... with the rope... in the living room?


The Party – The Market Theatre
Friday 19th April 2013

Description:
This play was about a girl called Jennifer, who goes to her Aunts house where a party has just finished.  She talks to her Aunt Clara whom she hasn’t seen in a while, as she is a traveller.  She talks to Rose, who owns the family shop, with Aunt Daisy.   And we see the character Prue, who is the housemaid, and also Aunt Daisy’s friend. Then someone gets murdered...  This is when the lights came up, and we as the audience had ten minutes to decide who we thought committed the crime, how and why? Then the play resumed and the crime was solved. 

Hello! And Welcome To My Blog!

Hello everyone!

Just thought I would do a little introduction to who I am before I start posting on this blog.  I already have an active blog called AnnabelReid13, which is about all thing beauty, fashion, and lifestyle related.  That is one of my passions in life.  However, my main passion is for acting, and the theatre.

I am an avid theatre-goer, and I love to go to the cinema.  And so because I have in the past, talked to my friend for 40 minutes about the film Moulin Rouge (one of my all time favourites!), my friends and parents have persuaded me to start this blog, and tell everyone on the internet about these films, or plays, rather than bother them! (they do love me really)

So, I am a 15 year old girl, turning 16 next month, and I love acting.  I am pursuing a career in acting and as a consequence I love going to the theatre and watching plays or musicals.  I can also talk to back legs of a donkey... about almost anything... So by writing down my thoughts, i thought maybe I could cut down what I say into a reasonable about of hopefully, good quality reading.