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So Buried is quite good. Ryan Reynolds makes you really believe he is stuck in a box, and isn’t the most sympathetic of characters and yet you do feel for him.

The main crux of the film is Reynolds phoning people on the mobile he is buried with. For the most part this is used to progress the plot but there is at least one phone call that is pure filler and an attempt to round the character a bit more.

Ultimately I would recommend Buried, not least because it’s a rare chance to see a film set in a box. It’s also quite amazing to see the variety of lighting and camera angles used, which helps make the film watchable beyond an hour. Also Stephen Tobolowsky totally reprises his character from Groundhog Day. Well, obviously it doesn’t but there we go.

Now here’s the text conversation I had directly after the film which reenacts some key moments, this may contain spoilers so run away if you’re sensitive. Read more »

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Sigh. The inevitable has happened and Star Wars will be completely re-released in cinemas in 3D. George Lucas the original tinkerer strikes again.

Phantom Menace will be released in 2012. In 3D. Yep, that’ll help. Simon pegg has summed up my feelings well:

On a different note, it’s odd to think that eleven years ago I could be easily convinced that Keira Knightly was Natalie Portman.

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Nothing good is out on Friday, but something that might be good is out today.

Buried
Ryan Reynolds stuck in a box for an hour in a half. This is either going to be a brilliant and groundbreaking film or tedious and claustrophobic. The reviews look positive.

Hey look, a trailer:

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Devil is easily the best thing Shyamalan has been involved with in years, though here he only provided the story… which he stole from Agatha Christie.

Devil is a neat little horror thriller covering just 80 minutes as five people are trapped in the lift. One of them is the devil and it moves along nicely from there. Thankfully we weren’t confined to the lift and we get to see the police and maintenance try to get into the lift with varying degrees of success.

There’s no mind blowing dialogue or action but the film is so much what you’d expect it’s hard to be disappointed, plus there’s plenty of half-recognisable faces to keep you amused. Caroline Dhavernas is so underused it’s not even funny.

Even the reveal of which character is the devil is not really a surprise. Look at the picture about and think who you would have be the devil. You got it right!

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As of right now public booking for this year’s London Film Festival is open!

That means you can finally buy the tickets you’ve been wanting for the festival’s most anticipated films. Well, more realistically they’ll all be fully booked before you even get to the page thanks to priority booking for BFI members (aka me) having started a week ago with the most popular films selling out in the first morning.

Ah well. The good news is that Mild Concern has been certified as Press and will be seeing as many films as possible during the festival. That means more reviews than ever before, which will be less coherent than ever.

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