Film 109/365, Day 119/365 – The Social Network

An intriguing insight into the creation of the world’s largest social network.  Whether you will come out of it liking Zuckerberg or any of the other parties involved is another question altogether, but you can’t help but admire the way Mark put the Facebook together so quickly.  Not the best film in the world but worth watching.

Synopsis:  You’ve probably heard of Facebook!  Well this is the story behind the creation of Facebook, following the creator Mark Zuckerberg as he deals with the running of the Facebook and two law suits, one claiming that he stole the idea and another from the CFO of Facebook.

Film 108/365, Day 119/365 – Dawn of the Dead

Packed with heart pounding action and zombie goodness.  This is the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead and whilst I do love the original, I can’t help but feel that this is as good as the original if not a little better.  Again Romero purists will probably not like the fast mobile zombies but I think it works very well in this instance.  If you like zombie films you have to watch this, no doubt about it.

Synopsis:  When there’s no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.  A motley group of survivors have found sanctuary from the zombies within the local mall.  They have everything they could ever want or need available to them from within the mall but is that enough?  Will they survive?  Will help ever come?  And who is the bigger threat the zombies or the fellow survivors?

Film 107/365, Day 119/365 – Apocalypse of the Dead

Woeful acting, cliched script and barely entertaining, which is a shame because I do love a good zombie film.  This however was not a good zombie film, first thing wrong was the howling and roaring zombies but that’s just a personal preference.  The acting throughout was awful which wasn’t helped at all by the script or direction.  On the plus side it’s not the royal wedding!

Synopsis:  Whilst transporting a prisoner from Percova, Serbia, a group of Interpol agents are caught in the middle of a deadly outbreak.  A strange virus that kills it’s host and then reanimates their body in order to spread the virus further.  Soon they find themselves barricaded inside a police station just trying to survive with no idea of what they are up against.  The prisoner however seems to know a lot more than anyone else.

Film 106/365, Day 117/365 – American Pie 2

More ridiculously funny and unbelievable situations than before.  Having learnt from the first film they have switched the focus away from the boring characters leaving Kevin and Oz with smaller roles, whilst focusing on Jim, Finch and Stiffler.  Which in my opinion was definitely the right thing to do, not to mention bringing back Jim’s dad.  A very suitable follow up to the first film.

Synopsis:  A year after the first film, the guys are back from college and are looking to rediscover their friendship and have a good time so as to stop them from drifting apart.  To do this they hire a house by the beach and set about having a great summer.  Surely nothing can go wrong unless of course you mistake superglue for lubricant!!!

Film 105/365, Day 110/365 – The Mask

Zany, bonkers and completely insane.  It’s Jim Carry at his comic best in a role that is the absolutely perfect foil for his style.  Again it’s one of those where if you like Jim Carrey, you will love The Mask.  However if you don’t then you won’t like it, but then I think there must be something wrong with you!

Synopsis:  Repressed bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss finds an old wooden mask that when he puts it on releases all of his inhibitions and transforms him into the cartoonesque Mask.  Under the influence of the Mask he robs a bank and makes an enemy of the local gang boss.  Even with the Mask’s power will Stanley be able to get out of the mess he’s now in?