Film 339/365, Day 352/365 – Burlesque

Slick, sexy and funny, which ironically is exactly what you’d expect from a Burlesque show.  The story is nothing new, it’s been done a million times in a million different ways, but with this one it centres around sexy girls dancing and singing in lingerie... and who doesn’t like that?  My biggest criticism is the underuse of Alan Cumming who is hilarious and deserved more screen time.

Synopsis:  Small town girl Ali has dreams of being a star but isn’t getting anywhere so she decides to go to Los Angeles and make her dreams come true.  After stumbling across a Burlesque club she decides that that is what she wants to do and goes about making it happen.

Film 329/365, Day 346/365 – GoldenEye

It will never be as good as the Nintendo 64 game!  As far as Bond films go it’s pretty good but it is still in the old style full of clichés and A-Team style action.  Bond actually drives a tank over two police cars and after he drives off the people climb out of the wrecks.  It is also incredibly cheesy which is what I grew up knowing Bond as, but now that I’ve seen what it can be in the new films then this feels much more like an action Carry On film.

Synopsis:  The Goldeneye is a Russian space weapon that it has fallen under control of a secret terrorist organisation.  James Bond must work together with the only survivor of a Russian research facility to try and track down the terrorists and stop them from causing chaos. 

Film 265/365, Day 291/365 – X-Men 2

Easily the best of the X-Men films in my opinion.  It’s got lots of Wolverine being particularly angry and Magneto at his best.  The story is far stronger than the first film and don’t even get me started on the third one!  A good action film with more than just action.

Synopsis:  When a mutant attempts to assassinate the President of the United States of America the X-Men quickly track him down.  However once they find him he has no recollection of the incident or a significant period of time before that.  They must track down who is behind it before more damage can be done.