X Men 3

Now if you want to see how a sequel should work - forget MI3 & Star Wars, check this one out.

Not a brilliant film but when compared to 1 & 2, just as good & with some extra effects and a good plot to bring the sequence to a close.... or not
Had a few swipes for Pro-Choice & some parts of the dialogue clunked but you don't go to these films for Shakespeare.
Super!
And how did they get Ian McKellen looking like he did 20 years ago?
- that was almost as good as the other effects

Dark and Final (is it?)

Unleashed

Or Danny The Dog as I've seen it called
Ah what a combination: Jet Li, Bob Hoskins & Morgan Freeman - writing credits by Luc Besson! and directed by a first timer - and French! - Altho he worked on the Transporter so I guess it fits

Still, bluddy good time had by all (watching it that is - can't say the same for the actors)
Bob, reprising his malice from The Long Good Friday - altho I did get reminded of Alan Sugar a few times.
Freeman, the old blind guy that always see the good in everyone (well he can't see anything else)
& Jet doing what he does best and acting as well! It's a shame he's giving up the Martial Arts stuff because I find his work far more physical & in this it actually hurts! The fight scenes are pretty good & I've not seen their like before

Nice one

Closer

Well crafted intelligent piece about the comings & groanings of a group of people.

Showed how blokes only think with their knob & women? - god knows!
But the weaving of the relationships & eventual conclusion - without a lot of explanation of the intervening periods made it. The blokes come out of it worse & rightly so
About the only one to come out of it with any honour was Princess Amadalla - or Hubba-hubba, after seeing the lap dance club.
And does she really mean what she says at the end . . .?

Mission Impossible 3

Good-ish fun - some of it appeared to be a poke at itself

A bit disatisfying with the involvement of a "private life" for Hunt - less cold compared to predecessors.
But the stunts amazed as usual - albeit with a few hiccups - the parachute drop, the comical faces- which detracted from the effect of the first two films - I could have done without those.

It was like a visit to a well-used restaurant - somehow it was still as good as before but lacking in bite.