Weekend movie round up

Pretty good few days of movies - Friday watched Centurion.  I can usually take or leave these sword and sandal efforts, and this one was no different.  But as a fan of the director Neil Marshall earlier work, and the two leads, I gave it a go. While Michael Fassbender is as good as in anything else he's done, Dominic West is pretty under-used.  But for me, like his previous effort Doomsday, it relied too much on the action and gory imagery than the story.  Give me The Descent or Dog Soldiers any day.

Next was You're Gonna Miss Me (2007)- Documentary about ageing all round, literally, crazy guy Roky Erickson. The former member of the 13th Floor Elevators is clearly not all there. Interesting enough stuff but I would have preferred more info and footage from his career than present day medical analysis.  Check out his 1981 album The Evil One though, great stuff.

Saturday- watched The Secret In Their Eyes - Argentinian Oscar winner and probably rightly so - got a bit slow in places but on the whole good solid crime thriller.  Next  up was The Killer Inside Me. Michael Winterbottom's controversial update on film noir is well worth a look.  It does get violent in places, but it's not as excessive as I was let to believe.  Cast is excellent, especially Casey Affleck who is fast becoming a better bet than his older brother, although I have to say I've seen the trailer for his new one The Town and it does look promising.

Roky Erickson- Have Always Been Here Before is on the ipod on shuffle.