What's on in the pictures?

Loved every minute of it.

Saw The Artist last night and loved it. But slightly spoilt by someone who opened a very crackly bag of sweets halfway through, not appropriate with any film but definitely not on with a silent film! But a lovely lovely film.

What is it with dead fathers and questing sons? Before Xmas we had Hugo, whose father left him a lock, for which he had to find the key, now we have Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close where the boy finds a key and sets off on a search for the lock it opens. I did enjoy them both though.

Off on Tuesday to take DH to Marigold Hotel. Has anyone seen it yet? Sounds to me as if they have taken some liberties with the book. I don't seem to remember the gay Tom Wilkinson character.

Ganja JessM won the tickets to the premiere and wrote a review - it's here somewhere! Sounds good.

Saw Marigold Hotel last night, it was fun, beautiful to look at and great perfomances by all the actors. Yes they took liberties, but if you manage to forget the book you should enjoy it.

Just been to see Hugo;shades of Edward Scissorhands [not surprising with the Depp connection] and about half an hour too long. Would love to have seen it in 3D. Did shed a bit of a tear at the end. Missed Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close but would like to see it; director was on telly the other day; he doesn't expect to win anything at the Oscars.

The cinema is still magical - except when people decide to indulge in a noisy three course meal during screenings. The Oscars tonight. We have seen The Artist, The Iron Lady, War Horse and Hugo (the latter two films with the grandchildren) in recent weeks. All terrific productions. We won't stay up for the Oscars tonight but it looks as if The Artist will, deservedly, win lots of gongs. I hope Meryl Streep gets an Oscar for her role as Maggie. She was amazing. Still haven't seen The Help (but have read the terrific book) so will have to catch up on a DVD or subscribe to LoveFilm. Can't wait to see Marigold Hotel. A perfect pick-me-up for gransnetters I imagine!

There's a lovely film out soon called [I think] The Red Dog, based on a Louis de Bernieres book of which I've never heard. Need to read it before the film comes out; it sounds delighful.

Ariadne Have you managed to see Marigold Hotel yet?
We enjoyed it, but they have taken a lot of liberties with the characters, and the story, but not, I think, with the spirit of the book. Incidentally I see that the film of DM's Tulip Fever is now back in production, and scheduled for 2013. That should be worth seeing.

Just seen The Woman in Black with Daniel Radcliffe. First 15mins seemed a bit slow but then it hotted up and I nearly jumped out of my seat several times.
It was an old fashioned ghost story very well done and Dan R was not a bit Harry Potterish.

I enjoyed Woman in Black, and have just downloaded the book to read, but I thought Daniel Radcliffe was totally miscast, FAR too young. A shame as he needs to establish himself as an actor in other roles after Harry Potter. It was very scary though.

Well, he did do Equus, full frontal nudity and all that .

Never saw that, sadly!

Bel Ami, not for the Twihards. R Patz plays such a horrible character that he looks positively ugly at times. Glorious clothes of course, and Paris looked ravishing, but it somehow didn't seem to have the style of Les Liasons Dangereuses ( or Valmont ) though equally cynical. Bit of a disappointment really.

The Hunger Games I gather from DGD, just 15, that this is what the Twihards have moved on to, so I thought I would pop in early on the first morning before the place was overwhelmed with popcorn munching coke swilling teenagers. There are two worlds in this film, the unbelievably evil and grotesque "government", and the poor and downtrodden who live in conditions of almost medieval squalor. There are echoes of Roman gladiatorial games, and of the Nuremburg Rallies when 24 of the young boys and girls are chosen to fight to the death to entertain the crowds - the ultimate reality show! When they are released into the wild the film becomes an exciting survival chase, but they die, one by one, horribly in some cases. I was both fascinated and appalled. What happened to Jilly Cooper and Gerald Durrell for teenagers? I must add that Jennifer Lawrence, so good in Winter's Bone, was superb. She has an incredibly expressive face, but can make herself look like a vacant simpering miss when the plot demands it. Someone to watch. Would you believe they have 12 showings on one day in our multiplex? Talk about catering to the masses!

Come on, hasn't anybody else seem anything interesting recently?

Winters Bone was superb, I think I might go to see that film if she's in it. No time for the cinema at the moment but, have to say there isn't much out there to tempt me. The Muppets will be on in a couple of weeks at the Sunday matinee [@ £3 for us!]. I missed The Woman in the Fifth [I don't know where March has gone] which I very much wanted to see. What I am not going to miss is Red Dog; starts next weekend. other than that it's just the Aardman Pirate film. The Illusionist is on tv tomorrow night, I haven't seen it, and Avatar is on telly tomorrow, so I'll watch that [again something I was quite sniffy about when it came out, but I loved it!] As I've got the week off work [taken up with decorating and doing the blessed course that I am now 7 months behind on] I'll hopefully catch up on a few dvd's that I've bought and never watched; may try to borrow Super 8 from someone. Something I will not be watching at the moment is Poltergeist, again on the telly this week; have never seen it, apart from a couple of minutes towards the end and, as I'm on my own at the moment [even the dog has gone away] now is not the time to watch something like that! Oh, and the second Hellboy film is on as well; I liked the first one.

I enjoyed Marigold Hotel. Went to see it at an old cinema in Shrewsbury, Had coffee and cake first. Someone bought me the book, am a bit worried about reading it now.

Going to see Marigold Hotel on Monday evening at our wee local cinema (with cosy couches to lounge on)!

He gace a talk at our cinema a few months ago. Place was packed out.

Gosh; who was I talking about? Moving swiftly on...Red Dog was wonderful. The loo afterwards was full of wailing women [including me]. The Woman in Black is going to be shown at Calke Abbey after dark this summer. I shall have to be brave enough to see it there; an opportunity not to be missed.

Loved "Marigold Hotel"!

The Muppets. Rave reviews and 4/5 star ratings everywhere. Am I missing something? Tried to fall asleep part way through the film but couldn't. Both wanted to leave but hate wasting money!

Marigold Hotel was superb. Looking forward to seeing Salmon Fishing in the Yemen when it comes out shortly - the trail looked good - and Pirates, which looks as if it might be a lot of fun!

I used to go every week with my mother and daughter but the cost is prohibitive especially if the film is not much good. My daughter joined Love Film so now for comparatively little outlay we see all the movies we want as soon as they come out on DVD. I think it was Black Swan that finished me off. Can't believe I paid to see that one.