Heath Ledger – cinemescope

100 Word Review – The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

September 20, 2015April 15, 2016Posted in 100 Words..., FantasyTagged Andrew Garfield, Christopher Plummer, Colin Farrell, Fantasy, Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Lily Cole, Terry Gilliam, Tom Waits, Verne Troyer1 Comment

It’s a shame that this film is best known for being Heath Ledger’s last and not for its own merit.

Doctor Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) with his daughter (Lily Cole) and the rest of his theatre company (Ledger, Verne Troyer, Andrew Garfield) travel through modern London performing their strange show, ever followed by the mysterious Mr Nick (Tom Waits).

Written and directed by ex-Python Terry Gilliam (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Twelve Monkeys, Brazil), it is coated in his trademark style of combining the mundane and the bizarre to create something magical. Co-starring Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law.

100 Word Review – 10 Things I Hate About You

August 3, 2015March 6, 2016Posted in 100 Words..., Comedy, F-Rated, RomanceTagged adaptation, Allison Janney, Comedy, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julia Stiles, Karen McCullah, Kirsten Smith, Larisa Oleynik, Romance, Shakespeare, teen, The Taming Of The Shrew3 Comments

The best modern day retelling of Shakespeare’s The Taming Of The Shrew, without a doubt.

Kat (Julia Stiles) Is a strong-minded teenager who refuses to conform to societal norms. When her father decrees that her younger sister cannot date unless she does, Kat is thrown back in to the dating world.

Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Allison Janney and Larisa Oleynik all co-star in screenwriting team Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah’s (Legally Blonde, She’s The Man) excellent film.

Despite being based on an arguably misogynist text about “taming” women, this adaptation is upbeat, empowering and down right hilarious. WATCH IT NOW!