The Girl On The Train

On her daily commute into the city Rachel fantasises about a seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day. And then one day she sees something that upsets her perfect fantasy and her life begins to unravel.
Based on the novel by Paula Hawkins, this is a solid and satisfying thriller that keeps you guessing until the end.
The performances from all of the actors are solid and the twists and turns keep you engaged all through the movie.
Highly recommended.

Run All Night

English: Liam Neeson at the TIFF premiere of The Other Man. Sunday September 7, 2008. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and stars Liam Neeson and Ed Harris.

Mobster and hit man Jimmy Conlon (Neeson) has one night to figure out where his loyalties lie: with his estranged son, Mike, whose life is in danger, or his long time best friend, mob boss Shawn Maguire (Harris), who wants Mike to pay for the death of his own son.

So, the plot is simplistic, the violence level is high and the two lead actors are pretty much reprising roles they have played several times before - Neeson especially who seems to be caught in this genre.

If you like gangster on gangster, high body count movies then this is great, otherwise it's missable.

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Dior And I

English: Model Chanel Iman on the runway during the Christian Dior Haute Couture fashion show for A/W 2009/10 on July 6, 2009 in Paris, France. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This documentary by Frederic Tcheng is a behind-the-seams glimpse at the making of Rafe Simon's first haute couture collection for Christian Dior in 2012.
Simon has just eight weeks to create his first collection for Dior and we follow him and the Dior team through the creative and 'manufacturing' process.We see how the internal workings of the shop floor operate and how much it is integrated into the creative process. We see the people who make the garments take ownership of the technical aspects of the design in order to make them work.
Interspersed are extracts from Dior's biography which helps bring an historical aspect to the movie as well as reveal the cyclical nature of fashion.
Overall an engaging movie that avoids the glamour in favour of the reality that goes into the fashion collection of the world's premier fashion icon.
Well worth a viewing.

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