Spent the weekend trying to catch up on films that I had wanted to see for a while:-

1. Battle Royale
Well well, a short harrowing tale of school children forced to kill each other on an Island. That's about it.. If you dig that type of thing then check it out. I found it entertaining but of limited value for quenching my current thirst for exploration of human relationships..

2. Sexy Beast
Now this is more like it.. What a film. Its full of tension, fear and love. I was able to connect with the characters even though they were essentially East End criminals.. I wonder how realistic the rendering was?! But anyhow it seemed pretty genuine, and Ben Kingsley and Ray Winstone were fantastic.

3. Audition
Shudder. Saw the box in the video shop, and got freaked out and chose the above instead.. How weird then that I turn on channel 4 on Sunday night to see a Japanese film about an audition.. Shit before I realised I was hooked into finding the ending of this creepy film. My advice is, don't meet any women, fall in love with them and feel all happy and content and then rent this film..No just kidding (unless you are planning to 'audition' potential women) it was well done, very tender (believe me when I say tender I mean it) exploration of trust and gender.