HiFi’s Film Reviews
353 Films have been rated or reviewed by HiFi.
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
Sober, solid, well made and impressively performed war drama focussing on the psychological effects of ‘maximum effort’. Set–bound, but not so’s you’d notice. Exciting climactic bombing run. Nice understated performance from Jagger.- DVD
$15$11.25 
True Blood - Season 2 (TV Series) (2009)- The best season, IMHO. Has a crazed momentum which I loved. Great performances, especially Forbes – much underrated.
- DVD
$25$18.75 
True Blood - Season 4 (TV Series) (2011)- Expertly made popular entertainment of the highest order. Pam\'s episode 12 tirade hilariously gives the negative in the \'Every man living (or undead) desires Sookie\' debate. The second–best season after No. 2, IMHO.
True Blood - Season 3 (TV Series) (2010)
The weakest season, IMHO. Too much standing around explaining the plot to each other, not enough action or character development. Still pretty good, though.
Sherlock - Series 1 (TV Series) (2010)- Sprightly, stylish and great fun. In my humble opinion Cumberbatch has earned a place beside the other great Holmeses (Jeremy Brett and Basil Rathbone).
- DVD $69.95
Social Network, The (2010)
- For what does it profit a man to gain the whole (virtual) world, and forfeit his soul? Once the buzz dies down this strident, simplistic film will have the shelf life of \'Rogue Trader\'. So by all means see it sooner, rather than later.
Cyrus (2010)- Nice to see restraint from actors who usually play quite broadly. Made me realise that the lummox–like Reilly has quite a delicate touch (I hereby approve his casting as me in any future biopics). Well worth seeing.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)- Lacks the claustrophobic seediness of other Cold War spy dramas, but absorbing and brilliantly performed nonetheless. Great score, and the production design is a lesson in perfectly evoking an era without falling into cliche.
Crazy Heart (2009)
Nice photography & credible singing but flaccid and facile (flaccile?) and Gyllenhaal is excruciating. Bad has the smoothest alcoholic recovery in film history. Made me long for something with guts, like \'Georgia\'. 
Killing, The - Series 1 (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2007)- The world loves this, so I\'m probably crazy to think that if you strip away the exotic language and locale you have a tedious, cliched crime drama that\'s structured like an Agatha Christie novel. Me, I\'m off to check out \'The Shadow Line\'.
- DVD
$39.95$29.95
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