4 Lions

Is this gun too small?

I take back what I said in my Panique au Village, this is my favourite film of the year. It's about a group of jihadhi  who want to make their statement on the world so after a bunch of dud decisions (including blowing up the mosque) they come to a decision to bomb the London Marathon, this fails and in quite a bitter ending glazed with comedy, there ends that rare thing: a poignant comedy. The laughs are many but its tackling a very dark subject: suicide bombings. Not to mention all the people that you've grown a bond with during the film meet their end, all of them in a funny way (Faisal trips over a sheep whilst carrying explosives) except Waj who you really feel for.
Serious stuff over: this film is hilarious, Omar, Hassan, Waj, Faisal and um......Barry all put in stellar performances as confused bombers who are out of their depths, Faisal is my favourite but it could well have been any of them but have you ever seen someone try to fly a crow into a building? I dont think so and his ignorance is the funniest thing about it (when you watch it, listen to his variety of voices) and he was the first martyr of the final jihadhi.

Hassan's statement

In conclusion, this film hits every button on comedy whilst making it a sensible and serious plot at the same time, I learned never to give a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Heimlich from watching this film.

Fly to Heaven Brother Crow

Verdict:9.2/10

Get Him to the Greek

Running away from Sergio

This film is what made me want to get a furry wall in my house. It's about washed up rock star Aldous Snow (Russel Brand) who releases a new song 'African Child'. It is deemed one of the worst things ever. Meanwhile, Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) works for a music company run my incredibly angry overlord Sergio (Sean Combs) he suggests that they get Aldous Snow to play a comeback gig at the Greek theatre, Sergio agrees but on the one condition that Aaron has 3 days to get Aldous from London to California. Trials and tribulations occur that make me wonder why this wasn't an 18 and the ending is kinda nice but 2 things stood out for me in this film: the sheer inappropriateness with the least explained sex scene in movie history and Sean Combs, he pretty much plays himself but the fact that he's so serious when he's spouting these great jokes is a joy to behold. He sends such text messages as 'Where the f*** are you, I will f****ng kill you :-)' and he wants Pharell to be gangsta' in a song called 'I'm Gangsta' (Duhhhhhhhhhh)

Sergio ticking off Aaron

All in all this film is funny with a slightly serious side that's not worth taking notice of, I want to see Russel Brand ans Sean Combs in more films

When the Jeffrey gets ya' stroke the furry wall.

Verdict:7/10