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No 317 - Midnight Run Director - Martin Brest I have decided I don't like having a job anymore. Specially not one which goes mental busy for 2 or 3 weeks at a time. 2011 has been pretty shocking when it comes to film watching and blog updating. I promise to rectify this as much as I can. Lets crack on Midnight Run had me hooked from the moment the awesome score and ' 90's sitcom ' style title credits came up (about 2min30 through here ) - but then, it grabbed me either further, with music by Danny Elfman . But this music is different to the standard Danny Elfman fare (which stems from his Tim Burton work but is now in most of the scores that he does). I mean just listen to it! Danny Elfman - Midnight Run Score Suite So, we have something which sounds zippy and funky (from an unexpected source) and which sets the tone for this film. A film which is really both a buddy movie and an utterly farcical chase. This was back in the 80's when De Niro could be really funn...

No 173 - Memento Director - Christopher Nolan I know that I have waxed lyrical about Christopher Nolan before - but I do think he has a very impressive track record of creating intelligent (and financially successful) films - we need more directors to play that line between success and intelligence. After all the cinematic market is based around rehashing the same ideas (watch this INCREDIBLE video by Kirby Ferguson - then check out his incredible site ), so any new ideas should be embraced and celebrated. This is a film that is going to be hard to describe without ruining it. And I really don't want to ruin it.... however, it is also a film full of joyous moments. Whats more impressive is how simple these moments are - even the simplicity of opening the film with a death, in reverse, is a glorious, beautiful WTF moment. The entire story is then told in snapshots, working backwards, to tell the story of how Leonard got to this point. It is a clever concept and it works really wel...