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It's been quite a while since I watched a film. Two weekends ago, I caught the most enjoyable and relatively short Run Lola Run. It was the first DVD I bought years ago thanks to the soundtrack having a great track on it (Believe by Frank Potente), and never got around to watching.

The story is pretty simple, but is well put across. Definitely recommended for something slightly different to the norm.

At the other end of the spectrum in terms of film length was The Aviator, which we watched at Jams's home cinema on Saturday. It felt like we were there for several days, but apparently it was just 170 minutes.

The IMDB entry for the film has a user comment that says A curious film in so many ways; it is a truly gorgeous film, great cinematography and editing to keep it as tight as possible but there is something missing at his very heart!. I can certainly see where the comment has come from, although overall I did enjoy watching it. It would have been good if Martin Scorsese has managed to find someone with even a hint of keeping-an-accent skills to play Katharine Hepburn; Cate Blanchett was all over the place, making it somewhat painful to listen to.

Howard Hughes was a very interesting character, and I'm going to pick up a book about him for going on holiday. If you'd like a potted history of the man, there is no better place to start than Wikipedia.