The Gerard Butler Memorial List

it’s like we’re looking in a mirror

It’s a sad day when you realise that you no longer identify with the young beautiful people of the film world but, rather, you’re drawn to its misanthropic, aging ne’er-do-wells. This is the epiphany of Screen Shrapnel’s elder statesman, Jamie Dunn, when he watched Greenberg, the latest film from Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale) – he empathised totally with the film's titular middle-aged curmudgeon/psychopath who’s clinging to his youth like a limpet.

Talking of identifying with film protagonists, She’s Out of My League’s main character is Kirk (Jay Baruchel), an average schmuck, who's barley a five on the attractiveness spectrum, but by some miracle manages to bag himself a beautiful, cool, super-successful woman i.e. a hard ten. Sound familiar Graham?

As well as reviews of Greenberg and She’s Out of My League, we discuss Ajami, an epic, multi-stranded gangster picture from the film nation currently a la mode, Israel. And as a primer to next weeks year roundup we look at the stinkers of the last six months - we’re looking at you Sex and the City 2 and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Go on, have a listen. You’ll only be slightly disappointed

Posted at 23:10, 12th June 2010