The Illusionist (DVD)

It's the turn of the century and childhood sweet hearts Edward and Sophie, separated by their social standing meet again after many years. Edward is now working as Eisenhiem the Illusionist and Sophie is due to marry the Crown Prince. The couple want to be together but fear the Crown Prince will never let this happen. Edward Norton who you may remember from Fight Club takes on the lead role as Eisenhiem and he plays the part really well. It is a million miles away from the role he played in Fight Club and really shows his versatility. He creates an air of mystery and intrigue that fit the film perfectly and copes well with the time setting and accent. He ...  Read the complete review

In the mid nineteenth century two Sisters by the name Fox wowed the country with their seemingly paranormal abilities, be it making ectoplasm appear from thin air or moving objects around the room, those who attended the séances and theatre gatherings amazed by what they saw. The eventual fraud aside, what caused the original uproar was the fact their actions undermined the natural order of things because the sisters seem to have evidence that the afterlife was real, and so not only undermining the Christian Church and the government of the day's authority, but creating public fears over heretics and threatening dark forces. In those days for the majority lowly educated ...  Read the complete review

This is a review of the film only so contains no info on the DVD extras (I don't get a chance to watch the extra's with the kids, I'm lucky if I manage to watch the film). Synopsis From acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan ("Memento," "Batman Begins"), comes a mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy with dangerous and deadly consequences. From the time that they first met as young magicians on the rise, Robert Angier (HUGH JACKMAN) and Alfred Borden (CHRISTIAN BALE) were competitors. However, their friendly competition evolves into a bitter rivalry making them ...  Read the complete review

Not feeling well today I decided for once to chill out, do nothing at and watch a film. I've owned this for a while and kept thinking I should watch it but it's ever much appealed to me because of the title lol Th Illusionist .... The Illusionist is an Academy Award-nominated 2006 period drama written and directed by Neil Burger. Based loosely on Steven Millhauser's story "Eisenheim the Illusionist". The Illusionist tells the story of Eisenheim, a magician (Illusionist) in turn-of-20th-century Vienna. The film begins in Medias Res as Chief Inspector Uhl recounts the history of Eisenheim for Crown Prince Leopold, following ...  Read the complete review

I was tricked into watching The Illusionist, if you pardon the pun. A friend had recently acquired it on DVD and I had been subjected to his enthusiastic raves regarding how good this film was. As someone who is not particularly up to speed on films I hadn't actually heard anything about this film before, but I agreed to borrow it and last night I finally got the chance to sit down and watch it. The film is set in Vienna during the 19th century and tells the story of an illusionist that goes by the name of Eisenheim. During the opening scene of the film we see Eisenheim on a theatre stage, in an almost trance like state. Suddenly there is chaos and dozens of ...  Read the complete review