Thor

The premise of this film is simple. All conquering immortal warrior, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is cast down to Earth by the Allfather Odin (Anthony Hopkins). It is now up to the new Earth hero to pick up the pieces and restore himself to full light while putting up with nattering of a very hot ineffective Natalie Portman. Thankfully it doesn’t take much away from the film as this Marvel franchise is being handled with aplomb by Kenneth Branagh. If only they had borrowed more from the Ultimate side of Thor…

Rating: * * +
PS: It seems like Tadanobu Asano is really hard up on cash!

The Goebbels Experiment

Josef Goebbels was the Nazi party's chief of propaganda. The man behind Hitler kept an uninterrupted diary between 1924 and 1945. The diary is brought to life in this documentary by the voice of Kenneth Branagh. Exposing a man enamored by the Fuhrer and constantly scheming his way through the Nazi party.

The film though was disjoint and jerky. Maybe a reflection of the protagonist himself. Branagh's narration sounded contrived and unnatural. But like most Nazi films it makes you shudder and cringe when you think about the pureness of purpose the Nazi government went about its chilling business. A business commandeered by the voice just one man.

Rating: *