Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Think of some of the people who you think are amazing...is Ian Dury one of them? I think he was one of the greats and his passing in 2000 was a huge loss to the entertainment industry.
So it was great expections I had from Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, a biopic based on Ian Dury..and I'm glad to say this movie delivered.
The movie is kind of themed like a concert, with Dury (played by Andy Serkis) telling the story of his life. At the age of 7 he contracted polio, and it shows some of ths struggles he had growing up and his against all odds rise to superstardom, being one of the founding fathers of the British punk movement.
It also shows the struggles his family had with a volitile person like Dury as a father and husband.
The movie is great, although it could get confusing where is goes back and forth a lot, but the best thing is that they refused to sugar coat what kind of person Dury was. Serkis plays the lead role incredibly well and almost looks like him too! Add to that a great soundtrack and this move is a winner.
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll is rated 15 and is available on DVD and BRD on 17th May.

Pierrepoint

This afternoon, I watched Pierrepoint (also known as The Last Hangman) on DVD.

This movie is the story of Albert Pierrepoint, who was the last hangman in the UK.  During the span of his 22 year career, he executed some 608 people, including the so-called "Beasts of Belsen" for which he had the country's gratitude....he also had to hang his friend because he killed a woman, which changed him.forever.

By the time he had done his last hanging (Ruth Ellis) the public felt differently toward Pierrepont, calling him a murderer, and he felt very differently about the job and resigned in 1956.

The movie is very sad, and Timoth Spall portrays Pierrepoint creepily well.

Pierrepoint is rated 15, and available on DVD