Alexander dir. by Oliver Stone
Alexander has received a bit of a panning in the US of A, its been out here for around a week now, and so far a lot of critics seem to...
30 November 2004
Wyatt Earp dir. by Lawrence Kasdan
Everyone’s heard of Wyatt Earp haven’t they? The gunfight at the OK corral, Dodge city, Tombstone and Doc Holliday are all part of the western mythology. Part of a place of heroes and baddies, white hats and black hats, where usually, in the end the good guys save the day, possibly riding off into the sunset.
19 October 2004
Hero dir. by Zhang Yimou
If you’ve seen any trailers for this film you might be tempted to think of it as this year’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It isn’t. First of all it isn’t quite...
28 September 2004
Hellboy [based on comics] by Mike Mignola dir. by Guillermo del Toro
Before I had heard about this film I had never heard of the comics, never really heard of the character of Hellboy at all, so I wasn’t “mad fer it.” But,...
10 September 2004
King Arthur dir. by Antoine Fuqua
This film suffered from many poor reviews. Both from critics and, in my case, from friends who found it boring. Course I don’t read reviews before I go see films, I try to make up my own mind. Still I wasn’t expecting a lot from this film.
I’ve never really been a huge fan of Arthur films. First Knight was really really crap, imo, and Excaliber was a bit wierd. Plus there is the whole Monty Python thing :)
So why’d I go to see it?
Ray Winstone of course!
20 August 2004
Robin of Sherwood dir. by Richard Carpenter
I don’t know if I actually remember this from when it was originally shown on RTE, or if it was repeats. Then again, the last series, the third, was made in...
22 July 2004
Capturing the Friedmans dir. by Andrew Jareki
Starring the family as themselves. This is a documentary about a family, maybe a little on the eccentric side, but seeming quite normal nontheless and what happens when the father is...
15 July 2004
Belleville Rendezvous dir. by Slyvain Chomet
This is film that got quite a lot of attention when it came out, but I will admit to being a little put of by the trailer, and as it didn’t...
15 July 2004
Amelie dir. by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Another film that I kept meaning to rent but never got round to it, till C4 showed it tonight. I really don’t know how to describe this film. It is quirky...
15 July 2004
Films
Have recently been to see Wonderland and The Day After Tomorrow, but don’t have time to do proper reviews for either. So here are the mini-reviews: Would recommend Wonderland. Dark and...
30 May 2004
The Fog Of War dir. by Errol Morris
I saw the trailer for this when I went to see Van Helsing, it stood out because I hadn’t seen it before. Yes the gorram “day after tomorrow” trailer was showing....
12 May 2004
Van Helsing dir. by Stephen Sommers
After seeing the trailer for this film for what seems like years (I’m talking to you to bloody day after tomorrow trailer that just won’t go away), I figured I knew...
7 May 2004