IT'S TENSION CITYREVIEWED - HOSTAGE: JEFF Talley is carrying around at least three weighty psychological burdensFri Mar 11 2005 - 00:00
LIMP FLICKREVIEWED - 9 SONGS: NEVER mind what the poor actors have to do. Just listen to what they have to sayFri Mar 11 2005 - 00:00
WAR BABIESREVIEWED - TURTLES CAN FLY/LAKPOSHTHA HÂM PARVAZ MIKONAND: BAHMAN Ghobadi, the Kurdish director of the emotionally devastating…Fri Mar 11 2005 - 00:00
Blame it on the boogeyREVIEWED - BOOGEYMAN: The only real surprise in this brain-atrophying horror film, which recently topped the US box-office during…Fri Mar 04 2005 - 00:00
A rickety remakeREVIEWED - FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX: Robert Aldrich's The Flight of the Phoenix, in which James Stewart and some character actors…Fri Mar 04 2005 - 00:00
Teacher's threatREVIEWED - COACH CARTER: This true story concerning a high school basketball coach, who, by insisting that his charges should…Fri Feb 25 2005 - 00:00
SUICIDAL TENDENCIESREVIEWED - HEAD-ON/GEGEN DIE WAN: This desperate love story set amid Hamburg's Turkish community was a surprise winner of the…Fri Feb 18 2005 - 00:00
CORPORATE SHENANIGANSREVIEWED - THE YES MEN: This nuts-and-bolts (or maybe just nuts) documentary about a group of merry anti-globalisation pranksters…Fri Feb 18 2005 - 00:00
HELL'S HIGHWAYREVIEWED - ARE WE THERE YET?: Welcome to the world of show business young Philip Daniel BoldenFri Feb 18 2005 - 00:00
LITTLE MISS AMERICAREVIEWED - FIRST DAUGHTER: You can imagine the difficulties that director Forrest Whitaker and his cabal of writers must have…Fri Feb 11 2005 - 00:00
THE CARREY-ON KIDREVIEWED - SON OF THE MASK: No, not a sequel to Peter Bogdanovich's 1985 drama about a teenager learning to live with the trauma…Fri Feb 11 2005 - 00:00
STILL SWEETREVIEWED - LA DOLCE VITA: Fellini's delicious wallow in the world of celebrity journalism took over from Bergman's The Seventh…Fri Feb 11 2005 - 00:00
MY LOVELY ZEBRAREVIEWED - RACING STRIPES There may be critics capable of getting through a review of this passable kids' movie without mentioning…Fri Feb 04 2005 - 00:00
DEAD PUNKS SOCIETYReviewed - END OF THE CENTURY: THE STORY OF THE RAMONES "Norman Wisdom, Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee: good times!" So sang The Human…Fri Jan 28 2005 - 00:00
CELEBRITY SNAPSReviewed - PAPARAZZI Not since The Devil's Advocate, in which Taylor Hackford suggested that lawyers might quite literally be…Fri Jan 28 2005 - 00:00
THE PARENT TRAPReviewed - MEET THE FOCKERS Before Jay Roach's ho-hum sequel to the not-much-funnier Meet the Parents kicks off, the director…Fri Jan 28 2005 - 00:00
Power shortageREVIEWED - ELEKTRA: An adaptation of Sophocles's great tragedy directed by the man behind Reign of Fire and starring that woman…Fri Jan 21 2005 - 00:00
Eastwood's adversaries not feeling luckyGod help anyone foolish enough to get on the wrong side of Clint EastwoodFri Jan 21 2005 - 00:00
Feet of flamesREVIEWED - LADDER 49: Either a heartfelt tribute to the victims of September 11th or a shameless attempt to cash in on the …Fri Jan 21 2005 - 00:00
KUNG FU KICKINGReviewed - Shaolin Soccer (Siu Lam Juk Kau): Some readers may be upset to hear that Stephen Chow's extraordinary chop-socky …Fri Dec 31 2004 - 00:00
KUNG FU KICKINGReviewed - Shaolin Soccer (Siu Lam Juk Kau): Some readers may be upset to hear that Stephen Chow's extraordinary chop-socky …Fri Dec 24 2004 - 00:00
Social graces under pressureSocial Mores: Though prone to dangerous presuppositions on the subject of footwear storage - "Your shoes will, of course, already…Sat Dec 18 2004 - 00:00
WINCE CHARMINGREVIEWED - ELLA ENCHANTED: This harmless fantasy comes across as the sort of film that parents would like their children to …Fri Dec 17 2004 - 00:00
NIGHTY NIGHTREVIEWED - SLEEPOVER: It wouldn't surprise me if Sleepover, the 14th high-school comedy released in the last half-hour, was …Fri Dec 17 2004 - 00:00
Home-grown flicks reeling in the gongsIrish films continue to attract favourable attention overseasFri Dec 10 2004 - 00:00
Michael Moore feeling the big chillThat respected website Film Threat has shocked 48 per cent of the American population by placing Michael Moore at the top of …Fri Dec 03 2004 - 00:00
Beckham brand the goal of 'Goal!'Social commentators concerned about the growing cultural influence of David Beckham may be distressed to hear that Bruce Davey…Fri Nov 12 2004 - 00:00
ON THE SLAG HEAPREVIEWED - FAT SLAGS: "From the director of Kevin and Perry Go Large ," the TV advertisement says by way of warningFri Oct 22 2004 - 01:00
IZZARD IS A LIZARDREVIEWED - FIVE CHILDREN AND IT: Had not the solidly traditional adventures of a certain young wizard become the publishing …Fri Oct 22 2004 - 01:00
ROYAL JELLYREVIEWED - THE PRINCESS DIARIES 2: ROYAL ENGAGEMENT: I want to be a princessFri Oct 22 2004 - 01:00
NOTHING IS CERTAINREVIEWED - CHAOS (KAOSU): Not since Akira Kurosawa's golden years has the work of a Japanese director offered as much material…Fri Oct 22 2004 - 01:00
WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?REVIEWED - ALFIE: After de-gutting, political correction and a serious roughing-up by the style Gestapo, there is little else…Fri Oct 22 2004 - 01:00
THIS FISH IS FOULREVIEWED - SHARK TALE: Though Ice Age wasn't great and A Bug's Life was only OK, Dreamworks' unsuccessful attempt to find comedy…Fri Oct 15 2004 - 01:00
Puppets are doing it for themselvesTeam America: World Police , a satire on the war on terror by the makers of South Park , opens today in the US, but Trey Parker…Fri Oct 15 2004 - 01:00
LOONY TOONSREVIEWED - BOO, ZINO AND THE SNURKS: What on earth do we have here? This poorly animated German kids' movie manages to combine…Fri Oct 15 2004 - 01:00
No snip for Farrell's eunuchIt was only a few months ago that rumours began circulating that shots of Colin Farrell's manhood had to be trimmed (ouch) from…Fri Oct 15 2004 - 01:00
LOVE ON THE ROCKSREVIEWED - VODKA LEMON: Several times in Hiner Saleem's engaging Armenian drama a horseman races across the screen, his progress…Fri Oct 15 2004 - 01:00
BORED TO DEATH BY AXIS OF EVILREVIEWED - RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE: Made with zombies by zombies for zombies, this tiring thriller, the second film inspired…Fri Oct 08 2004 - 01:00
KING CRAZYREVIEWED - BUBBA HO-TEP: This singular film did sufficiently poorly at the US box-office on its release in 2002 to qualify for…Fri Oct 08 2004 - 01:00
SHATTERED GLASSREVIEWED - INTO THE MIRROR (GEOUL SOKEURO): This latest missive from the South Korean scream machine begins with a stunning scene…Fri Oct 08 2004 - 01:00
DE-SASTERREVIEWED - DE-LOVELY:Have you heard, about this flick,So blandly sung, it will make you sick?Well, did you evah?Fri Oct 01 2004 - 01:00
SMELL THE GLOVEREVIEWED - METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER: This often hilarious documentary concerning the heavy metal band Metallica accidentally…Fri Oct 01 2004 - 01:00
DEATH BECOMES HIMREVIEWED - DEAD MAN'S SHOES: In his last film, the under-appreciated Once Upon a Time in the Midlands, Shane Meadows attempted…Fri Oct 01 2004 - 01:00
