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Claudia Cardinale

Fitzcarraldo

Thursday, September 27, 2007
There's definitely something strange about seeing Klaus Kinski play a character that smiles and a character that is in love with another human being. After all, virtually every other character Kinski played was a frothing madman. But here he plays Fitzcarraldo, a man of passion and warmth, a man who loves opera instead of fear and death.The opening scenes set the character up...

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Grindhouse

Death Proof

Saturday, September 22, 2007
What a wasted opportunity Death Proof is. It could have been terrific trashy fun. Instead it’s only fun in parts – large sections are irredeemably dull.The dull sections are exclusively the property of the endless dialogue scenes. For what seems like an eternity annoying female characters jabber on about nothing. It has none of the wit or excitement of the dialogue in Reservoir...

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Ben Affleck

Jersey Girl

Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Conventional wisdom would suggest that any film that kills off J-Lo within the opening ten minutes would be an enjoyable experience. But alas, not even the speedy death of Jenny from the Block can prevent Jersey Girl from being anything but a miserable ordeal.It would be unwise to expect cinematic excellence from such a talentless director as Kevin Smith, but Jersey Girl sees...

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Ed Harris

The Abyss

Monday, September 17, 2007
I wouldn't recommend watching the Theatrical Cut of The Abyss. It's a decent film but the ending is so butchered that it has you wondering what the hell happened. It just doesn't make any sense.However, the ending to the Special Edition isn't perfect either. It clears things up, it tells you why there are these florescent aliens swimming about, but in the extended...

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Dunkirk

Atonement

Sunday, September 16, 2007
My main problem with the film adaptation of Atonement, like the novel, is the ending. Here we have a character, Briony Tallis, who as a thirteen-year-old girl splits up a young couple and sends a young man, Robbie Turner (James McAvoy), to jail by falsifying evidence. Years later she realises what she did was wrong and tries to atone for her mistakes. But...

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Andie MacDowell

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Wednesday, September 12, 2007
So let me get this straight. There's this British bloke who sleeps with this American gal. Just once, mind you. But despite this, he falls hopelessly in love. However, she leaves and doesn't call him back. Then when they see each other again, she's engaged. But for some reason she sleeps with him again. Oh, and then she takes him out shopping with...

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(Dir:) Paul Verhoeven

Total Recall

Monday, September 03, 2007
To call Total Recall an intellectual action film would be going too far. After all, this is a film with a three-titted whore, a midget hooker and a body count only Harold Shipman could dream of. Plus it has Arnie one-liners and tons and tons of blood. But despite all this, buried underneath the sleazy, bloodstained exterior there's a smart film trying to...

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Britpop

Live Forever

Monday, September 03, 2007
Liam Gallagher is a wonderful human being. You don't believe me? Just watch Live Forever and witness the Manchunian ape-boy respond to the interviewer calling him 'androgynous'. At first he's puzzled, but when the word is explained to him he wonders whether he's being called a girl. But then when this curious word is explained in even greater detail, he admits that yes,...

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