Review: “Serving Sara”
How bad or how decent a Matthew Perry comedy can be is usually determined by the quality of the co-stars. You've had your...
Review: “Red Eye”
Taking a break from the horror movies that have buttered his bread for three decades now, Wes Craven's second attempt to escape the genre...
Review: “The Cell”
In the last few months films seem to have become so formulaic they're basically interchangeable, which is why "The Cell" is certainly a highlight...
Review: “Blue Crush”
As a critic quite often one gets an inkling as to how good/bad a film will be depending upon basic things such as its...
Review: “Freddy vs. Jason”
Neither scary nor funny as many of the other film's entries have been, 'Freddy' relies more on a stylish look and quite brutal gore...
Review: “Head On”
You've probably guessed by now that I go to the movies to be entertained. Sure I like the thought-provoking independent stuff and I prefer...
Review: “The Skeleton Key”
What could be written off as yet another entry in the already too overstocked PG-13 supernatural thriller genre turns out to be an atmospheric...
Review: “Four Brothers”
After mainstreaming himself out with the likes of the fun "Shaft" and the woeful "2 Fast 2 Furious", John Singleton tries to return to...
Review: “Session 9”
There's quite a bit to admire about "Session 9". The idea of asbestos workers in an abandoned mental asylum is excellent and simple, the...
Review: “Blood Work”
After pretty much cornering the market in recent years with engaging slow-burning suspense dramas like "True Crime" and "Absolute Power", Eastwood's quickly growing credo...
Review: “XXX”
Right from its opening sequence involving the fate of a tuxedo-clad secret agent, this Bruckheimer-esque actioneer both savagely attacks and ironically relies heavily on...
Review: “The Deep End”
A great deal of films, whether it be low or big budget, are designed to revolve around one person. You can have the best...
Review: “S.W.A.T.”
During the promos for this cop actioneer came the credit - "From the Producer of 'xXx' & 'Fast & The Furious'", a tag which...
Review: “Freaky Friday”
You know for a concept as well-worn as the old 'body switching' trick, it still works surprisingly well to this day. 1977's "Freak Friday"...
Review: “Osmosis Jones”
"Osmosis Jones" is a rather curious film - on the one hand its aimed at appealing to family audiences, on the other there's some...
Review: “Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams”
The first "Spy Kids" was a light and shallow but very impressive looking family-friendly piece with a sense of wild adventure and comical fun....
Review: “Collateral”
This year's "Phone Booth", "Collateral" is exactly what it appears to be - a very simple high concept thriller, no more or less. It...
Review: “The Sixth Sense”
The second most successful film of the year after the "Star Wars" prequel is this drama thriller. Why is it such a runaway hit?...
Review: “Manhunter”
I'm regularly finding that its usually in ones early teen years that people first see the films that they will remember and cherish for...
Review: “The Dukes of Hazzard”
Some shows are a billboard for their time, and nothing says late 70's/early 80's more than "The Dukes of Hazzard". The saving grace of...
Review: “Space Cowboys”
Clint Eastwood's latest is a strange movie. On the one side its a comedy with a more consistent and engaging level of laughs than...
Review: “Rush Hour 2”
The first "Rush Hour", whilst formulaic, proved a great fun action comedy thanks to snappy directing, a clever script and great performances. It felt...
Review: “Original Sin”
Forgettable dreck, "Original Sin" shows how impressive locations don't take away from the fact this is one of the worst directed pieces of crap...
Review: “Chopper”
The dark subversive drama proves to be a really quite distinctive Aussie film which smells of originality in a local industry that has only...
Review: “Signs”
"Signs" is an M. Night Shymalan film on reverse. "The Sixth Sense", and to a lesser degree "Unbreakable" were films with decent but...
Review: “Hollow Man”
Paul Verhoeven remains one of the few great mainstream film directors of our time. Most filmmakers set out to try and make award-winning movies...
Review: “The Others”
This year's "Sixth Sense", Amenbar's "The Others" proves to be a quite effective old fashioned haunted house tale. Like 'Sixth' its grindingly slow, has...
Review: “Spawn”
"Spawn" is a fantastic comic book with a dark edge and detailed characters, the movie definitely lost something in the translation. For starters: The...
Review: “Gigli”
Having become almost legendary in its scathing reviews by critics, its surprising to realise that "Gigli" isn't the worse film ever made. Is...
Review: “Thunderbirds”
Going into the year, various films early on were pegged to be dismal failures as movies, and so far "Thunderbirds" is the film to...