Review: “House of 1000 Corpses”
After so much fanfare, debate, editing, re-editing and controversy - Rob Zombie's directorial debut arrives with more of a whimper than a bang in...
Review: “Josie and the Pussycats”
If you see the ads you'll think this is simply an over hyped film designed purely to appeal to young girls and in the...
Review: “Malibu’s Most Wanted”
Sometimes as a film critic its hard to control yourself from writing hundreds of words about a movie, however there are also times when...
Review: “The Girl Next Door”
While it owes so much to "Risky Business" that it may as well be called a remake, this teen comedy's return to the 80's...
Review: “Go!”
Whereas "200 Cigarettes" awkwardly jumbles 5-6 storylines in a slow-paced drama, "Go" shows how you can use a similar formula to much greater effect....
Review: “Sahara”
Certainly nothing like the disaster that was 1980's "Raise the Titanic", the first cinematic attempt to bring Clive Cussler's heroic Dirk Pitt literary character...
Review: “Fever Pitch”
Adapting English humour into big screen US movies is a tricky thing due to cultural differences. Like it or not, the fact is that...
Review: “Johnson Family Vacation”
In many TV shows, the characters people remember are the witty comedic support - the people who only have a small amount of time...
Review: “Blow”
"Boogie Nights" and "Goodfellas" lite I've heard this being called and for the most part its an apt description. Like those films this is...
Review: “High Crimes”
Military courtroom dramas have become a devolving genre over the years. "A Few Good Men" probably remains the strongest of the genre -...
Review: “Van Wilder Party Liasion”
When the teen horror genre was revived with "Scream", for the next 18 months we got decent clones with each having a different spin...
Review: “What A Girl Wants”
A somewhat flat Cinderella-esque story, 'Girl' is a retread of "The Princess Diaries" with the attention deficit in mind. Designed purely as a vehicle...
Review: “Phone Booth”
A superbly taut and tight little thriller, "Phone Booth" proves the first real find of a film for 2003 and certainly one of the...
Review: “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”
It may lack the better story of "Life of Brian" or the giant laugh out loud sequences of the sometimes great/sometimes misfiring "Meaning of...
Review: “Walking Tall”
I'll say one thing for the Rock, he copies from the best. If "Scorpion King" was a tamer "Conan", and "The Rundown" a light...
Review: “Hellboy”
Like any movie trend such as the resurrgence of horror in the mid-late 90's, we've come to that time where comic book adaptations are...
Review: “Sin City”
Visually stunning, graphically morbid and slavishly loyal to its pulp origins, "Sin City" is the most accurate adaptation ever done of a comic book...
Review: “Castle in the Sky”
Last year Disney released the lacklustre "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" animated adventure which was then immediately accused of ripping off ideas from the early...
Review: “Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life”
Monty Python humour takes a little getting used to as its very unusual in nature. When it works its some of the most biting...
Review: “Rules of Engagement”
Courtrooms can be great settings for movies and television, it's a place where there's no flashiness or effects to distract you from things -...
Review: “The Matrix”
Combine Dark City, any John Woo film, The Terminator, a dash of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, a pinch of Japanese anime and those...
Review: “Beauty Shop”
Seriously Queen Latifah, your crown is looking a little rusty. The big and proud 'Queen' is one hell of a personality that when it...
Review: “Spy Kids”
"Desperado" never interested me, I really got a kick out ofb "From Dusk til Dawn" (despite a yawn inducing first act), and "The Faculty"...
Review: “Death to Smoochy”
As much as I admire what Danny DeVito was trying to do with 'Smoochy', sadly this ultra-cynical almost cartoonish black comedy about children's television...
Review: “Panic Room”
After a trio of quite dark yet very engaging and original films ranging from bloodthirsty thriller to paranoia chase to dark social satire, Director...
Review: “Clockstoppers”
Back when I was a kid, the one comic I read religiously wasn't some costumed superhero tale - it was "Uncle Scrooge". Anyhow...
Review: “Head of State”
Political comedies from "Wag The Dog" and "Primary Colors" to "Dave" vary in style of humour but for the most part they tend to...
Review: “The Core”
Probably the most enjoyable B-movie I've seen in ages, the 'Core' is a deliciously silly FX adventure with a great cast and solid script...
Review: “Never Die Alone”
Taken as a satire of the blaxploitation and gangster movie genres, "Never Die Alone" proves hilarious. The trouble is you can tell the laughs...
Review: “Jersey Girl”
Kevin Smith may not have 'sold out' but the boy has sure gone mainstream. Smith's films have proven a mixed bag with one bonafide...