Review: “Mission to Mars”
Brian DePalma has directed twenty six movies in his career, some are cinematic classics, some entertaining romps, and some barely watchable stinkers. "Scarface", "Carrie",...
Review: “The Time Machine”
The lacklustre new interpretation of HG Wells' sci-fi classic is a grave disappointment. George Pal's 1960 film version was hokey and not as...
Review: “Bringing Down the House”
A few years ago, Warner Bros. released "Three to Tango" - a Matthew Perry comedy in which he's mistaken for being gay and so...
Review: “Starsky & Hutch”
After delivering such great comedies as "Road Trip" and "Old School", Director Todd Phillips takes a step down with "Starsky & Hutch", a film...
Review: “Cruel Intentions”
The whole teen film revival of the last year or so has proven to result in more bad films than good. Last year the...
Review: “Evil Under the Sun”
Ustinov's second outing as Poirot again features an all-star cast in an exotic island off the Albanian coast (actually it was shot in Majorca,...
Review: “The Pacifier”
Budding action heroes always feel the need to branch out into other genre fare ranging from comedy to critical drama. For some such as...
Review: “The Jacket”
A rather strange mix of blunt psychological thriller with low-key science fiction, "The Jacket" is certainly the biggest mindf**k of a film this year...
Review: “Be Cool”
Bearing little or no relation to Barry Sonnenfeld's over-rated but still slickly pulled off 1995 black comedy "Get Shorty", this 'sort of' sequel has...
Review: “Cut”
Australia has put out at least a dozen or so indie horror films over the past two decades, all of which were painfully underfunded...
Review: “The Mexican”
The long-awaited teaming of Roberts & Pitt comes in a romantic comedy that's a slight departure from the standard - with mixed results. On...
Review: “Cradle 2 The Grave”
Slick, dumb and utter trash - 'Cradle' is exactly what you'd expect and at times quite fun despite its moronity. Embracing formulaic yet visually...
Review: “Twisted”
Like Meg Ryan is to romantic comedy, Ashley Judd has become the signature girl star of the murder mystery thriller genre. Like Ryan as...
Review: “Diary of a Mad Black Woman”
Veering wildly between heavy-handed melodrama right out of a soap opera, to raucous brash comedy along lines Martin Lawrence would be proud of, 'Diary'...
Review: “The Passion of the Christ”
With certain films the idea of giving a totally unbiased objective opinion is impossible to be honest. In this case, one's religious beliefs will...
Review: “Confidence”
Some films will be remembered for their story, some for a visual effect or appeal, and some for their quality performances. Then, every now...
Review: “Cursed”
The first 2-3 months of the year are seen as a dumping ground for movies, but one genre that has found its legs this...
Review: “Dragonfly”
A dumb but likeable TV movie for its first two-thirds and a pictureseque cheese fest for its last act, "Dragonfly" is the latest bomb...
Review: “Queen of the Damned”
It may have been long and slow at times, but Neil Jordan's "Interview with a Vampire" certainly was a film of eerie beauty thanks...
Review: “Old School”
School comedy is a tougher genre to work in than it may appear - short of the great fun that was "Road Trip", most...
Review: “Dark Blue”
After various gritty police dramas on the big screen (ala "Training Day"), Ron Shelton's "Dark Blue" hits cinemas with more of a whimper than...
Review: “Eurotrip”
If there's one thing obvious about "Eurotrip" is that its writers have never been outside the United States. Jokes here are dumb as a...
Review: “Jawbreaker”
The cult 80's film "Heathers" combined murder, black humour and high school - with a resulting film which a few people love but most...
Review: “Constantine”
An interesting if not entirely successful supernatural thriller, "Constantine" is a somewhat unusual beast that stands above most efforts in the field thanks to...
Review: “The Life of David Gale”
Despite the solid cast, this rather preposterous thriller never really clicks or excites, whilst its big twists and contrivances keep spiralling downward into rather...
Review: “Son of the Mask”
Sequels without their original stars are usually sent direct to video. Some deserve better, this isn't one of those - hell, video is too...
Review: “Super Troopers”
There's something funny about this new FOX comedy which was major success at Sundance last year. On the surface it does look like a...
Review: “Return to Neverland”
A surprisingly bland sequel from Disney which should've headed straight to video like "Cinderella 2" and all the rest, "Return to Neverland" is a...
Review: “Hart’s War”
An old-fashioned almost 60's-era courtroom drama style tale of racism, "Hart's War" tries to be different by having its proceedings take place around a...
Review: “The Silence of the Lambs”
Everyone has a group of about a half dozen films (usually more) which they absolutely love - without question they could watch them every...