Monthly Archives: March 2011

Vigilante Makeover Fails To Deliver, 12 March 2007 Author: gary-444 from United Kingdom *** This review may contain spoilers *** I wanted this film to work. The much derided “Death Wish” of the Seventies struck a popular chord in the … Continue reading →

Passable Horror Yarn, 12 March 2007 Author: gary-444 from United Kingdom *** This review may contain spoilers *** Caving dramas offer the same possibilities as those involving submarines – closed quarters, hidden dangers, claustrophobic tension and an alien environment.This is … Continue reading →

Light Inoffensive Entertainment, 11 March 2007 Author: gary-444 from United Kingdom *** This review may contain spoilers *** One of the better Hugh Grant films, this frothy romp entertains without hitting any great heights.The synopsis of the plot is ;fading … Continue reading →

Desperately Disappointing, 24 February 2007 Author: gary-444 from United Kingdom *** This review may contain spoilers *** I went along to this movie with high expectations, but low preconceptions. i was sorely disappointed with what I saw. The premise of … Continue reading →

Nice Idea – poorly executed, 23 February 2007 Author: gary-444 from United Kingdom *** This review may contain spoilers *** It is easy to dismiss this film as derivative, clichéd and formulaic. And there is some truth in these descriptions. … Continue reading →

Classy Drama Falls a Little Short, 18 February 2007 Author: gary-444 from United Kingdom *** This review may contain spoilers *** This classy melodrama glides between the sublime, and the unsatisfactory,but nonetheless deserves a viewing. At the centre of the … Continue reading →

Uneasy Mix of the Brilliant and absurd, 13 February 2007 Author: gary-444 from United Kingdom *** This review may contain spoilers *** A friend who is a Lecturer in Film Studies had urged me to see this – I duly … Continue reading →

Bold Action Movie With A Conscience, 30 January 2007 Author: gary-444 from United Kingdom After Director Zwicks impressive “Last Samurai” this is an impressive attempt at interweaving a modern action film with difficult contemporary modern issues. De Caprio, taking the … Continue reading →

Pretentious Drivel, 29 January 2007 Author: gary-444 from United Kingdom Inarritu’s recent history with “Amores Perros” and “21 Grammes” had me expectantly awaiting his latest effort. I deliberately avoided doing too much “research” on the film, instead wanting to be … Continue reading →

Worst Jodie Foster film I’ve Seen, 27 January 2007 Author: gary-444 from United Kingdom I watched this film as a Foster “completist” and was hugely disappointed, not by Foster per se, but by this clunking effort. The premise of the … Continue reading →