(Still catching up with old film reviews – gotta catch them all) I don't really like Tom Cruise. I don't know when this irrational reaction started, but when I get such strong reactions, they tend to stick, no matter what sort of evidence is presented to the contrary. I don't…
(Catching up with old film reviews – collect the series!) I'm a Tarantino film fan. The films he makes are aimed at film fans like me. So, I've loved his films so far. I don't like him as an actor, because I have some taste, but as a writer-director, he's…
(Better late than never – I hope to be more current in my reviews in the near future.) There is a scene in the film Jarhead, a memoir of marine sniper Anthony Swofford during the first Gulf War, where the troops watch Apocalypse Now and get really excited by the…
Daniel Craig makes a good Bond. There. I’ve said it. An actor, known for his acting, who beefed up considerably for the role (although he had previous action hero status when he did his shower scene in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) and able to bring subtle nuance to the role…
Constantine the movie. I never would have imagined it possible. The background character whose visual was based on Sting and became the street-level magic man of the Vertigo universe is somehow transformed into Action Hero. The filmmakers don’t get it: Constantine is a magical conman, not an action hero –…
Written by Frank Miller Directed by Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller (Cut & Shot by Robert Rodriguez) Starring a whole load of people, including Mickey Rourke, Elijah Wood, Rutger Hauer, Carla Gugino, Jessica Alba, Clive Owen, Rosario Dawson, Josh Hartnett, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Clarke Duncan, Brittany Murphy, Nick Stahl,…
(I think I was the only person in the world who didn't see Spider-Man 3 at the cinemas over the weekend. So, this means I can't read most other blogs at the moment, nor can I write a review of the film, for obvious reasons. Therefore, I shall continue my…
(An old review of a cinema visit, to keep the Asian theme going.) Takeshi Kitano, a multi-faceted actor/director/writer/presenter/artist, known for his aesthetically stylish but hyperviolent Japanese gangster films, makes a film about the original criminals and gangsters in Japanese history. Set in the time of the Shoguns, Kitano plays Zatoichi,…
(This is a review of the film I saw at a preview screening.) Hero tells the tale of the nameless warrior (Jet Li) who has come to the ruler of the Qin kingdom of pre-China to inform him of the manner in which he has slain the three assassins who…
You have to feel a little sorry for someone who wins the Oscar for best director with their first film. What the hell do you do next? Fortunately for us, Sam Mendes decided he wanted to adapt a graphic novel (by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner) for the…