These are reviews from the very old Colin and Mitch site back in a time when press-showings happened outside of London and we were starting. Be warned, these may be poor but are here for notoriety and memory of times past.
Dir Wolfgang Peterson St: George Clooney The Perfect Storm (2000)All assassins are eventually faced with the “just one final job” scenario that provides the basis for a nightmare last mission. The Perfect Storm is like that but with fisherman and in this instance based upon fact. How much of this is realism and how much…
Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson Punch Drunk Love (2002)Well here’s one you didn’t expect – Adam Sandler in good film shocker and Paul Thomas Anderson in well under two hours film surprise… Barry is a neurotic businessman involved in (among other things) the manufacture of occasionally shatterproof novelty plungers. His neurosis could stem from his seven…
Dir: Gore Verbinski Before we start it should be pointed out that this is a more tricky review to write than virtually any other. The reason? Well it’s very difficult to be objective about a US remake of a modern classic of the horror genre – the remarkable understated Japanese chiller Ringu. Just the thought…
Dir: Brett Ratner St: Jackie Chan , Chris Tucker, Chris Penn, Don Cheadle Carter and Lee return. A vacation in Hong Kong proves less than relaxing for the bickering buddies when a bomb explodes in the US embassy, killing two undercover operatives. Lee suspects his father’s ex-partner and executioner Ricky Tang, now a Triad big…
Dir: Keenan Ivory Wayans Str: Anna Farris, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Carmen Electra, Shannon Elizabeth Take the makers of the wonderful spoof film I’m Gonna Get You Sucka, one of the funniest films of its year and a real triumph of imagination and raw stupidity over budget. Scary Movie (2000) Take the current trend for…
