Reviews and writing from the past but here for your viewing… should you be that way inclined. Varied in content and the like but an archive for perusal…
Written, Produced and Directed by Brian Helgeland William Thatcher learned about life from the school of hard knocks – literally – as from childhood he was taken from his father John (a thatcher, funnily enough) to be a practice sparring partner for Sir Ector. Getting hit by big pointy sticks is a serious business, one…
Directed by Simon West Starring: Angelina Jolie (Lara Croft), Iain Glen (Manfred Powell), Jon Voight (Richard Croft), Daniel Craig (Alex Cross), Noah Taylor (Bryce), Leslie Phillips (Wilson), Chris Barrie (Hillary) Lara Croft: Tomb RaiderOnce every 5000 years the planets align in a solar eclipse, enabling those with knowledge, a mysterious clock key and two pieces…
Dir: Ulrich Edel. Wr: Karey Kirkpatrick, based on the novel by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg Starring: Jonathan Lipnicki (Tony Thompson), Richard E. Grant (Frederick), Jim Carter (Rookery), Alice Krige (Freda) Rollo Weeks (Rudolph), John Wood (Lord McAshton) From the director who bought you such family unfriendly fare as Christiane F (young girl in Berlin declines into a…
Dir: Wayne Wang Maid In Manhatten (2003)Having had to endure the reprehensible Two Weeks Notice the prospect of another Rom-Com was not a welcome one. Punnily enough Maid In Manhatten comes complete with ludicrous characters and formulaic plotting. In terms of genre convention this one has all elements crossed and dotted with marksman like precision….
Dir: Baz Luhrmann St: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor Moulin Rouge (2001)Christian is a writer, a dreamer with a passion for love. Well it would be a passion if he’d actually experienced love, he’s pretty sure of that. And where better to experience love than in gay Paris? Where better than the Bohemian quarters of Montmartre…
