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…
“Why were you staring at that bank?” “I was thinking of robbing it.” Dir: John Duigan St: Steve Coogan, Lena Headey, Om Puri, Ben Miller, Steven Waddington, Jenny Agutter The Parole Officer (2001)Life rehabilitating ex-convicts into the community can be tough but parole officer Simon Garden can at least count on his success, all three…
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…
