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…
Dir: Marc Lawrence Conflicting press speculation aside (pre-Christmas it was all re-shoots and gloom, now it’s the happy couple) and the big push as “funniest comedy of the year” (it’s February and there haven’t been any others yet) Two Weeks Notice is a fascinating watch. Quite simply it is relentlessly unfunny, unconvincing and just plain…
Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)For most undergraduates the final thesis is something to fear and approach with some apprehension, and in film school this is no different. One lecturer digs genre flicks, one documentaries and another enjoys the down and dirty road of the Super 8mm film. Adding to the tension is not only the…
Another Kaleidoscope big screen spin-off from the popular cartoon series, The Wild Thornberry’s Movie gets straight into the thick of things by giving the viewer of a concise précis of events leading to the film. Our heroine, the dentally challenged but pluckily environmentally aware Eliza, can talk to the animals following a gift from a…
Long delayed and launched in a summer that seems crying out for a popular blockbuster hit, does Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince have the powers to charm or have the spectacled wizard’s spells begun to backfire? It’s the franchise that many like to hate or get stuffy about but the Harry Potter films, when…
This was a Q & A for DimSum about the first joining of Jackie Chan and Jet Li. The Forbidden Kingdom marks Jackie and Jet’s first, long awaited pairing on screen. Was it worth the wait? Yes and no. Jackie and Jet are the two giants of martial arts cinema post-Bruce Lee and the pair…
