Film & TV Reviews

Waking Life

Review by  Zettel(4003) on 03/09/2004 Before the 'Befores' - Sunset and Sunrise, Linklater made this fascinating, unique movie. 'Life' is an absorbing dream-like Odyssey of ideas about life, philosophy and the world. Techn....read full review

Collateral

Review by  Zettel(4003) on 03/09/2004 Mann (Heat, The Insider) can't make a bad movie: but with Collateral he spoils a good one. His claustrophobic, intense style is there but he's 'blockbustered' it with a pounding rock s....read full review

The Village

Review by  Zettel(4003) on 22/08/2004 The biggest twist in Village is the way it's filmed. Cinematically dishonest, it cheats the audience by misusing the 'grammar' of film. A 'cry wolf' movie: music, shot selection, e....read full review

Before Sunset

Review by  Zettel(4003) on 19/08/2004 Before Sunset is a movie for writers. The love story is a tough genre: if we don't connect with the characters and their relationship - there is no film. Jesse and Celine connect; with each other....read full review

Fahrenheit 9/11

Review by  Zettel(4003) on 19/08/2004 Fahrenheit is an important film. It is passionate, partisan and manipulative; at times queasily so. More satirical polemic than a documentary, Moore knows his business: his treatment of the events of ....read full review

In The Cut

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Review by  Zettel(4003) on 30/06/2004 Director Jane Campion, aided by a brave, intelligent performance by Meg Ryan, has produced a challenging movie exploring seriously the unsettling but fascinating relationship between sexuality, love a....read full review

The Singing Detective

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Review by  olebut(6399) on 09/03/2004 The film of the TV series, now set in America and starring Robert Downey Jr in the Michael Gambon role as Dan Dark. A very good adaptation - in 1 1/2 hours of what was over 8 hours of television (....read full review

Big Fish

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Review by  Ticonderoga(6708) on 08/02/2004 A film of miraculous beauty, and the most moving that I have seen in years. It's a story about our need for stories, and their power to heal, transform, liberate and save; it shows how myth can te....read full review

Secretary

Review by  Bobo(3757) on 03/02/2004 A film which manages to be both delightful and disturbing in equal measure, Secretary stands out as one of 2003's cinema triumphs. It challenges the conventional notions of romantic liaison and s....read full review

Elmina's Kitchen

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Review by  Anna Reynolds(4614) on 22/01/2004 The screen version of Kwame Kwei-Armah's celebrated play, recently at the National Theatre. The author is also a Casualty regular. A really stunning piece of writing; sharp, beautiful dialogue, bi....read full review