Eastern Promises

Ever since his big budget remake of The Fly (1986), David Cronenberg has flirted with mainstream success. Known early on in his career as a provocative and original horror/science fiction filmmaker, he began to dabble in other genres with his adaptation... 

Witness: Special Collector’s Edition

Remember when Harrison Ford used to make good movies? It’s scary to think that there is an entire generation that only knows him from dreck like Hollywood Homicide (2003). The ‘80s proved to be his most prolific period where, in between huge blockbuster... 

Carlito’s Way: Ultimate Edition

There was a lot of anticipation when Carlito’s Way was released in 1993. Director Brian De Palma had just come off a lukewarm reception for yet another Hitchcock homage, Raising Cain (1992) and was in need of a hit to appease the studios. And so, a... 

Hidalgo

Filmmaker Joe Johnston is something of a curious anomaly in Hollywood. He got his start as a protégé of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas and adopted their style of filmmaking once he became a director. He has since made retro adventure films his forte... 

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Extended Edition

As with The Fellowship of the Ring before it, this extended cut of The Two Towers brings us some welcome new scenes to the most epic story ever told. This isn’t so much a director’s cut as it is a simple re-intergration of segments that were... 

G.I. Jane

G.I. Jane flopped at the box office. This is an incontrovertible fact. It was a dead flop. As said in the movie ‘America is just not ready to see its young women come home in body bags’. However I think this film is still worthy of merit.... 

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

For those who haven’t read the books, watching the middle film of a trilogy might seem like a frustrating, even unsatisfying experience. Not only does The Two Towers leave you on another year-long cliffhangar, but it also demands that you’ve... 

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

After watching Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings Daz is convinced he is a hobbit, he may have the shabby clothes and really bad foot odour but his six foot plus frame suggests otherwise. Every once in a while a film comes along that redefines everything... 

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Is there a film any more tedious than this one? Readers let me warn you, do not expect a wonderful, praising review of how marvellous and spectacular ‘The Return Of The King’ is, I do not use any phrases like, “this film is a masterpiece”...