Van Helsing
March 31, 2003
The veritable assault and battery that Universal Pictures marketing department have bestowed in recent weeks is now all abundantly clear. Realising the celluloid travesty they have on their hands the powers that be have invested as much money as possible...
The Leopard
March 30, 2003
Adapted from a novella by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard (1963) paints a vivid picture of the Italian aristocracy falling from grace and the middle class revolting to form a more democratic Italy on an epic canvas. Caught up in this class revolution...
The Football Factory
March 19, 2003
Student cinema ticket: £7. Popcorn and a chilled beverage: £4.50. Watching ‘The Football Factory’ glorify mindless acts of violence in football hooliganism and influencing me to do the same: priceless. Finally, British cinema has returned...
Honey
March 17, 2003
Watching ‘Honey’ is a similar experience to watching a football match with crap teams. Both waste ninety minutes of your life staring at a screen watching talentless people sweating it out. Except with football, the goal celebrations are more entertaining...
The Simple Life
March 12, 2003
When asked to look at a DVD featuring Paris Hilton, I was naturally interested. After all, as I’d spent countless hours downloading footage of her I may as well see what she looks like without the grainy poor quality video image. Unfortunately, what...
Mona Lisa Smile
March 11, 2003
Once upon a time Julia Roberts was the queen of the 90’s romantic comedy who reinvented herself via Steven Soderbergh in 2000 as an Oscar-winning actress. Mona Lisa Smile fails Roberts in both these categories, never once throwing up a surprise...
The Santa Clause 2
March 1, 2003
The Santa Clause 2 (2002) answers the burning question that we’ve all been wondering asking ourselves: what has Judge Reinhold been up to lately? The first Santa Clause was a monster hit at the box office so a sequel was inevitable. Not having seen...
