Touch of Pink
July 28, 2005
With the phenomenal success of My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), studios are looking for a low-budget, independent film that will have the same cross-over appeal. On the surface, Touch of Pink (2004) seems to be drawn from the same cloth. It features a...
Napoleon Dynamite
July 20, 2005
Along with Garden State (2004), Napoleon Dynamite (2004) has been championed as an auspicious independent film debut but is it a case of the Emperor having no clothes? Jared Hess’s movie resides somewhere between the cruel alienation of Welcome to the...
2 Point 4 Children: Season 1
July 7, 2005
Two point four children is a common term used for a normal family. Two parents, two kids. From the outside, The Porter family would appear to be normal, and they are. That’s the beauty of this BBC sitcom, it’s so well cast that we have no...
Bridget Jones’s Diary: Collector’s Edition
June 27, 2005
Before Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) was released in theatres, much was made of the casting of soft-spoken American (from Texas no less!), Renee Zellweger as the very British Bridget Jones. It was seen as almost heresy by fans of Helen Fielding’s very...
Shaun of the Dead
June 27, 2005
Whenever the horror genre becomes bloated with safe, CGI-heavy Hollywood product, a small, independent feature comes from seemingly out of nowhere to shake things up. Shaun of the Dead (2004) is just that film. Riding the recently successful, wave of...
Dr. Strangelove: 40th Anniversary Special Edition
June 22, 2005
With the recent events in Iraq and the current state of leadership in the White House, Stanley Kubrick’s savage black comedy about nuclear war, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb (1964), is more relevant than ever....
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
June 22, 2005
Let’s face it, dodgeball is a ridiculous sport. This raises an important (well, not really) question—can it even be called a sport? On the surface, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) seems to say yes but in actuality it is an accurate parody...
The Stepford Wives
June 20, 2005
Even if you’ve never seen the original 1974 movie about a young couple who move to a neighbourhood populated by perfect housewives, chances are you will have heard the term ‘Stepford Wife’. And perhaps it’s this enduring mythology...
Bo Selecta – Series 3 and Christmas Special
June 19, 2005
The saying goes ‘if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it’. Unfortunately, because of the success of ‘Bo Selecta’, Avid Merrion’s stalker antics have become to well known to the unsuspecting celebrities and the shows...
Garfield
June 15, 2005
And so the laconic lasagne-loving fat orange cat finally makes it to the big screen, now an entirely CGI creation, but will his fanbase go along for the ride? The answer is probably no, and Jonathan Frakes will probably tell you why after his disastrous...
