Buffalo Soldiers
December 7, 2002
Buffalo Soldiers (2001) had the misfortune of being scheduled to come out in theatres the day after 9/11. Miramax, understandably nervous about releasing a black comedy about the U.S. Army so close after such a devastating event, shelved the film for...
Jet Lag
November 29, 2002
Jet Lag (2002) is a French romantic comedy in the tradition of Before Sunrise (1995) and the more recent, Lost in Translation (2003). Two strangers en route to their respective destinations are stranded in a city and end up spending their layover time...
Casper
November 2, 2002
Quote: “Gritty realism is something that is very appealing to me, so any films that portray real gritty realism”, unquote. Here is an extract from my profile on Whatdvd.net. As you can see, I have stressed clearly that hard, gritty realism...
Kill Bill volume 1
October 21, 2002
If Jackie Brown (1997) was Quentin Tarantino’s affectionate homage to ’70s Blaxploitation films, then Kill Bill, Volume 1 (2003) is his unabashed love letter to martial arts and Yakuza films from the same decade. The opening credits that feature...
Friends: The Complete Sixth Season
October 13, 2002
Those fabulous Friends we all know and love so well are back in a box set of DVDs that collects all of the episodes from the sixth season of this immensely popular television show. When we last left them, in season five, they went to Las Vegas to support...
The Commitments (Collector’s Edition)
October 3, 2002
Everyone wants to relive a magical cinematic moment. A film or theatre or evening that just makes one want to return in time. For me, one such experience was the first time I saw The Commitments (1991). It was a movie that spoke endless depths of sincerity...
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
October 2, 2002
Attention earthlings: Space Ghost is now transmitting his intergalactic talk show on the Digital Video Disc medium. Freed from being trapped in the dimension known as the 1960s, our hero has brought along his compatriots, Zorak and Moltar as his band...
Lost in Translation
October 1, 2002
Witty, pleasant and a tremendously funny romantic comedy – yeah, if you were talking about ‘The Return of the King’ but not the words I would use to describe ‘Lost In Translation’, a pathetic attempt at romance in film. Ok...
The Happiness of the Katakuris
September 1, 2002
Rising star Takashi Miike puts a new spin on the modern musical, with suicide and dancing corpses amidst the romance and comedy. Known for his excessively gory films, it was something of an odd choice to announce his next project was a light-hearted musical...
Matchstick Men
September 1, 2002
Con-artists Nic Cage and Sam Rockwell find their biggest scam in danger when Cage’s 14-year-old daughter arrives on the scene. Director Ridley Scott usually favours big flamboyant blockbusters, so it was an odd choice for him to take the reigns...
