American Pie: The Wedding
September 1, 2002
Jim takes on his biggest challenge yet in the third American Pie film: getting married. Oh dear. Did a moderately amusing teen comedy really deserve a further two sequels? Well like it or not, the third film is now out on DVD to buy, stacked with extra...
Interstate 60
August 3, 2002
Despite being the co-writer for a certain Delorian-related time-travel trilogy, Bob Gale had to fight tooth and nail to make his directorial debut with this wonderfully offbeat road movie. Frustrated at being unable to make his first choice of film, Gale...
My Boss’s Daughter
July 21, 2002
Ashton Kutcher is the current flavor of the month. The success of his MTV show, Punk’d and the Dude, Where’s My Car? (2000) movie has catapulted this young actor onto the hot list. It also has studios scrambling to release anything and everything...
Freaky Friday
July 1, 2002
The body swap genre has had a less than illustrious past. Films like Like Father, Like Son (1987) and Vice Versa (1988) take a child and their adult counterpart and reverse their roles with supposedly hilarious results. The humour comes from the adult...
The School of Rock
June 14, 2002
They say that the two things you should never work with on a movie are animals and children. They are notoriously difficult to deal with and invariably end up stealing every scene. Jack Black, star of raunchy comedies, like Orange County (2002), is not...
Sex and the City: The Complete Fifth Season
May 30, 2002
Just in time for the last run of episodes of Sex and the City, HBO and Warner Brothers have released the truncated fifth season on DVD. This set offers the best transfers so far with crystal clear resolution and strikingly vibrant colours. For the first...
A Room with a View
May 12, 2002
In the 1980s, Merchant Ivory were the undisputed kings of the period film. A Room with a View (1985) cemented their reputation. Their productions were independently financed and featured lavish settings on a budget, exquisite cinematography, impeccably...
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
April 13, 2002
Robert Rodriguez is a one-man film studio. He writes, edits, directs, scores, shoots, works on the production design and does the special effects on all of his movies. He’s a hometown boy who has always worked outside of Hollywood in Austin, Texas....
Something’s Gotta Give
April 12, 2002
Something’s Gotta Give is what I call a proper romantic comedy. It’s unabashedly romantic without feeling the urge to descend into mawkish sentimentality. It’s also very funny but cleverly written so not just reliant on comic set pieces....
The Singing Detective
April 6, 2002
For years, Keith Gordon has been quietly building up an impressive career as a director. He initially made his mark as an actor in some of Brian De Palma’s early work. Eventually, Gordon got tired of starring mindless fluff like Back to School (1986)...
