South West 9
September 12, 2003
South West 9 was made by the same company as Human Traffic, which although itself not really much of a movie is emerging as one of the better British flicks of recent times, which shows you just how bad most British films are. But Human Traffic, I feel,...
Das Boot – The Mini Series
September 1, 2003
“Flood the tanks!” The best submarine film of all time gets an extended release on DVD. Officially the most expensive and complicated German production to date, Das Boot (or ‘The Boat’, if you’re the patronizing BBC) set...
Mad Dog Time
August 6, 2003
Mad Dog Time (1996) exists in a world where Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack never went out of fashion. It’s a parallel universe stuck in the 1940s and populated by gangsters and femme fatales. To say that this film works on its own kooky internal...
Ocean’s Eleven
July 3, 2003
When it comes to crime capers there’s only one man for the job, and it doesn’t even invalidate his parole. Daz examines Ocean’s Eleven and plots a trip to Las Vegas, guess we won’t be seeing him for a few years. Over the years...
Runaway Jury
June 21, 2003
The umpteenth John Grisham courtroom drama also happens to be one of the best, with Cusack, Hoffman and Hackman chewing the scenery like hungry dogs. You’d be forgiven for passing by Runaway Jury in the shops, thinking it was just another Grisham...
Black Hawk Down
May 25, 2003
For the sake of uncle Sam, baseball and all things American Daz unfolds his Stars and Stripes flag, cuts himself a large slice of apple pie and settles down with Black Hawk Down. God bless America. With a film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer (The Rock,...
Nil by Mouth
May 21, 2003
‘Nil by Mouth is my blues, if you like, about what was outside my window. The film is very much based on my experiences and impressions growing up and living in London’. Gary Oldman. In his directorial debut ‘Nil by Mouth’, Gary Oldman depicts...
Big Fish
May 20, 2003
Tim Burton’s adaptation of Daniel Wallace’s book about a big man, a big story and a big fish. You would be forgiven for worrying that Tim Burton was losing his mojo, what with the less than exceptional remake of Planet of the Apes and an entire...
The Godfather Trilogy
May 12, 2003
There are times I feel that I’ve just simply seen too many films. Particularly bad films, the kind of film that just saps your enthusiasm for it all. I’d convinced myself that I liked bad movies, that I actually derived enjoyment from watching...
The Monster Legacy Collection
May 11, 2003
To coincide with Stephen Sommer’s lastest, Van Helsing, Universal are releasing a six disc box set entitled ‘Monster Legacy’. This set includes the original Dracula, Frankenstein and Wolfman films, as well as the 10 sequels and spin-offs which spawned...
