Cold Mountain
May 2, 2003
Adapted from Charles Frazier’s book of the same name, Cold Mountain (2003) is an epic odyssey of one man’s struggle to travel back home to the woman he loves set against the backdrop of the American Civil War. Unfairly snubbed at last year’s Academy...
The Wild Geese
April 21, 2003
The unmistakable voice of Joan Armatrading is heard over Maurice Binder’s opening credits as classic British movie The Wild Geese begins. Based on the book by Daniel Carney it concerns a bunch of middle-aged mercenaries hired by a suspicious businessman...
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...
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...
Harsh Realm
February 28, 2003
Platoon meets The Matrix in this action-packed military virtual reality series from Chris Carter (the creator of The X-Files). Harsh Realm has never been seen before in the UK and is available to buy from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Harsh...
Bubba Ho-Tep: Limited Collector’s Edition
February 23, 2003
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) is a cult film fan’s wet dream. The movie is directed by Phantasm’s Don Coscarelli, it stars Army of Darkness’ Bruce Campbell, is scored by Six-String Samurai’s Brian Tyler and is adapted from horror writer Joe R. Lansdale’s...
Planet of the Apes: 35th Anniversary Edition
February 23, 2003
One of the greatest science-fiction movies of all time gets a lavish two-disc special edition. It’s hard to be objective nearly four decades on from Planet of the Apes’ initial release. It was such a daring idea for a movie in all respects,...
The Last Samurai
February 19, 2003
The one-two punch of The Last Samurai (2003) and Kill Bill, Vol. 1 (2003) marks a surprising mini-resurgence of the samurai movie genre. When most people think of examples from this type of movie, the first ones that come to mind are Seven Samurai (1954)...
