Donnie Darko
September 30, 2003
A hit at Sundance last year, Donnie Darko arrives here with a highly deserved buzz of anticipation but bafflingly limited cinema release. On paper the setup sounds cheesy – Messed up teen sees giant bunny rabbit who predicts end of the world –...
The Man Who Haunted Himself
September 1, 2003
Sir Roger Moore is known primarily as everyone’s favourite British secret agent 007 but has been involved in many other films such as this overlooked 1970 release getting the DVD treatment courtesy of Anchor Bay. Directed by Basil Deardon –...
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
July 23, 2003
A long time ago in a cinema far, far away Star Wars Episode II was released. It has now made the arduous journey to DVD, and the circle is complete. It’s cool to knock success, it happens all the time. The media build up a person, raving about how...
Spider-Man
July 19, 2003
My Spider sense is tingling, so without further ado we present the astonishing, the amazing… Human Spider? So Peter Parker had a few teething problems with his Spidey gig and it took some improv from a wrestling announcer to come up with the Spider-Man...
Scooby-Doo
July 10, 2003
Go back to your childhood as you sit cross legged in front of the TV on a school day afternoon and watch the continuing adventures of Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and of course Scooby-Doo. Irony has become very much a theme in Hollywood in recent years...
The Scorpion King
June 30, 2003
Dust off that loin cloth, string that mighty bow and rub on that baby oil – WWE Superstar The Rock stars in yet another Mummy spin-off, The Scorpion King. Not since Schwarzenegger in True Lies back in 1994 has Hollywood had a decent, blockbusting...
Time Bandits
June 27, 2003
Handmade Films, controlled by the late great George Harrison, are responsible for a wealth of cheap cult classics. None more renowned, successful or full of short people as Gilliam’s Time Bandits. Ex Pythons Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam combined...
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...
Van Helsing
March 31, 2003
The veritable assault and battery that Universal Pictures marketing department have bestowed in recent weeks is now all abundantly clear. Realising the celluloid travesty they have on their hands the powers that be have invested as much money as possible...
Monty Python’s The Meaning Of Life
January 7, 2003
‘The Meaning of Life’, falling somewhere between sketch show and circus, marks the third incarnation of the classic Monty Python formula. Outrageous caricatures (they’re spot on), social satire, crudity, nudity, I wish I could say rudity;...
