The Girl Next Door
November 23, 2004
When Elisha Cuthbert signed to play the role of a porn star in the latest teen comedy romp, all the ’24’ fanboys must have thought both their Christmases and Birthdays had come at once. Those who drooled at the trailer should stay where they...
Lust och fägring stor (All Things Fair)
October 12, 2004
Swedish filmmaker Bo Widerberg had a prolific career spanning 32 years. From The Baby Carriage (1963) to All Things Fair (1995), he created realistic social dramas but with a romantic sensibility. This is no more apparent then in his final film, All Things...
Along Came Polly
March 1, 2004
Risk-assessor Ben Stiller falls for unpredictable Jennifer Aniston in this weak romantic comedy. To the casual DVD renter (and yes, there are such people, believe it or not) looking at the back cover of Along Came Polly they would be forgiven for thinking,...
True Romance Director’s Cut
December 11, 2003
Originally this was to be Tarantino’s directorial debut, but as it turned out it was Tony Scott who used the film to prove to the world that his success with Top Gun was not just a fluke and that he is more than just Ridley’s younger brother....
True Romance
November 18, 2003
In the early nineties director Tony Scott was given two scripts to read by a young new screenwriter, one of them was True Romance and according to Scott it was “one of the fullest and most accomplished scripts that I’d ever read”. Jump...
Sweet Home Alabama
November 16, 2003
Hold on to your hats, brush down your denims, and get those cowboy boots out of the closet, cos the South is back! Yes it’s time for another movie from our friends in the Deep South, with their delightful accents and standard Rom Com fare. Melanie...
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
November 14, 2003
What began as a small, autobiographical play about her rigorously traditional Greek family accepting her non-Greek boyfriend into the fold has now become the highest grossing independent film of all time. Initially driven by good ol’ word-of-mouth,...
Not Another Teen Movie
November 5, 2003
In the last ten years the genre of the teen movie grew to become one of the biggest and financially successful in film. The fact that the subject matter for these films seemed never to vary was irrelevant. Basically the same film was being produced...
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
October 5, 2003
“Ah yes, Breakfast At Tiffany’s,” I hear you say. “Audrey Hepburn. A classic.” Well, you’d be half right, because while Hepburn is her usual luminous self (helped by Blake Edwards’ longing soft-focus close-ups),...
American Pie Box Set: The Complete Pie
June 4, 2003
Get yourself in the school dinner queue for a double helping of pie as American Pie 1 and 2 are released in a double disc set. But is this a veritable feast of a pie or just some stale leftovers from a long since devoured meal? American Pie follows in...
