Movies
Day After Tomorrow, The (2004)
Global warming/freezing gets very out of hand. Here comes The Day After Tomorrow, the latest blockbuster from Roland Emmerich, auteur behind Godzilla, Independence Day etc., though this time without his usual producing partner Dean Devlin. While this doesn’t depart too far from his formula of blowing up historic landmarks and making vague patriotic statements, it manages... »
Collateral (2004)
Out now on both sides of the pond in similar editions is Michael Mann’s latest, Collateral. This stars Tom Cruise playing a hitman taking a taxi ride to all his targets, and it’s a fine performance once you can shake the idea that he looks like Swiss Toni. Jamie Foxx seems to be the flavour... »
Limey, The (1999)
An ageing Engish criminal (Terence Stamp) travels to California to exact revenge on those responsible for the death of his daughter. Stamp has a lot of fun as a cockney criminal, who is released from jail after nine years (where he has mysteriously picked up a lot of fashion tips and a Californian suntan)... »
Identity (2003)
When horror became trendy again, the big studios were circling, and one of the early results was Identity, which enjoyed a moderately successful cinema release in 2003. At first glance it’s a standard Ten Little Indians tale set in a remote motel, and the only notable features are the up-market cast including Ray Liotta and... »
Dead Heat (1988)
A buddy cop story with the novelty that one of the cops is a zombie. Director Mark Goldblatt is better known as the editor of action movies such as Terminators 1 & 2 and Armageddon. Anchor Bay have spent considerable time doing justice to this zombie movie which became moderately popular during the strange... »
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter (1966)
Directed by William ‘One-Shot’ Beaudine towards the end of his career, this is almost unwatchable, although the ‘concept’ drags it through and some scenes have a camp value. It kicks off as a standard Western in Arizona, and you can spot Jim Davis (later to star on TV in Dallas) as one of the assorted... »
Wrong Turn (2003)
2003 saw an original – if that’s not too strong a word – addition to this type of movie (usually called Southern Gothic by the genre critics) in Wrong Turn. Usual story, group of twenty-somethings take a detour on a beaten path, break down and end up being variously killed and chased by a... »
Missing, The (2004)
An adaptation of Tomas Eidson’s novel ‘The Last Ride’. Cate Blanchett’s daughter is kidnapped and she gives chase, aided by her father (Tommy Lee Jones). 2004 saw a one of the periodic mini-booms that are meant to persuade us that the Western isn’t dead, just sleeping it off round the campfire. Galloping close behind... »
Arlington Road (1999)
Michael Faraday (Jeff Bridges) finds an injured boy in the street near his house and takes him to hospital. The boy’s parents (Tim Robbins and Joan Cusack)turn out to be Faraday’s new neighbours, and the more he finds out about them the more he suspects that something is not as it appears. Arlington Road opened... »
Hunted, The (2003)
More or less a remake of First Blood with added snow Benicio Del Toro mumbles like Stallone and Tommy Lee Jones plays Richard Crenna. And the characters use knives instead of guns. Not quite sure why the strong cast and William Friedkin (who does a commentary track on the DVD) were attracted to this, as... »