I’m not a huge Reese Witherspoon fan, but I have to admit this film is actually pretty darn good, and Reese does manage to pull off the “ditzy blond who – shock horror – is sharp as a knife.” There are both genuine “laugh out loud” and quite moving scenes, although this is never in […]

This is one of the best documentaries I have ever seen, although I found the subject deeply disturbing. Michael Moore wanders around America and Canada interviewing people about gun crime, particularly in the light of tragedies where school kids have got hold of guns and shot other kids (the title refers to Columbine high school). […]

I really enjoyed this film. Cheesy – without a doubt, but also highly engaging and loveable. The premise of the story is a little thin on the ground, although I found myself swept along, and only thinking “hang on” sometime after the film had finished. It’s lovely watching the two protagonists fall for each other despite […]

Jackie Chan is a name synonymous with all action comedy and incredible martial arts and stunts. Although there’s nothing wrong with this film, it didn’t really scratch me where I itch. I think one problem is that Jackie is getting a bit too mature for this sort of physical comedy, and it was clear some […]

Disney have a wonderful way of playing with emotions, and here again they strike gold, making us care about the titular stars – both of whom are actually pretty unlikeable with very few redeeming features! It’s also a surprise to see Disney handling the sci-fi quite so well – the space-based opening sequence especially came […]

This film has a lovely premise – that of “hypertime”, whereby a person wearing a special watch can so accelerate the molecules in their body that time apparantly stands still. If you can suspend your disbelief for long enough to go with this (and some major liberties are taken with it – such as still […]

After a very bizarre opening sequence, this film settles down to it’s main stage, which is a street in New York, and a guy in a phone booth. Shown in real-time, this follows a conversation between a smarmy PR guy (Stu – Colin Farrell) and the nutter on the phone that’s got a high power […]

I popped this film into the machine expecting a high tech war/conspiracy thriller/sci-fi – how wrong I was! Despite a very interesting premise and very clever ideas and truly stunning special effects, for me this was ultimately a story of human relationship and adventure – that fact most of it was set hundreds of miles underground […]

Tom Hanks and Leo DiCaprio star in this film based on the true story of Frank Abignal Jr, conman extrordinaire in the 60s and 70s. A really quite engaging story – you can’t help liking Frank, despite him defrauding several million dollars – he’s got panache! And it’s sort of everyone’s dream, to put on […]

I know I’m often at odds with other people about films, but I really don’t think the Matrix II deserves the slating it’s getting from the critics. At one point in the film I was a little bored, and thinking “get on with it”, but in the main I was right on the edge of […]