The street bible by Rob Lacey is a complete reworking/summary of the Holy Bible in modern (street) language for those who “have never read the Bible, or have read it too much”. I have personally found it quite inspiring, particularly how he works the four gospels into a single narrative (although the disciples being called […]

A pleasing enough film – can think of many worse ways to spend a couple of hours of an evening. Once again I am not a huge Jim Carrey fan (although I was hugely impressed with The Truman Show), and I found his character – Bruce Nolan – very unbelievable. That said, the premise is […]

Must give a quick mention to The street bible by Rob Lacey. It’s a complete reworking/summary of the Holy Bible in modern (street) language for those who “have never read the Bible, or have read it too much“. I have personally found it quite inspiring, particularly how he works the four gospels into a single […]

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 […]