Adaptation shows Spike Jonze is not known for being the most straight-forward director. I hugely enjoyed his previous main feature, Being John Malkovich, although it wasn’t perfect. Then when you watch his latest work, Adaptation, …
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Adaptation shows Spike Jonze is not known for being the most straight-forward director. I hugely enjoyed his previous main feature, Being John Malkovich, although it wasn’t perfect. Then when you watch his latest work, Adaptation, …
Continue readingAnimal rights activists break into a lab where monkeys are being tested on, attack the scientist (I’m Alan Partridge‘s Tony Hayers, David Schneider) and release the caged creatures. However, they’ve been deliberately infected with ‘Rage’ …
Continue readingJam was Chris Morris‘ TV version, to a point, of his Radio 1 show “Blue Jam”, something which I tried to listen to but could never get into. Back then I found TV a more …
Continue readingOne Hour Photo is the sort of shop you’d need if you want your snaps developed quickly. Most people do a good enough job in their own vocation in life to get by, but Sy …
Continue readingCert: Cat.no: GVD 064 Running time: 292 minutes Year: 2002 Pressing: 2003 Region(s): 2, PAL Chapters: 54 plus extras Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0 (Dolby Surround) Languages: English Subtitles: None Widescreen: 16:9 (1.77:1) 16:9-Enhanced: Yes Macrovision: …
Continue readingThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre opens in August 18th, 1973 where a dead body’s been perched on a monument after its owner was clearly put through some pain prior to the life being taken. People can …
Continue readingI haven’t the first idea what’s going on in Waking Life. That was my initial impression of this film, a film from a director who, by all accounts, is far from conventional and this is …
Continue readingSociety was the first ever legal 18-certificate film I saw at the cinema, on my 18th birthday in fact, April 14th 1990, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It takes the idea that when you’re in …
Continue readingCert: Cat.no: GVD 036 Running time: 432 minutes Year: 2001 Pressing: 2002 Region(s): 2, PAL Chapters: 72 plus extras Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0 (Dolby Surround) Languages: English Subtitles: None Widescreen: 16:9 (1.77:1) 16:9-Enhanced: Yes Macrovision: …
Continue readingGiven the hype and the strength of the cast, I expected big things from The 51st State. Elmo McElroy (Samuel L Jackson) is a master chemist who wears a kilt and can concoct any drug …
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