Starring: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, Paul Giamatti, Vincent Schiavelli, Jerry Lawler Director: Milos Forman Genre: Drama Cert: 15 Released: 1999 Andy Kaufman was as enigmatic as a comic can get. The off-beat performer was born in 1949, but died of lung cancer in 1984. This bio-pic, starring Jim Carrey in the lead role, […]
Starring: Mick Foley, Jake Roberts, Terry Funk, Paul Heyman, Vince McMahon Director: Barry W Blaustein Genre: Documentary Cert: 15 Released: 1999 It’s a directorial debut for acclaimed writer Barry Blaustein (“Saturday Night Live”, “Coming to America”, “Boomerang”, “The Nutty Professor”), and it’s a subject matter close to his heart – professional wrestling. Blaustein tells it […]
Starring: Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, James Woods, Jamie Foxx, LL Cool J, Matthew Modine Director: Oliver Stone Genre: Drama Cert: 15 Released: 1999 I suppose watching an American Football movie for most of us Europeans is akin to your average American Confederate sitting back with a bag of popcorn and enjoying “When Saturday […]
Starring: Elisabeth Shue, Kevin Bacon, Josh Brolin, Kim Dickens, William Devane Director: Paul Verhoeven Genre: Sci-Fi Cert: 15 Released: 1999 The box office re-immergence of Kevin Bacon is a welcome one for those of us who fondly recall his success of the eighties and early ninties. “Stir of Echoes” put him firmly back on the […]
Starring: Tom Cruise, Thandie Newton, Dougray Scott, Ving Rhames, Richard Roxburgh Director: John Woo Genre: Action Cert: 15 Released: 2000 Your mission, should you chose to accept it, is to sit through “M:I-2” and enjoy it. Phew, not sure I can. I mean, I saw the first one after all. Ethan Hunt (Cruise – “Mission: […]
Starring: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Stephen Toblowsky Director: Christopher Nolan Genre: Drama Cert: 18 Released: 2000 Guy Pearce is now a far cry from being speedo wearing Mike, in the Australian TV soap, Neighbours where he spent 4 years until 1990. After huge success in “Priscilla Queen of the Desert” and “LA Confidential” […]
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Bruce Davison Director: Bryan Singer Genre: Sci-Fi Cert: 12 Released: 2000 The Marvel comic book story of X-Men comes to the big screen for the first time under the direction of Bryan Singer (“The Usual Suspects”). Oh boy, big budget sci-fi, outlandish storyline, special […]
Starring: John Leguizamo, Mira Sorvino, Jennifer Esposito, Adrien Brody, Anthony LaPaglia Director: Spike Lee Genre: Drama Cert: 18 Released: 1999 In the 1970s, New York was shaken by what was known as the “Son of Sam” murders. A satanical serial killer, called David Berkowitz, murdered late-night lovers parked in lay-bys and threw the whole city […]
Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, Jacqueline McKenzie, Michael Rapaport, Stellan Skarsgard Director: Renny Harlin Genre: Action Cert: 15 Released: 1999 At first glance, “Deep Blue Sea” must look like “Jaws 2000”. A group of scientists are isolated on a research facility in the sea, looking to find a cure to Alzheimer’s. To […]
Starring: Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah, Michael Rooker, Ed O’Neill Director: Phillip Noyce Genre: Thriller Cert: 15 Released: 1999 Another sadistic and violent thriller to add to the tons of others flying around – “Seven”, “Kiss the Girls”, “Fallen”, for example. Quadriplegic ex-forensics expert Lincoln Rhyme (Washington) teams up with quick-thinking cop Amelia Donaghy […]
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