Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Ben Affleck, Toni Collette, Amanda Peet, William Hurt, Kim Staunton, Sydney Pollack Director: Roger Michell Genre: Thriller Cert: 15 Released: 2002 Gavin Banek (Affleck – “Daredevil”, “The Sum Of All Fears”, “Pearl Harbour”) and Doyle Gipson (Jackson – “Star Wars: Episode II”, “XXX”, “Shaft”, “Unbreakable”) could not have asked for a […]
Starring: Billy Crystal, David Paymer, Helen Hunt, Mary Mara, Julie Warner, Ron Silver Director: Billy Crystal Genre: Drama Cert: 15 Released: 1992 Billy Crystal might be somewhat of an acquired taste for people. While enjoying his acting is one challenge on it’s own, enjoying a movie he not only stars in but also wrote and […]
Starring: Ricky Tomlinson, Amanda Redman, Bradley Walsh, Phil Jupitus, Martin Bashir Director: Steve Barron Genre: Comedy Cert: 15 Released: 2001 Ricky Tomlinson continues his move from staple TV shows like “The Royle Family”, “Playing the Field” and “Cocking Off” to the big screen. “Mike Bassett: England Manager” represents his biggest movie yet. He plays Mike […]
Starring: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Will Patton, Debra Messing, David Eigenberg Director: Mark Pellington Genre: Thriller Cert: 12 Released: 2002 You know those Christmas presents that you are certain you are getting? You have a hunch that someone has bought you something in particular and you are really looking forward to it. Even the package […]
Starring: Clive Owen, Alex Kingston, Nicholas Ball, Gina McKee, Alexander Morton, Paul Reynolds Director: Mike Hodges Genre: Drama Cert: 15 Released: 1998 Jack (Owen) is a struggling, aspiring writer who reluctantly follows the suggestion of his father (Ball) and accepts the job as a croupier in a London casino. His girlfriend Marion (McKee), whose flat […]
Starring: Tom Cruise, Max von Sydow, Colin Farrell, Steve Harris, Kathryn Morris, Samantha Morton Director: Steven Spielberg Genre: Thriller Cert: 12 Released: 2002 It’s not often that Spielberg treads thin critical ice (no, I didn’t watch “Hook”). So when the dream hook-up of Spielberg and Cruise was announced last year, saliva was generated in record […]
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Alakina Mann, James Bentley, Christopher Eccleston, Eric Sykes, Elaine Cassidy Director: Alejandro Amenábar Genre: Horror Cert: 15 Released: 2001 I wonder why Nicole Kidman held back for so long. After a career spent dwadling in mainly inconsequential movies like “Far and Away”, “My Life”, “The Peacemaker”, “Batman Forever” and “Days […]
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Naomie Harris, Noah Huntley, Megan Burns, Christopher Eccleston Director: Danny Boyle Genre: Horror Cert: 18 Released: 2002 Irish courier, Jim, (Murphy) awakes from a coma in his London hospital bed to find a deserted building and deserted streets around it. An abandoned newspaper stand reveals that the city has been […]
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Patrick Swayze, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne Director: Richard Kelly Genre: Drama Cert: 15 Released: 2001 Richard Kelly’s directorial debut is about sardonic but likable schoolkid Donnie (Gyllenhaal – “The Good Girl”, “October Sky”, “Highway”) who, during a sleepwalk one night, encounters a far-from-cute bunny rabbit – Frank – who tells […]
Starring: Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Jason Lee, Kurt Russell, Timothy Spall Director: Cameron Crowe Genre: Thriller Cert: 15 Released: 2001 When a movie like “Vanilla Sky” hits the screens, you can imagine that it is going to divide the critics and the public like a knife through butter. And so it has. Cameron […]
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