I have not seen the Pang Brother's other big hit, Bangkok Dangerous, but after watching this I will be looking it up. The Eye is a supernatural thriller/horror...
Forty four minutes of sheer bliss. This is Buster Keaton on top form, full of ideas, and pulling off astonishing stunts of bewildering technical complexity....
I love this film! I think it may have been Woody Allen's inspiration for The Purple Rose of Cairo. __________________________________________________ Do you...
I've always thought this film is one of the cinema's great examples of style over content...and on that level utterly mesmerising. (You have to see it in ...
Before that Rings project was ever thought of, Peter Jackson made this rather wonderful film. Based on a true story, it tells of two teenage girls in New...
My admiration for this director grows with everyone of his films I see, and this one is the best I've watched so far. It has a lot of similarities with last...
There was a recent movie season on Channel 4 entitled 'FRIENDS On Film'. Thus one could compare how well the stars of the hit TV series are doing, when they...
A disturbing film – one that is uncomfortable to watch. Yet it has a strange, terrible beauty to it. Three sisters. Dressed in white. Their house has...
Inevitably, a film that is entirely focussed on an individual whose grotesque, vicious, crude, and disturbing rants form a constant voiceover, and which...
When I bought the ticket for this film, the woman pointed out that the film contained scenes of extreme sexual violence. She directed my gaze to a sign giving...
I've just posted the following to the DVD Times forum as part of a debate on Irreversible, so I'll repost it here. It's part of a debate on whether the BBFC...
Just to point out that the "Michael" and "McD" referred to in this post are members of the DVD Times forum, not posters to this list (as far as I know). Sorry...
Thanks for the well argued comments Gary. On the point re womens' reaction to the film, I have seen Gaspar Noe say that it is almost always the men who walk...
How do you follow up a 3 hour epic masterpiece? P T Anderson has decided to follow the brilliant Magnolia with a 1 ½ hour off-centre comedy romance starring...
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Another gem from Finland's greatest director. Two Finns go on a road trip. One drinks vodka all the time, the other coffee. They meet up with a couple of...
Hi Gary and Mike. I must admit, despite having the option of seeing this for free at the UGC, I have decided this is one film to stay away from (god knows I...
Your questions, Mike, strike right at the heart of what makes this film so difficult to judge, both morally and artistically. Here are some of my thoughts:- ...
This film works even when you know the famous twist. I think this is because it is very well written and directed by Shyamalan, and has superb central...
This romantic comedy is actually very enjoyable, the main reason being the on screen chemistry between Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant. The storyline of the...
Wow excellent link, although do you have any idea when and if this is getting a UK release. I listened to a small amount of Chomsky's radio interviews for an...
I don't disagree with anything Mike (O'Brien) has just said. However, I'll take up Mike (filmfan99)'s point about child rape on screen. It's against British...
Yes, you're quite right. I put my point on this issue very badly. I really can't see any circumstances where it would be morally defensible to have the act of...
Oh, by the way Gary, I looked at the DVD Times site (http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/) you mention and it's one of the best for reviews that I've seen. Thanks for...
Sorry mate. I don't have any info on its release date in the UK. Chomsky's views are pretty close to my own on most of these issues. He joined the IWW some...
Just so I am not being misinterpreted here, I am not advocating more child rape at the movies, but just trying to ask what are the sorts of criminal violent...
It is interesting that the debate has revolved around the notion that one ought to lay off the vision of the director and that confronting people with ideas is...
Mike & Robert. Mike: your perceptive questions have been buzzing round my head for the last couple of days. As I said before, they really do strike at the...
