Power shortageREVIEWED - ELEKTRA: An adaptation of Sophocles's great tragedy directed by the man behind Reign of Fire and starring that woman…Fri Jan 21 2005 - 00:00
KUNG FU KICKINGReviewed - Shaolin Soccer (Siu Lam Juk Kau): Some readers may be upset to hear that Stephen Chow's extraordinary chop-socky …Fri Dec 31 2004 - 00:00
KUNG FU KICKINGReviewed - Shaolin Soccer (Siu Lam Juk Kau): Some readers may be upset to hear that Stephen Chow's extraordinary chop-socky …Fri Dec 24 2004 - 00:00
Social graces under pressureSocial Mores: Though prone to dangerous presuppositions on the subject of footwear storage - "Your shoes will, of course, already…Sat Dec 18 2004 - 00:00
NIGHTY NIGHTREVIEWED - SLEEPOVER: It wouldn't surprise me if Sleepover, the 14th high-school comedy released in the last half-hour, was …Fri Dec 17 2004 - 00:00
WINCE CHARMINGREVIEWED - ELLA ENCHANTED: This harmless fantasy comes across as the sort of film that parents would like their children to …Fri Dec 17 2004 - 00:00
Home-grown flicks reeling in the gongsIrish films continue to attract favourable attention overseasFri Dec 10 2004 - 00:00
Michael Moore feeling the big chillThat respected website Film Threat has shocked 48 per cent of the American population by placing Michael Moore at the top of …Fri Dec 03 2004 - 00:00
Beckham brand the goal of 'Goal!'Social commentators concerned about the growing cultural influence of David Beckham may be distressed to hear that Bruce Davey…Fri Nov 12 2004 - 00:00
ROYAL JELLYREVIEWED - THE PRINCESS DIARIES 2: ROYAL ENGAGEMENT: I want to be a princessFri Oct 22 2004 - 01:00
NOTHING IS CERTAINREVIEWED - CHAOS (KAOSU): Not since Akira Kurosawa's golden years has the work of a Japanese director offered as much material…Fri Oct 22 2004 - 01:00
WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?REVIEWED - ALFIE: After de-gutting, political correction and a serious roughing-up by the style Gestapo, there is little else…Fri Oct 22 2004 - 01:00
ON THE SLAG HEAPREVIEWED - FAT SLAGS: "From the director of Kevin and Perry Go Large ," the TV advertisement says by way of warningFri Oct 22 2004 - 01:00
IZZARD IS A LIZARDREVIEWED - FIVE CHILDREN AND IT: Had not the solidly traditional adventures of a certain young wizard become the publishing …Fri Oct 22 2004 - 01:00
No snip for Farrell's eunuchIt was only a few months ago that rumours began circulating that shots of Colin Farrell's manhood had to be trimmed (ouch) from…Fri Oct 15 2004 - 01:00
LOVE ON THE ROCKSREVIEWED - VODKA LEMON: Several times in Hiner Saleem's engaging Armenian drama a horseman races across the screen, his progress…Fri Oct 15 2004 - 01:00
LOONY TOONSREVIEWED - BOO, ZINO AND THE SNURKS: What on earth do we have here? This poorly animated German kids' movie manages to combine…Fri Oct 15 2004 - 01:00
THIS FISH IS FOULREVIEWED - SHARK TALE: Though Ice Age wasn't great and A Bug's Life was only OK, Dreamworks' unsuccessful attempt to find comedy…Fri Oct 15 2004 - 01:00
Puppets are doing it for themselvesTeam America: World Police , a satire on the war on terror by the makers of South Park , opens today in the US, but Trey Parker…Fri Oct 15 2004 - 01:00
SHATTERED GLASSREVIEWED - INTO THE MIRROR (GEOUL SOKEURO): This latest missive from the South Korean scream machine begins with a stunning scene…Fri Oct 08 2004 - 01:00
BORED TO DEATH BY AXIS OF EVILREVIEWED - RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE: Made with zombies by zombies for zombies, this tiring thriller, the second film inspired…Fri Oct 08 2004 - 01:00
KING CRAZYREVIEWED - BUBBA HO-TEP: This singular film did sufficiently poorly at the US box-office on its release in 2002 to qualify for…Fri Oct 08 2004 - 01:00
GONE TO THE DOGSREVIEWED - MAN ABOUT DOG: It sometimes seems as if every male Irish writer under the age of, say, 35 has written a poor film …Fri Oct 01 2004 - 01:00
DEATH BECOMES HIMREVIEWED - DEAD MAN'S SHOES: In his last film, the under-appreciated Once Upon a Time in the Midlands, Shane Meadows attempted…Fri Oct 01 2004 - 01:00
DE-SASTERREVIEWED - DE-LOVELY:Have you heard, about this flick,So blandly sung, it will make you sick?Well, did you evah?Fri Oct 01 2004 - 01:00
SMELL THE GLOVEREVIEWED - METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER: This often hilarious documentary concerning the heavy metal band Metallica accidentally…Fri Oct 01 2004 - 01:00
HORROR STRIPPED TO THE BONEREVIEWED - SWITCHBLADE ROMANCE (HAUTE TENSION): This rather extraordinary film begins with two pretty French girls, Alexia and…Fri Sept 24 2004 - 01:00
DEUTSCH COURAGEREVIEWED - THE MIRACLE OF BERN (DAS WUNDER VON BERN): A not entirely dreadful film about football? A reasonably interesting …Fri Sept 24 2004 - 01:00
MARRIAGE À LA MORTEREVIEWED - RED LIGHTS (FEUX ROUGES): Further evidence of the continuing affection that French film-makers hold for Alfred Hitchcock…Fri Sept 24 2004 - 01:00
INDEPENDENCE DAZEREVIEWED - SAVE THE GREEN PLANET (JIGUREUL JIKYEORA!): You certainly get your money's worth with Korean cinemaFri Sept 24 2004 - 01:00
EAT LEAD, SCUMREVIEWED - THE PUNISHER: The latest Marvel Comics adaptation to reach our screens is, in its attitude to crime and punishment…Fri Sept 24 2004 - 01:00
MY HEAD IS EXPLODINGHuh? Marc Evans, director of the fine horror film My Little Eye , must surely have been intrigued by the echoes of Don't Look…Fri Sept 17 2004 - 01:00
So naughty but so niceAutobiography: Towards the close of Graham Norton's cheesily titled autobiography, So Me, the author tells us that, whenever…Sat Sept 11 2004 - 01:00
DEEP RED SEAReviewed - Open Water: Congratulations are due to director Chris Kentis who, with a budget of only $120,000 and using just his…Fri Sept 10 2004 - 01:00
HORROR RISES FROM THE LAKEReviewed - The Isle (Seom): As nothing is to be gained from delaying the inevitable, we may as well begin by considering the…Fri Sept 10 2004 - 01:00
TEX-MEX SLEEPFESTReviewed - The Alamo: Who exactly is this film for? The latest retelling of the story of the small band of patriots who died…Fri Sept 03 2004 - 01:00
LES ENFANTS TERRIBLESReviewed - Love Me if you Dare (Jeux D'enfants): Eugh! What a truly revolting piece of workFri Sept 03 2004 - 01:00
COPYCAT KILLERSReviewed - Infernal Affairs 2: Infernal Affairs, which every critic on the planet enjoyed more than this writer, was an annoyingly…Fri Sept 03 2004 - 01:00
HELLISHLY GOOD FUNReviewed - Hellboy: Guillermo del Toro, the talented director of Cronos and The Devil's Backbone , has done an extraordinary…Fri Sept 03 2004 - 01:00
Ireland gets the focus group treatmentTest screenings, the controversial process whereby producers seek to discover what it is the public thinks of their upcoming …Fri Aug 13 2004 - 01:00
Will's PowerOne of the biggest stars in Hollywood also happens to be a thoroughly nice bloke, even if he does make $28 million a movieFri Aug 06 2004 - 01:00
Losing himself in the booksFor such a prolific chronicler of other writers' lives, Peter Ackroyd can be exasperatingly reticent about his own, as Donald…Mon Jul 19 2004 - 01:00
HONEY, I CLONED THE KIDNick Hamm's shocker, just about the worst ever film in the Scary, Stary Child genre, concerns a process by which clones of living…Fri Jul 02 2004 - 01:00
Offence takenThis broad comedy from some people connected with the similarly titled and similarly empty-headed Road Trip piles up such a mass…Fri Jun 25 2004 - 01:00
