Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet The Home At The End Of The World – Michael Mayer This is an impressive little film that received a shamefully limited release. With a screenplay by Michael Cunningham (The Hours) of his first novel, director Mayer has fashioned a tender, grown up film about complex relationships. It is about belonging without ownership; ownership […]
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Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet A Cock And Bull Story (Tristram Shandy) – Michael Winterbottom Eric Morecombe, Andre Previn’s lapels in hand, responding to the maestro’s accusation that he has just played all the wrong notes, famously replies with mock menace – “No, I played all the right notes….but not necessarily in the right order”. An apt metaphor for […]
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Posted on September 21st, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Bride and Prejudice – Gurinder Chadha For once I’m at a complete loss. I need guidance. Cinematically this film is a cross between Blue Hawaii and an execrable advert for my local Indian restaurant. I loved Bend It Like Beckham which really seemed to explore with humour and perceptiveness the boundaries of assimilated or […]
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Posted on September 18th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Hitch – Director Andy Tennant Will Smith is like an olive. They say you have to eat 7 olives in a row to acquire a taste for them. Many will feel their lives will not be irreparably damaged if they don’t acquire a taste for Will. However, considered as an olive, this movie would […]
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Posted on September 17th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix – David Yates (written 2 weeks before Deathly Hallows was released – August 2007) Harry Skywalker lives to fight another day. My literary track record is stained with two failures: I failed both the Hobbit and Harry Potter even at GCSE level. Never even took ‘A’ […]
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Posted on September 15th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Just Like Heaven – Director Mark Waters (BBC Prize Review) A great date movie. For romantics. If you go for light romantic comedies like Serendipity or even Sleepless in Seattle, you’ll love this one. A neat script (Peter Tolan – Analyze That; and Leslie Dixon – Mrs Doubtfire and Thomas Crown Affair) keeps the […]
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Posted on September 11th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Oceans Thirteen – Steven Soderbergh No guys it’s not enough to just turn up to get paid. You’re supposed to act. It is a truism that if you think you’re cool – you ain’t. The more you think it – the less you are. This film thinks it is but the acting and the […]
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Posted on September 10th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Sex And The City – Paul Michael King Butch to Sundance (trapped on the cliff face, torrent below) “we’ve gotta jump.” Sundance (embarrassed) “I can’t swim.” Butch (laughing) “don’t worry – it’s the fall that’s gonna kill ya.” I feel a bit like Sundance as I visit Planet ‘Woman’ – where I am sometimes […]
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Posted on September 8th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet The Devil Wears Prada – David Frankel Guys beware: Devil inhabits planet Woman in galaxy Female. Take a judicious excess of your chosen substance of abuse, hitch a ride on the space shuttle to Mars and you will still not feel yourself in a more alien, strange, bewildering place. Even independent feminist women who […]
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Posted on September 8th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Charlie and The Chocolate Factory – Tim Burton Thirty million copies sold speaks for itself. But for my two kids, and me, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is not one of Roald Dahl’s best books. My kids were inseparable from The Giraffe the Pelly and Me, The Fantastic Mr Fox, James and the Giant […]
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