Feature film
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United 93
You remember where you were when you saw it happen. It was a normal Tuesday lunchtime in the UK, just after Neighbours in
fact. Flicking through the channels, every one of them seemed to be
showing a disaster movie, involving cinema’s most recognisable skyline.
Like most of the western world, you watched, incredulously, as fiction
and reality merged. No one knew then what was going to…
The Da Vinci Code
A Holy Grail quest
that recalls the Indiana Jones trilogy - but without the humour, or Harrison
Ford...
Freedomland: Please – do the right thing
Which is to avoid this self-important, uninspiring look at the effect of police incompetence upon race relations.
Dead Man's Shoes Fails To Please Village Voice
Shane Meadows
has been awarded almost iconic status as one of the pioneers of low
budget filmmaking in Britain, which he certainly is, but some people
find his work on screen doesn't always reach – on the audience
satisfaction scale - the parts others claim it does reach. This week
his latest opus Dead Man's Shoes opens Stateside in Greenwich Village, the heartland of New Yor…
V For Vendetta
Films based on a comic book will always attract two forms of criticism. Firstly there’ll be those who judge the inherent quality of the film. Then there’ll be those who’ll judge the film and its fidelity to the original source material. For a perfect of example of this then you need look no further than V For Vendetta. Alan Moore and David Lloyd’s original graphic novel h…