Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on November 29th, 2003
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on November 25th, 2003
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on November 23rd, 2003
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on November 16th, 2003
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on October 29th, 2003
In his directorial debut, Matt Dillon gives us a character driven story with fantastic cinematography and numerous plot twists. Matt Dillon, better known for his role in teen flicks and his over the top performance in “There’s Something about Mary” definitely can add another credential to his Hollywood portfolio – actor and director. It just seems funny that in his directorial debut he features himself as the main character.
Dillon plays Jimmy Cremmins, a New York con artist, whom in the wake of a huge in...urance scam finds the FBI looking for him. He escapes America and goes to Cambodia to search for his con artist mentor Marvin (James Cann). In his journey he meets many interesting people including Kaspar – one of Marvin’s henchmen (well played by Stellan Skarsgard), the sleazy hotel owner (Gerard Depardieu) and the beautiful English art restorer (Natascha McElhone). Jimmy learns that his associates have kidnapped Marvin and held for ransom, he must try to find him.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on October 27th, 2003
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on October 26th, 2003
At a time when the women’s liberation movement was picking up steam, Hollywood was changing the kinds of stories they told, and some of films most beloved personalities were aging and leaving the spotlight, the stars aligned perfectly for Stanley Donen to make the incredibly charming “Charade”. Both a send-up of James Bond films and a genuinely engaging mystery, “Charade” was the perfect film at the perfect time.
The story revolves around a young woman (played by the graceful and immensely likeable Audre... Hepburn) who finds that her husband has been murdered, and that the people who are responsible now want something from her… only she doesn’t know what it is. One man (played by the dashing Cary Grant) emerges to help her, but even he may not be who he appears. The whole mismatched crew rambles along together, in an attempt to discover what, and where, this elusive mystery item is... before it’s too late.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on September 25th, 2003
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