Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on January 23rd, 2002
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Think of this John Hughes script as the logical conclusion to the Home Alone phenomenon.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on January 22nd, 2002
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Now this is a pretty rare achievement: a film that has an educational goal, but reaches that goal while being exciting cinema. And once the film has you wanting to know more, the DVD obliges.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on January 22nd, 2002
In 1993, Virginie Despentes burst onto the French literary scene with Baise-Moi (“F**k Me”), a snarling novel who’s unblinking, deadpan, yet philosophically pointed excess places it in the tradition of Sade. In 2000, Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi co-directed and scripted this adaptation, which has already forced the French government to re-evaluate its ratings rules.
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on January 20th, 2002
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This release has added interest now for the later careers of its director and star: Stephen Sommers is now best known for his Mummy films, and Elijah Wood is currently sporting a British accent as Frodo Baggins.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on January 14th, 2002
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Eccentric and heartfelt, this Oscar-winning coming-of-age story deserves rediscovery.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on January 14th, 2002
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Fox’s recent set of Family Features includes a couple of films aimed at older viewers, and are that rare thing: the smart teen comedy. This is one (the other is Breaking Away).
Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on January 5th, 2002
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We’ve just had one recent battle-of-the-rogues release with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Here’s a more recent film in a similar vein, with Martin Lawrence and Danny De Vito duking it out. Curiously, Glenne Headly features in both.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on December 30th, 2001
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on December 23rd, 2001
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This is a deeply, deeply silly film. But it takes being silly deeply, deeply seriously.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on December 12th, 2001
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The most recent film from Tran Anh Hung, writer/director of The Scent of Green Papaya, continues his restrained, low-key examination of human interaction.
