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U-571
It's finally time to reassess the submarine movie to see if it's outlived its useful life. I was skeptical enough when Crimson Tide came out in 1995, feeling like a knockoff of The Hunt...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
She's All That
Well, as it turns out, she's not all that. She's like half that. Maybe less. I'd say 30 percent that.70 percent crap.The way I ended up at She's All That is because...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
Beaches
In the history of men going to the movies, there are few horrors as singularly terrifying as the movie Beaches. With its combination of precious tragicomedy plot, copious singing, and Bette Midler, the horror trifecta...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
A Patch Of Blue
PIty blind Selina (Elizabeth Hartman). She hasn't been marginalized so much as completely ignored by her family and society. She's a grown woman and yet she's never even been taught how to cross the street....
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
Bad Seed (2001)
Despite an atrocious title, I actually held out hope for the direct-to-video Bad Seed's intriguing premise.The film opens as man (Luke Wilson) confronts by his wife (Mili Avital), who screams in admission that she is...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning
The final leg of the Ginger Snaps series takes us back in time 150 years, where the presumed progenitors of Ginger and Brigitte are found in the Canadian frontier. Oddly, they still sound like valley...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
Murder on a Sunday Morning
For anyone interested in a real look into the American criminal justice system -- away from the trappings of Hollywood -- this Oscar-winning documentary is an excellent study of a murder trial from start to...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
The School of Flesh
School's out at The School of Flesh, a ridiculous and banal French melodrama about an older woman obsessed with a younger, male, bisexual prostitute. You know, just like in real life. Utterly without...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
Little Odessa
Little Odessa refers to an old Russian Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, along the lines of Little Italy or Chinatown. There, everyone speaks Russian, wanders through bleak snow-covered streets, drinks vodka, wears heavy...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
Let Him Have It
Is it odd that every film about British justice is truly about its miscarriage? Let Him Have It is unfortunately a tepid entry into Britain's genre of choice. Alongside films like In the Name of...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
Braveheart
Mel Gibson deserves a lot more credit than I've been giving him. A few years ago, no one could have conceived that the action star could pull off the lead role in a dazzling,...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
Dark Days
Apparently, there are otherwise homeless people who live in the subway tunnels underneath New York City! Er, does this come as a shock to anyone?The tales of the so-called mole people are legendary, but...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
Rated X, A Journey Through Porn (1999)
In the wake of Boogie Nights, the adult entertainment industry has grown very popular with documentarians. With recent fare like The Girl Next Door, Sex: The Annabel Chong Story, and even American Pimp, you...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
The Three Musketeers (1973)
I saw the word "whimsical" used in one product description of this installment of The Three Musketeers, a faithful adaptation of the classic novel, and no word could better describe the film. It's a combination...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
Man of La Mancha
The translation from theatrical musical to movie musical doesn't get much more disastrous than in Man of La Mancha, a cheap, muddled, and badly put-together debacle that resoundingly establishes Arthur Hiller (who directed Love Story...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981)
Rightfully roasted as one of the worst films of all time, the 1981 reimagination of Tarzan the Ape Man proves that you can take Bo Derek to water, but you can't make her not get...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
The Low Down
I like the slacker mentality, really I do. Nights of parties, days of sleeping them off, not a care in the world. The sad thing is that, with rare exception (namely Slacker), movies...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
Fast Sofa
I found Fast Sofa, the novel, in the discount bin in early 1994, intrigued that it came with a 45-rpm vinyl soundtrack attached right into the binding. The story, about an L.A.-livin', heavy metal...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
Teorema
Teorema translates to "theorem" in Italian, and that's an apt metaphor for this ridiculously experimental film from auteur Pier Paolo Pasolini.Fewer than 1,000 words of dialogue are spoken during the film. That actually sounds like...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
Gate of Flesh
Seijun Suzuki's Gate of Flesh paints a picture of Tokyo you're unlikely to forget, ever. A sweaty, Technicolor nightmare, the film exposes the underbelly of the city -- and never comes back up to the...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
James Stewart and Lee Marvin square off in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, the Citizen Kane of westerns -- about a Senator (Stewart) from the old west who returns who for the funeral of...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
The Ten Commandments
It takes something special for a motion picture to enter the Biblical canon. But ask any Christian what happened to Moses before age 30, and they'll likely relate to you the plotline of Cecil B....
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
Moulin Rouge
When a red curtain opens and an orchestra conductor emerges to "direct" the unmistakable 20th Century Fox theme music, we know we're in for something different. Really different. Good different.Filled with virtuoso special...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
Sweet Movie
In 1974, Dusan Makevejev apparently went insane.The film he directed that year, Sweet Movie, stands as one of the most bizarre examples of what a moderately successful nut job can do with a camera and...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
Girls Kissing
Why do filmmakers put lesbians in their movies? The same reason a documentarian calls her film Girls Kissing: To get people to watch.Barbara Lee's shocker of a conclusion in her 48-minute-long documentary Girls Kissing is...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
Virtual Girl
I see a lot of awful movies, but Virtual Girl is a real piece of work. Here we've got a computer programmer named John (Max Dixon), who's working on a virtual sex program. Tragic then...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
Explorers
A terrific little kid flick, I loved Explorers as a youth, even though I had no idea at the time that it would bring us Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix in their pre-star incarnations.It's quite...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
Heavy Metal 2000
Also inexplicably known as Fakk 2, this update on the cult classic original carries all of the loud music of its predecessor but little of its style. All-updated animation robs Heavy Metal 2000 of...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Two men enter, one man leave!Let's face it, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome isn't terribly memorable aside from its to-the-death cage battles, with Mel Gibson's road warrior doing a little battle for Bartertown (headed by a...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
Men Seeking Women
For a direct-to-video movie, Men Seeking Women is far funnier than it has any right to be. Will Ferrell is a hoot and Grant Shaud is surprisingly effective as losers (of a gang of three,...
Movie Review posted on 1st November 2005
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Leisure Festival - Dreamland in Margate
On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...
Pretty Fierce talk to us about collaborating with Doja Cat, emetophobia, arena tours and staying "true to yourself" [EXCLUSIVE]
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Will Varley & Jack Valero - The Astor Theatre Deal Live Review
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
WYSE talks to us about her "form of synaesthesia", collaborating with Radiohead's Thom York and the prospect of touring with a band [EXCLUSIVE]
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
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Bay Bryan talks to us about being a "wee queer ginger", singing with Laura Marling and being inspired by Matilda [EXCLUSIVE]
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Keelan X talks to us about staying true to "your creative vision", collaborating with Giorgio Moroder and being "a yoga nut" [EXCLUSIVE]
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
![Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]](https://images.contactmusic.com/images/home/homepage/luke-de-sciscio-abof-a.jpg "Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]")
Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and "going through a year of grief and sickness" [EXCLUSIVE]
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
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