Film

After taking a break from animated features for the past ten years, Disney brings us “The Princess and the Frog”. The story is more like Pixar than the classic Disney films of the past. While Disney takes fairy tales...

‘Meet the Spartans’ is one of those rare movies that made me sick to the stomach and feel a deep-seated loathing at those who made it. While some of the more charitable ones might chose to call it a poorly made satire...

Genre: Classic American Drama Director: Dennis Hopper Starring Cast: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern Peter Fonda was never as iconic as he was in the movie “Easy Rider.” This is for some the definitive road...

Genre: Comedy Director: Mel Brooks Starring Cast: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks The simple fact is that this is one of the funniest movies ever created. Rescued from a railroad mob, Black Bart is chosen by a...

Does awkward equal funny, This is the question “Meet the Parents” dares to answer. It’s a classic “anything that can go wrong does go wrong” plot, in which Greg Focker, played by Ben Stiller in one of the most...

In 1977, Woody Allen swept the Academy Awards with his film “Annie Hall”. Since then, the film has remained one of critics’ and audiences’ most celebrated comedies of all time. Two years later, Allen and co-writer...

Joel and Ethan, better known in the movie world as the Coen brothers; won themselves Oscars last year for ‘No Country for Old Men’. While that movie was a little arty for my taste, I really enjoyed their new movie. If...

Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” deserves the high honour of being the first animated film to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. Frame after frame is filled with memorable images. We find out in the opening...

This is another film along the lines of the DaVinci Code and, in fact, it is based upon a book written by the same author. Of course, Tom Hanks is back again, but this time in a role with far more action than the way...

Genre: Action-Adventure Director: Cy Endfield Starring Cast: Michael Caine, Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins The story of Zulu begins in early 1879; the British Army suffers one of its most terrible defeats when a Zulu force...

It’s the era of superheroes so why can’t the canines have their claim to fame as well, Bolt is a super-dog (voiced by John Travolta) who saves his owner Penny (voiced by Miley Cyrus) from trouble and evil by using his...

After taking two young children under five to see Disney’s recent animated film “The Princess and the Frog”, I’m wondering what Disney animators were thinking when they created the evil voodoo villain Dr. Facilier. How...

This is a cute romantic comedy and the best part about it is that it is based on a true story. It’s about a woman, Darlene, who has a very big heart – too big to give over to just one man. She has three husbands and...

What’s a year without an anti-hero, a maverick and a man with a heart of gold, all rolled into one, Max Payne (played by Mark Whalberg) juts out of an iced-over river right at the start of the movie, seeking to avenge...

Genre: Musical Director: Michael Curitz Starring Cast: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf The composer, singer and dancer George M. Cohan (Cagney) has been invited to meet President Franklin D...

‘Body of Lies’ has all the ingredients of a typical war drama – USA, the Arabs, Israel and Palestine, Russell Crowe, Leonardo Di Caprio and an apparently subtle message. To be honest, sometimes it really feels like...

I imagine the pitch meeting for “Die Hard” must have seemed strange: a Los Angeles high rise is taken hostage by Germans terrorists, but they’re defeated by a New York cop played from the dude from “Moonlighting”...

Every once in a while, the politics of Hollywood are trounced and the voters get it right. One of my personal favourites happened in 1984 when F. Murray Abraham won Best Actor in a Lead Role for “Amadeus”. Prior to this...

Genre: Comedy Director: James Horne Starring Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sharon Lynn, James Finlayson, Rosina Lawrence Stanley (Laurel) and Ollie (Hardy) travel to Brushwood Gulch to fulfil their promise of...

Yet another of the British horror/thrillers of the 60’s, this is quite the chilling little movie. Not full of big-name actors or flashy special effects; it still manages to keep you on the edge of your seat. The story...