Monthly Archives: October 2011

In Defence of… Uwe Boll

A few months back I was accused of defending a man with no need of defense, one Mr Johnny Depp. Then shortly afterward I singlehandedly revived Eddie Murphy’s career with an article so fresh, thoughtful and persuasive, I hadn’t even … Continue reading

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The Italian Job 2003 (Review)

Several of Hollywood’s B List team up for a film so carefully calculated and purpose built for profit that a gold-digging young actress might have tried to marry it. Pre-The Departed Mark Wahlberg, pre-Monster Charlize Theron and pre-leading man Jason … Continue reading

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Little Deaths (Review)

I thought and thought for entire seconds just how I might make this sound even vaguely interesting. Then I gave up. Little Deaths finds three directors taking turns to depress the audience with tales that range all the way from … Continue reading

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Leon: The Professional (Review)

This will be hard. Since I saw this in the cinema in what must have been 1995 in Australia this film has been very personal to me. Some viewers write it off as a boring story with the only points … Continue reading

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Eraser (Review)

Arnie’s career was really losing steam by the time Eraser came around. After all he’d played every role that suited him, often multiple times. The robot. The soldier. The cop. The special agent. The ummm… barbarian. And believe it or … Continue reading

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Dear Hollywood

Dear Hollywood, I just wanted to drop you a line to explain why I haven’t been calling as much lately. Most of all I want you to know that it isn’t you, it’s me. Hopefully this letter doesn’t come off … Continue reading

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