Open Water
With Gravity still orbiting cinemas, let’s look at another great survival movie. Made in 2003 and based on real events, Open Water follows a couple whose scuba diving holiday goes […]
Monthly Archives: November 2013
A Spike Lee Joint: Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing is set entirely on a street in Brooklyn, where, apparently, no cars ever drive. Taking place over only a couple of days, it focuses on the […]
Woody Allen: A Double Bill – Part 2: Woody’s Revenge
Here are two more Woody Allen films – like last time, one of his best and one of his worst. Manhattan (1979) Shot in beautiful black and white and set […]
A Spike Lee Joint: Get On The Bus
In 1995, a bus full of men are heading Washington D.C. to attend Farrakhan’s Million Man March for black rights. They include a father and son tethered together (Thomas Jefferson […]
In Fear
After a year of disappointing horror films, finally a new release breathes some life into the genre. In Fear is a low-budget British offering which could teach a thing or […]
A Spike Lee Joint: She Hate Me
Jack (Anthony Mackie) is a VP at a large pharmaceutical company until he goes public with allegations of unethical practices. When he loses his job he begins taking money from […]
The Counselor
It’s probably fair to say that Ridley Scott’s most recent efforts haven’t been his best. He tried to recreate his Gladiator glory by delving into the past with Robin Hood, […]
