The International Writers Magazine: REVIEW ARCHIVE 1999-2005
1999-2006 Fiction and Film review archive

2006 Pan's Labyrinth Directed by Guillermo Del Toro Jen Ames review Children of Men Dir A. Cuaron Jen Ames review Nine Lives Dir Rodigro Garcia A Dan Schnieder DVD review Everything is Illuminated - Dir Liev Shrieber A Dan Schnieder DVD review Mission Impossible: 3 Danille Ward A Bittersweet Life - Dir Ji-Woon-Kim Robert Cottingham review V for Vendetta Dir James McTeigue A Clare Sager/Gemma Williams review Six Shooter- Dir Martin Donagh Oscar winner Sacha Markin review Once upon a time in the West - Sergio Leone - A Dan Schnieder review Match Point - Dir Woody Allen A Rob Cottingham review Underworld: Evolution - Dir Len Wiseman A Kate Maskell review The New World Dir Terrence Malick A Dan Schnieder Review Walk the Line Dir James Mangold A Gabriela Davies Review A Very Long Engagement A Dan Schnieder review Grizzly Man A Dan Schnieder Review Lucky Number Slevin Dir Paul McGuigan A Sam North review Why We Fight Directed by Frank Capra Dan Schnieder review George Washington Directed by David G Green Dan Schnieder The Assassination of Richard Nixon Dir Neils Mueller Dan Schnieder review The Five Obstructions Dir Lars Von Trier Dan Schnieder Russian Dolls Dir Cedric Klapisch Robert Cottingham reivew Die Mommie Die! Dir Mark Rucker A Dan Schnieder DVD review The Magdelene Sisters Dan Schnieder review Address Unknown Directed by Kim ki Duk Robert Cottingham review A Great Day In Harlem Dan Schneider jazz DVD review The Devil wears Prada Gabriela Davies Good Bye Lenin Dan Schnieder DVD review Signs Dir M Night Shyamalan (DVD) Liz Barlow Flight 93 v World Trade Center Holly Joy compares two 9/11 movies Sin City DVD Miller/Rodrigez Claire Murray Iklimler (Climates) Carly McClain Pride and Prejudice (DVD 2005) Jo Green review Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride James Campion previews the Hunter S Thompson doc The Celibate Nymphomanic by Amy Dunmall One Night Only at the Wiltshire Studio One Natalie Tehrani review Happy Feet A Sam North Review 49 Up (2005 DVD) Dan Schneider One of the great filmic projects of the 20th Century Dead Mans Shoes (2004) Director: Shane Meadows Carly Mclain HARRY POTTER and the Order of the Phoenix Directed by David Yates A Gemma Ayres review Tell No One (Ne le dis à personne) Director: Guillaume Canet Sam North review of new French thriller Music and Lyrics Written and directed by Marc Lawrence Starring Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore Liz Barlow review Blood Diamond Directed by Edward Zwick A Holly Joy review of the conflict diamond thriller Stranger Than Fiction Dir. Marc Foster Rosie Wheatcroft review a film confused in both its message and genre, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s performance is a shining beacon Everyday People Directed by Jim McKay A Dan Schnieder DVD review March of the Penguins v Happy Feet Rosie Wheatcroft compares the Penguin movies 2006 was the Chinese year of the dog. In Hollywood, it was undoubtedly the year of the penguin Somersalt (DVD review) Director: Cate Shortland/with Abbie Cornish 2004 Somersault is one of those films that stay with you long after you watch it. Bobby Directed by Emilio Estevez Sacha Markin review Look Both Ways (DVD review) Directed by Sarah Watts Carly McLain The Pursuit of Happyness Director: Gabriele Muccino Gabriela Davies The Good German Directed by Steven Soderberg Sam North review Amadeus Directed by Milos Foreman A Dan Schnieder DVD review The Wild Bunch DVD review Dan Schneider Director Sam Peckinpah’s two hour and twenty-five minute long 1969 Western classic, The Wild Bunch is an important film My Best Friend Directed by Patrice Leconte Starring Daniel Auteuil and Dany Boon Contrivance: An artifice, the slightest, flimsiest idea to hang a movie on Cries And Whispers Directed by Ingmar Bergman Dan Schneider Cries And Whispers, a 1972 film of Ingmar Bergman's, is not the masterpiece that it's claimed to be.

2006 A Year in Japan by Kate T Williamson A Charlie Dickinson review Embracing Family by Nobuo Kojima A Charlie Dickinson Review Temping by Kirby Olsen A Charlie Dickinson review - satiric Seattle based novel Angel on the Roof: Russell Banks short story collection A Dan Schnieder review I have landed by Stephen Jay Gould A Dan Schnieder review Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin A Charlie Dickinson review Naked by David Sedaris Dan Schneider Small Maps of the World by Brooke Biaz Suzannah Brooksbank review A Note of Madness by Tabitha Suzuma A Gill James review The Wave by Walter Mosely A Charlie Dickinson review Where I've been, where I'm going by Joyce Carol Oates - A Dan Schnieder critique Five Decades by Irwin Shaw A Dan Schnieder review A World Apart by Caro Fraser A Marcel D'Agneau review Illmore Chronicles: The Dwellings Debacle by David Lee Stone - A Keren Arnold review A Mouth Like Yours by Daniel Duane A Charlie Dickinson Review Mack and Mabel - The Musical Ben Macpherson at the preview Ship Fever by Andrea Barrett Gabriela Davies review Disgrace by J M Coetzee A Dan Schnieder review Waiting by Ha Jin A Dan Schnieder review Long Way Back by Brendan Halpin A Charlie Dickinson review Tremble and Ennui by Edgar Nicaud A Charlie Dickinson review of the New Orleans satire American Tabloid by James Ellroy Michael Halmshaw review Them by Jon Ronson Dan Schnieder review Desert Rain by Wallace Dorian Barbara Kowal review Cane by Jean Troomer Dan Schnieder review Tales of the Night by Peter Hoeg Dan Schnieder Alice L Hutchinson on Kenneth Anger Ginnete Ballard At The Inland Sea by Edward Bond Chris Churcher stage review The Man From Perfect by Andrea Semple Lynn Ede review Lessons in Essence by Dana Standbridge A Charlie Dickinson review The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford A Charlie Dickinson review A Jacques Barzun Reader A Dan Schnieder review Same Place, Same Things, by Tim Gautreaux Dan Schneider review In the Pool by Hideo Okuda A Charlie Dickinson review Riding with Strangers by Elijah Wald A Charlie Dickinson review 10.01.06 The War Against Cliché, by Martin Amis A Dan Schneider review Evanescence, The Open Door Claire Murray Inka by Angela Vehorn Gabriela Davies review The Buddah and the Terrorist by Satish Kumar Charlie Dickinson review Wild Ducks Flying Backward by Tom Robbins Dan Schneider review Dead Father's Club by Matt Haig A Lynn Ede review Seconds Of Pleasure, by Neil Labute Dan Schneider Civilwarland In Bad Decline, by George Saunders Dan Schnieder The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon Liz Barlow review Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre Dean Betts review Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult A Jen Ames Review Also see Children's Book reviews Link to: http://books.monstersandcritics.com/

2005 The Brothers Grimm- Dir Terry Gilliam Kenneth Robinson review The Chronicles of Narnia Alex Hillman The Chronicles of Narnia- Take Two Dan Schnieder Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Dir Mike Newell- A Gemma Ayres review Shopgirl Directed by Anand Tucker A Dan Schneider Review Capote Dir Bennet Miller A Dan Schneider review Pride and Prejudice (2005) Directed by Joe Wright Bombom, El Perro Directed by Carlos Sarin Gabriela Davies review Crash Directed by Paul Haggis The Island (2005) Directed by Michael Bay Wild Parrots Of Telegraph Hill Dir Judy Irving - Eric D Lehman review Madagascar (2005) A Danielle Ward Review Sin City Lily J Parker review The Cat Returns Dir Hiroyuki Morita Sam North review Machuca Dir Andrés Wood A Guy Burton Review Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Dir Gath Jennings -screenplay Douglas Adams The Chorus (Les Choristes) Dir Christophe Barratier A Very Long Engagement Dir Jean Pierre Jeunot Sideways Dir Alexander Payne Capturing the Friedmans - DVD review Dan Schneider Mayor of Sunset Strip - DVD Review Dan Schneider on Rodney Bingenheimer House of Sand and Fog DVD Dan Schneider The Lost Skelton of Cadavra Dir Larry Blamire DVD Dan Schnieder review Creep Director Cristopher Smith Alex Hillman review The Village(DVD) Dan Schneider review Mystic River Dir Clint Eastwood Dan Schneider review The Sea Inside James Skinner reviews the Oscar winner Touching The Void Dan Schneider review Nintendo DS Danielle Ward reviews the new gameplayer In America -Dir Jim Sheridan A Dan Schneider review American Splendor - Dir Berman and Pulcini A Dan Schneider review Revenge of the Sith: Star Wars Episode 111 Rev Antonio Hernandez King Arthur (DVD review) Dan Schnieder Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (DVD) Dan Schneider Monster - DVD Review Dan Schneider Deconstructing Anton Chekhov Dan Schneider on Chekhov's short stories Jersey Girl - Dir Kevin Smith A Dan Schneider DVD review Alexander - Dir Oliver Stone A Dan Schnieder DVD review 5 x 2 Dir Francois Ozon Robert Cottingham review Coffee and Cigarettes Dir - Jim Jarmusch Dan Schneider DVD review 13 Going on 30 Dir Gary Winick Dan Schnieder DVD review Napoleon Dynamite Dir Jared Hess Dan Schnieder DVD review A Streetcar Named Desire Dir Eli Kazan Gabriella Davies DVD review Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) Dir Francis Ford Coppola A Gemma Roxy Williams review Dracula - Take Two (1992) Rebecca Kingsbury Carrie Directed by Brian de Palma DVD review - Lucy Bailey High Fidelity (Nick Hornby) Holly Bates compares book and movie Chocolat Dir Lasse Halstrom Gemma Ayres review Blade Runner Dir Ridley Scott - Michael Halmshaw review The Up Series 7-42 Up Dir Michael Apted Dan Schneider Moulin Rouge Dir Baz Luhrman Kyla Lacey- Davidson Catch Me if you Can Dir Steven Speilberg Alex Segal Robin Hood Prince of Thieves Dir M. Curtiz Gemma Ayres

Books 2005 Edge of Orison by Iain Sinclair Gemma Roxy Williams Aerial: Making Maths Meaningful by Kate Bush A Clare Sager review Charley Feather by Kate Pennington Clare Sager review Confessions on a dance floor by Madonna Samara O'Shea Curse of the Nibelung Book Launch Nov 2005 - A Night to remember Turbulence by Jan Mark A Gemma Roxy Williams review Romanitas by Sophia McDougall Sam North reviews a modern Roman epic Oak: The Frame of Civilization by William Bryant Logan A Charlie Dickinson review Please Don't Come Back from the Moon by Dean Bakopoulos A Charlie Dickinson review The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde Review by Gemma Roxanne Williams Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Suanna Clarke's amazing book about magic The Producers Alex Segal at the hit show in London Life Studies by Susan Vreeland A Gemma Williams review Eleanor Rigby by Douglas Coupland A Sam North review Faded Seaside Glamour The Delays Clare Sager Review Love Angel Music Baby Gwen Stefani Clare Sager Review The Last Night of a Damned Soul by Slimane Benaissa A Charlie Dickinson review How I became Stupid by Martin Page A Charlie Dickinson review I am Legend by Richard Matheson Dan Schnieder review Exporting America by Lou Dobbs Phil Mershon Life of Pi by Yann Martell Dan Schnierder review Dubliners by James Joyce Dan Schneider - a detailed examination Anarchism by Colin Ward A Charlie Dickinson review Transmission by Hari Kunzru A Keren Arnold Review The James Deans - a Moe Prager Mystery Reed Farrel Coleman A Laura Jones Review All Too Beautiful Rob Mallet reviews the Steve Marriot bio A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith A Dan Schnieder review If I was Amelia Earhart by Jane Mendelsohn A Dan Schnieder review Touching the Void by Joe Simpson(The Book) A Dan Schneider review Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein A Dan Schneider review Crepuscule by Roman Payne A Gemma Roxanne Williams review The Bottomless Well by Huber and Mills A Charlie Dickinson Review Embers by Sándor Márai A Dan Schnieder review 1984 The Opera George Burrows on Lorin Maazel - composer & conductor in an identity crisis? The Monk from Brooklyn by Antonio Graceffo Lang Reid review A Good Scent From A Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler Dan Schneider review The Make Up Girl by Andrea Semple Lynn Ede review Lost in the City by Edward P Jones Dan Schnieder review Ten Little Indians by Sherman Alexie- Review by Dan Schnieder Snakes And Earrings by Hitome Kanehara A Charlie Dickinson review 16.06 Nine Stories by J D Salinger Dan Schnieder Girl With Curious Hair by David Foster Wallace Dan Schneider The Collected Stories of Richard Yates Dan Schneider Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Dr Antonio Hernandez Last Family in England by Matt Haig Lynn Ede review The Light in the Piazza Ben Macpherson detects a new trend in New York The Serpent Grail by Philip Gardiner with Gary Osborn John Baldock review Reunion v Ignorance Dan Schneider on Lightman and Kundera's fiction Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx Dan Schneider review Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers Jennifer Atkins Desert Death on Three Wheels by Antonio Graceffo Vanessa Hyde review The Middle Mind by Curtis White Dan Schnieder Review The Magus by John Fowles Eric Lehman Jesse Garbe at the Diane Farris Gallery Vancouver - First Show William F Buckley's Miles Gone By Dan Schnieder

The Incredibles Clare Sager Finding Neverland Richard Chilve The Phantom of the Opera Ben Mcphereson review Bad Santa Rebecca Francis Melinda & Melinda Robert Cottingham - Woody Allen's return to form A totally Incomplete Review of 2004 Movies Sam North Otomoto's 'Memories' classic Anime- Dan Schneider DVD review Tim Burton's Big Fish Dan Schnieder What the FX@X Do We Know! Dan Schneider DVD review The Fog of War DVD Review Dan Schnieder The Kid Stays in the Picture Dan Schneider review of the DVD Code 46 Dir Michael Winterbottom Open Water Dir Chris Krevis James Skinner Review Judging Kilmer Dan Schnieder on Val Kilmer -The Salton Sea and Wonderland Love Actually - now on DVD Dir Richard Curtis- Dan Schneider review Belleville Rendezvous now out on DVD Rev Antonio Hernandez says buy it now. The Cooler starring William H Macy Dir Wayne Kramer Shrek 2 Even funnier than the first The Day After Tomorrow Dir Roland Emmerich Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Review by Sam North Y Tu Mama Tambien Dan Schnieder reviews the DVD Lost in Translation Dan Schnieder reviews the DVD Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Dir Michel Gondry - Screenplay Charlie Kaufman Kill Bill Vol 2 Dir Quentin Tarantino Review Dan Schneider Kill Bill Vol 2 Second Take Ian Jordan Heat Dir Michael Mann Dan Schnieder Review Breakfast With Hunter James Campion reviews the PBS Documentary Zatoichi Dir Takeshi Kitano Passion Dir Mel Gibson- James Campion Review The Butterfly Effect Dan Schneider Review Runaway Jury Dir Gary Fleder Girl With A Pearl Earring Dir - Peter Webber The Dreamers Bernardo Bertolucci City Of God M.C. Wood reviews Fernando Meirelles' film Lost in Translation- Dir Sofia Coppola James Skinner Review The Films of M.Night Shyamalan Andrew Stuart begs to differ Go buy 'Brick' One of Hacks Best Movie of 2006 Directed by Rian Johnson Starring- Joseph Gordon-Levitt Nora Zehetner Lukas Haas + Noah Fleiss Emilie de Ravin

2004 Rosario Tijerras by Jorge Franco A Charlie Dickinson Review Kelly Armstrong's STOLEN A Gemma William review of contemporary werewolves in the USA In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith Diamonds - The Rush of '72 by Sam North George Olden review Notice by Heather Lewis A Charlie Dickinson review The Lesser Evil by Michael Ignatieff A Charlie Dickinson Review A Year of Sundays: Taking the plunge (and our cat) to Explore Europe by Edward D Webster S.N. Review The Well of Lost Plots Review by Michelle Cochraine Graceland by Chris Abani A Charlie Dickinson review Happy Days by Laurent Graff A Charlie Dickinson review An End to Evil: How to win the war on terror by David Frum and Richard Perle A Kate Moreland review Just Like A River by Muhammad Kamil al-Khatib A Charlie Dickinson Review The Hindustan Way Nathan Rabe - a portrait of life in Pakistan Japan: A reinterpretation by Patrick Smith Dean H Ruetzler review Eduardo Aquifer by Jeff Hunt Review by Sam North My Life in Letters Ryan K Smith Tis by Frank McCourt Dan Schnieder Review The Producers (Live at Dury Lane) Alex Segal at the hit show in London Commentary Movie Review 2005 Robert Cottingham sums it up A funny thing happened to the musical on the way to the theatre Ben Macpherson laments 'The Wizard of Oz' Michael Dare nominatesthis Turkish film as the worst of all time. Visual Arts Creative Arts Programme '04 Gemma Williams review The Road Movie: Parts One and Two Sam North EATING OUT La Tasca - GunWharf Quays Portsmouth More about Film here Filmspace issues about films and screenwriting Theatre: Damon Runyon's Guys and Dolls A Kate Maskell review Feb 2006 Sarah Jones at the Bleeker Street Theatre NY James Campion Revew His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman - adapted by Nicholas Wright Peter Pan Dec 04/Jan 05 Danielle Ward goes to the panto Get Carter - Red Shift Theatre Company Christine Churcher Review 14.12.05 Funny Money - Stage Show Danielle Jan 2006 Kiss Me Kate by Cole Porter- University of Portsmouth Creative Arts 2005 Production The Far Pavillions Preview by Ben Macpherson on the new London Musical

2003 Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner Dan Schnieder Review My Life Without Me Dir Isabel Coixet The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Erin Burns review Matrix Revolutions review Belleville Rendezvous (Triplets of Belleville in USA) Underworld & Once Upon a Time In Mexico Le DIVORCE - A James Ivory Film Kevin Costner's OPEN RANGE Jeffrey Beyl Review La COMUNIDAD An Alex de La Iglesia film (Brilliant and hilarious) WHALE RIDER Directed by Niki Caro THE SHAPE OF THINGS Neil LaBute - Review by Alex Grant THE MATRIX RELOADED The Wachiwski Brothers LAUREL CANYON Dir. Lisa Cholodenko IDENTITY James Mangold's horror flick CONFIDENCE James Foley's trickster movie TAKING THE FIFTH Why Cinema is still relevant Left Behind 2 Rev Antiono Hernandez reviews this anti-semitic film Flower & Garnet A wonderful BC film directed by Keith Behrman THE CORE A Journey to the Centre of the Earth - Alex Grant BASIC A John McTiernan movie starring John Travolta The Good Thief Dir: Neil Jordan WorldFest Houston Film 2002 The Hunted Alex Grant Gangs of New York, The Two Towers- Evelyn and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Narc Alex Grant The Hours The Golden Globe Winner Gangs of New York James Campion on the' birthing of history'. Final Destination 2 Alex Grant on the teen horror flick The Quiet American Alex Grant on the Graham Green adaptation Oscar Nomination 2003 Alex Grant regrets The Life of David Gale and Dark Blue State & Main Mirko Stopar Pursued Mirko Stopar Written On The Wind Mirko Stopar on Douglas Sirk Femme Fatale ( DVD) Mirko Stopar

2003 Coalescent by Stephen Baxter The struggle to survive as the lights go out in a disintegrating Romano Britain Early From The Dance David Payne- love & tragedy in the Carolinas At The Villa Of Reduced Circumstances Alexander McCall Smith Shopping For Antiques and Collectables: Singapore and Malaysia '03/04 - J Kaul Ashes by Kenzo Kitakata Charlie Dickenson reviews a dark Yakuza thriller Socionomics: The Wave Principle of Human Social Behaviour and Pioneering Studies in Socionomics Robert R Prechter Jr Welcome to Paradise Mahi Binebine A Charlie Dickinson Review of fateful tale of illegal immigrants from Africa to Spain The Truth Seeker Rod Bradford on Vice v Freedom Candy by Mian Mian Charlie Dickinson - drugs and rock n'roll in China Fear Itself Walter Mosely A Body To Die For Kate White Still Life With Crows Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child Fallen Idols J.F. Freedman Redemption by Nancy Geary Marcel D'Agneau review The Anniversary Amy Gutman thriller The Kalahari Typing School For Men Alexander McCall Smith No.1 Ladies Detective Agency and Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith - Review by John Lewell The Lake House by James Patterson Alex Grant review The Protector by David Morrell New non-stop action by author of First Blood Alex Grant review The Last Good Day by Peter Blauner Alex Grant review The Rules of Silence by David Lindsey Alex Grant review Brad Barkely's Alison's Automotive Repair Manual Review by Charlie Dickinson 'a well-conceived fictional exploration of grief' The Blue Edge of Midnight Johnathon King - Alex Grant review Looking For Spinoza by Antonio Damasio A Charlie Dickinson Review The Dead Sit Round in A Ring by David Lawrence Land of the Living Nicci French No Good Deed Manda Scott The Buzzing by Jim Knipfel A Charlie Dickinson Review December 6th Martin Cruz Smith novel about Pearl Harbor Dean Ruetzler review Soul Circus- George Pelecanos -Alex Grant review Heaven's Edge Romesh Gunesekera- Charlie Dickinson review Memoirs of A Geisha Dean H Ruetzler reviews Arthur Golden's book City of Bones by Michael Connelly Alex Grant Review Pattern Recognition by William Gibson Review by Sam North Everybody's Somebody's Fool by Ed Gorman Alex Grant Review The Discrete Charm of Charlie Monk by David Ambrose 1421 ­ Gavin Menzies- Bantam Press Elmore Leonard's 'When the Women Come Out To Dance' Alex Grant review Captain Outrageous Alex Grant reviews Joe Lansdale's new novel Russian Experiences by The Raven Denise M Clark Steffi's Club D.A. Blyler's wild romp in the Czech Republic Richard Oleska review MobTown & A Viking Funeral Alex Grant reviews two new crime mysteries 'Lost Light' by Michael Connelley Alex Grant review The Guru of Love Samrat Upadhyay- Charlie Dickinson Review Ian Rankin's Ressurection Men Alex Grant review of the new Inspector Rebus Ken Follet's Hornet Flight Alex Grant Chuck Barris Autobiography Rev Antonio Hernandez Small Town by Lawrence Block Alex Grant reviews this new erotic tale

2002 Rabbit Proof Fence Philip Noyce film about abducted children in Australia is tale of courage and shame. The Royal Tenenbaums Royal Tenenbaums is clever and witty, each performance is eccentric and alive with promise K-PAX - Starring Kevin Spacey Star Wars Attack of the Giggles Rev Antonio Hernández on STAR WARS Pt 2 a cartoon Yoda, an angel-dusted Kermit.' Minority Report A new film by Steven Spielberg The Road to PERDITION and other summer movies Sam Mendes Signs and Full Frontal Disappointing Signs Bloodwork 'Blood Work is both casual and classic, akin to the astutely pared-down films of both Howard Hawks and Sam Fuller'. Possession- Neil LaBute Sunshine State-John Sayles One Hour Photo Robin Williams in a chillingly compulsive style Michael Apted’s Enigma Enigma is the high point of Michael Apted’s career City By the Sea De Niro in gritty Cop Drama Walter Hill’s 'Undisputed' Violent Boxing Drama Barbershop Funny romantic comedy The Banger Sisters Review by Stewart Clayton Four Feathers Alex Grant Review Dragonflies [Norway, 2002] Alex Grant Review Spider David Cronenberg's new minimalist horror film Chinese Odyssey Dir. Jeffrey Lau A hilarious slapstick spoof of Crouching Tiger Red Dragon Unnecessary remake says Alex Grant Between Strangers Sam North reviews Edoardo Ponti's first film Igby Goes Down Writer/Director Burr Steer a clever and refreshing black comedy Demonlover Alex Grant reviews Olivier Assayas S&M movie Abandon - all hope if you see this movie Heaven An evocative totally stylized thriller Steven Becks' 'Ghost Ship' Halloween schlock "I SPY" A monstrously inept, perfunctory and flaccid "comeback" Roger Dodger Dylan Kidd's satiric movie debut Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale Tight Thriller from De Palma AutoFocus Paul Schrader Bio Pic about Bob Crane Emperor's Club -A Kevin Kline movie Hoary old chesnut We award the 2002 Beasties Awards

2002 The Death of Sweet Mister Daniel Woodrell 'Don't be a puss. It's just the jitters nipin' at you, fat boy. Chasing Rainbows in Chennai Review of Colin Todhunter's travel book by Heather Neal A Series of Unfortunate Events The Austere Academy-Book the Fifth Lemony Snicket - Illustrated by Brett Helquist An Egmont Book after the quake - Haruki Murakami The Harvill Press Murakami from the ruins of Kobe. after the quake- alt review US edition Charlie Dickinson on Murakami's latest Freddy the Very Adventurous Ferry A 3-5 children's book by Rozy Abra Illustrated by Andre Ellis Sparrow Nights by David Gilmour Review Charles Dickinson 'The story builds to a stunner of a climax...' Counterpoint, 2002 Bill James Crime Novelist Extraordinaire Review by Alex Grant In Pursuit of a Proper Sinner Review by Alex Grant A Traitor to Memory Elizabeth George new mystery A Small Death in Lisbon Review by Alex Grant British Crime Wave - WOMEN AUTHORS Alex Grant reads the latest murder mysteries BEYOND ILLUSIONS by Duong Thu H Review Charlie Dickenson ...art becomes politics, once politics corrupts art Thomson's New Dictionary of Film (2002) Review by Alex Grant Patrick O'Brian The Master Seafaring Novelist stories to be filmed starring Russel Crowe Graham Hurley's 'The Take' and other crime novels Michael Connelly's 'Chasing the Dime' Too much haste - a waste Six New Crime Novels Alex Grant on the crime fiction beat...hacks who lack conviction December 6th Martin Cruz Smith's new Pearl Harbour Thriller David Quinlan's- Directors Essential reading? To Shill a Mockingbird Augusta Trobaugh's 'Sophie &The Rising Sun' A Third Eye Bio of Sam Fuller Reversible Errors Scott Turows new legal thriller Philip Kerr’s 'Dark Matter' The Private Life of Sir Issac Newton' Born Twice - Giuseppe Pontiggia Review Charlie Dickinson Three Dead White Males Get Pulp Fiction at ABC Books Vancouver

2001 SERENDIPITY Steven Speilberg CRIMSON RIVERS - FRENCH CINEMA TITAN A.E. CHINESE INFLUENCES IN FILM WHAT ABOUT ADAM? VERY ANNIE MARY PEARL HARBOUR PEARL TAKE 2 GIRL ON THE BRIDGE MAGNOLIA SHREK NURSE BETTY FINAL FANTASY THE HEIGHT OF SUMMER APES: PLANET OF TEARS OF THE BLACK TIGER AMELIE Jean Pierre Jeunot THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE - Coen Brothers O BROTHER WHERE ARE THOU? HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE GHOST WORLD THE HEIST - David Mamet THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT HARRY Oliver Moor on Pottermania MONSTERS and OCEANS ELEVEN Which is the cartoon? ONE OF THE HOLLYWOOD TEN (Director: Karl Francis, Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Jess Wynne is gripped by McCathyism Music-- THE AVALANCHES Jim Johnson sees a landslide victory to Australian dance music A NORTHERN SYMPHONY Oliver Moor loses himself in the sounds of not-so-Madchester BASEMENT JAXX Jim Johnson blows hot about the new Basement Jaxx CD Anni DiFranco Jess Wynn - Maverick or Mercenary? Plus interview with the diva herself Dan Bern James Campion talks to the American songwriter Led Zepplin Redux Jeffery Beyl reviews the new DVD release Along Came The Doors Jeffrey Beyl

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