Movie Minx

Starring: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Plot: During the on-going Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe.
But is it any good?
One-word summaries: trippy. powerful. stunning. raw. long.
I’ve only […]

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Ann Moss, Hugo Weaving
Directed by: The Wachowski brothers
Plot: A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against the controllers of it.
But is it any good?
At the end of the last millenium, posters began springing up, and billboards, asking: […]

Starring: Jim Carry, Kate Winslet
Directed by: Michael Gondry
Plot: Outlining the plot ruins the surprise, in my opinion.
But is it any good?
I was surprised and charmed when I discovered Being John Malcovich (which I walked into randomly in Paris one winter), and I love Charlie Kaufmann scripts (including Adaptation) so I had high hopes for Eternal […]

Starring: Kirk Douglas
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Plot: When soldiers in WW1 refuse to continue with an impossible attack, their superiors decide to make an example of them.
But is it any good?
Bloody hell this is a depressing movie. If you’ve just seen Top Gun and are pumped at the idea of rushing out to fight the enemy, […]

Starring: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham-Carter
Directed by: David Fincher
Plot: An office employee and a soap salesman build a global organization to help vent male aggression.
But is it any good?
Oh, how I love David Fincher movies, and how I loved Fight Club in the late ’90s. The timing was perfect. There was no 9/11 to […]