Articles in British Movie Reviews
I Capture the Castle (2003) Movie Review
It’s probably just as well that the English film “I Capture the Castle” never states what time period its story is taking place in. The film, about an eccentric family that themselves itself living in a rundown castle in the English countryside, could have taken place anywhere and in any era. The film captures that [...]
September 23rd, 2003 | Nix | 1 Comment | Read MoreJohnny English (2004) Movie Review
To be perfectly honest, I don’t know why spy parodies aren’t as funny as they should be. After all, when you’re freed of the responsibility of coming up with a half-decent plot, shouldn’t your entire time be spent coming up with jokes and gags? As was the case with “Agent Cody Banks”, “The In-Laws”, and [...]
August 17th, 2003 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreAlone (2001) Movie Review
I am reasonably certain there was a good movie in the British Serial Killer film “Alone”, but the final product is, alas, not so good. Even if you could survive first-time director Philip Claydon’s extreme A.D.D.-inspired directing style, you’d still have to deal with a cast of very silly characters, included by not limited to: [...]
August 2nd, 2003 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreGhost Rig aka The Devil’s Tattoo (2001) Movie Review
The British horror film “Ghost Rig”, essentially a Last Stand in a Haunted House movie set on an oil rig, immediately peaks my attention. Not because it’s an outstanding horror flick, but because of something much simpler. Originally released in 2001 as “The Devil’s Tattoo”, the film’s producers have managed to toss the movie back [...]
July 14th, 2003 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreBirthday Girl (2001) Movie Review
I don’t think I’m ruining anything by saying that Nicole Kidman (”The Others”) stars in “Birthday Girl” as a Russian mail-order bride who turns out to be one part of a 3-person con operation. This also adds to my ongoing theory that movie trailers nowadays are only useful if you don’t want to be surprised [...]
June 20th, 2003 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MorePrincess of Thieves (2001) Movie Review
It’s unfathomable that I wouldn’t like “Princess of Thieves”. It has everything I’ve come to appreciate — it’s a period movie, it has swords and horses, knights and battles, the Robin Hood legend, and best of all, a gorgeous lead in the young Miss Keira Knightley. Why, then, was I bored out of my mind [...]
June 15th, 2003 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreThe World is Not Enough (1999) Movie Review
You may have noticed that there’s an exorbitant amount of elaborate action sequences in the James Bond movies. That’s because a single James Bond movie is essentially stitched together from the action sequences of two action movies, but the storyline of just one of them. This is why a 007 movie generally runs over 2 [...]
May 2nd, 2003 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreDeathwatch (2002) Movie Review
As further proof of the sad state of horror films nowadays, I give you the British movie “Deathwatch” and the recently reviewed Spanish/U.S. collaboration “Darkness”. Two films, made by very competent directors using super slick visuals, a big budget, a competent cast, and from their own screenplay. And yet both films are as scary as [...]
April 4th, 2003 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read More28 Days Later (2002) Movie Review
My reaction to Danny Boyle’s “28 Days Later” would probably be a lot more positive if I hadn’t just finished watching Tom Savini’s 1990 remake of George Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead”. I mention this only because “28 Days Later” is, in a nutshell, a retread of Romero’s “Dead” trilogies, most notably “Day of [...]
March 27th, 2003 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreBravo Two Zero (1999) Movie Review
There have been surprisingly few movies made about the 1991 Gulf War. My guess is because there’s not an engaging villain, largely due to Saddam Hussein’s mythical “5th Largest Army in the World” crumbling like Madonna’s acting career — that is, arriving with much bloated hype, but proven to be an empty shell. After all, [...]
February 25th, 2003 | Nix | 1 Comment | Read More
Great news I'm looking forward to this one. 
youre welcome bmmb! The movie is gonna be great i hope they have a baby! 
ugh, someone send this guy(michael gonzalez) a keylogger or trojan. please. 
i dont thinkhe is that ugly! Now come ondont be so mean! and i repect your thoughts that was pretty ...
I love james even though he is the bad guy in the movie !! he plays his part very well ...
