Articles in European Movie Reviews
The Toybox (2005) Movie Review
Oh unbounded joy, another low-budget British horror DVD presents itself to me for review. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love watching and reviewing movies, and I am a big advocate of British cinema, but if you’ve ever endured films like “The Witches Hammer” then you’ll excuse me for being a little jaded. “The Toybox” [...]
May 18th, 2007 | Andrew Mackenzie | 0 comments | Read MoreThis is England (2006) Movie Review
Of the many filmmakers working in Britain today, Shane Meadows can be seen as the only one making films about Britain. With “This Is England”, he transports the viewer into the seedy world of inner-city gangs, just as he did a decade ago with “TwentyFourSeven”. However, the world of skinheads and working-class thugs is a [...]
May 4th, 2007 | Andrew Mackenzie | 1 comment | Read MoreSunshine (2007) Movie Review
Once, every now and then, a movie comes along with imagery and tone so solid that it makes me say, “Yeah”. I say it with a sort of nonchalant awe and relaxed wonder, not unlike the reaction Shaft would give upon seeing a UFO landing and a super fine alien chick stepping out. The first [...]
April 10th, 2007 | Andrew Mackenzie | 1 comment | Read MorePerfect Creature (2006) Movie Review
Alternate Earth stories have been around in literary form forever, and comic books have similarly taken advantage of the vast creative space offered by the endless possibilities inherent in building a completely new world, while still grounding its foundation in the familiar. In the ’90s, DC comics had a successful run with their alternate Earth [...]
March 24th, 2007 | Nix | 0 comments | Read MoreHot Fuzz (2007) Movie Review
“Hot Fuzz” is the latest offering from the writer/director team of Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, whose last collaboration was 2004’s brilliant zombie-romantic comedy “Shaun of the Dead”. This time the duo turns to lampooning the police buddy action genre, but they also have an ulterior motive: to create a British-made action movie that’s actually [...]
March 7th, 2007 | Andrew Mackenzie | 3 comments | Read MoreResistance (2003) Movie Review
Todd Komarnicki’s “Resistance” is a little-known 2003 movie that stars Bill Paxton (the guy from “Titanic”, not the guy from “Independence Day”) as an American World War II pilot who crashes in the Netherlands, where he is rescued by Maquis resistance fighter Henri (Philippe Volter) and cared for by Henri’s wife Claire (Julia Ormond). We [...]
February 10th, 2007 | Nix | 3 comments | Read MoreThe Witchers Hammer (2006) Movie Review
“The Witches Hammer” is, in essence, a low-budget British take on the “babe with a blade” vampire movie formula. Over the last few years, the likes of the “Underworld” movies, “Ultraviolet” and “Bloodrayne” have all tried to lend a feminine edge to the vampire/martial arts sub-genre that “Blade” pioneered in 1998. The problem with this [...]
February 6th, 2007 | Andrew Mackenzie | 0 comments | Read MoreFinal Contract: Death on Delivery (2006) Movie Review
The English-language German movie “Final Contract: Death on Delivery” (aka “Dark Ride”) reminds me of the English-language French movie “Riders” (aka “Steal”). The two films have very much in common, including a lack of ambition when it comes to storytelling, but International money to burn on stunts. But whereas “Riders” managed to rope some familiar [...]
January 20th, 2007 | Nix | 2 comments | Read MorePerfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) Movie Review
One would think that “Run Lola Run” director Tom Tykwer would have approached the task of adapting Bernd Eichinger’s novel “Perfume” for screen with a sense of trepidation. Martin Scorsese, Ridley Scott, Tim Burton and Stanley Kubrick had all been approached at one time or another to direct this tale of a killer with an [...]
January 12th, 2007 | Andrew Mackenzie | 3 comments | Read MoreStormbreaker (2006) Movie Review
Hollywood has cornered the market on teen spy movies for a while, and now the British are getting in on the action with their own version. Enter Alex Rider, junior secret agent. Or, actually, reluctant junior secret agent. Based on the series of adventure novels by Anthony Horowitz (who also pens the screenplay), “Stormbreaker” is, [...]
November 10th, 2006 | Nix | 3 comments | Read More
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