Film & DVD Reviews

Charlie Wilson's War

Charlie Wilson's War

One man's Cold War crusade, rephrased as a crackpot comedy with Tom Hanks

Before The Devil Knows You're Dead

Before The Devil Knows You're Dead

Youthful crime tragedy from the 83-year old Sidney Lumet

I'm Not There

I'm Not There

The many sides of Bob Dylan: provocatively, brillinatly imagined

Youth Without Youth

Youth Without Youth

Flailing 'tapestry of illusion' from one of modern cinema's godfathers; Francis Ford Coppola

We Own The Night

We Own The Night

Subversive gangster thriller; suitably dark. Stars Joaquin Phoenix

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers

Don Siegel's timeless classic of paranoid sci-fi

The Sopranos - Series 6 Part 2

The Sopranos - Series 6 Part 2

The last episodes of the greatest drama series ever made

Help!

Help!

Fab four’s spy farce; restored, but still flimsy

The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford

The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford

Brad Pitt helps debunk the myth of the Wild West’s ‘Robin Hood’

The Darjeeling Limited

The Darjeeling Limited

Three brothers. On a train. In India..

Rescue Dawn

Rescue Dawn

Herzog's 'mainstream' jungle drama gets mixed results

American Gangster

American Gangster

True New York crime story well told by Ridley Scott

Into The Wild

Into The Wild

Sean Penn’s Great American Epic: nature boy rejects society

Planet Terror

Planet Terror

Rodriguez’s zombiefest stands alone outside Grindhouse

In The Shadow Of The Moon

In The Shadow Of The Moon

Excellent doc concerning Apollo 13 space programme

Sicko

Sicko

Michael Moore takes a scalpel to the US healthcare system

Oasis - Lord Don't Slow Me Down

Oasis - Lord Don't Slow Me Down

High-concept but candid doc of the Manc lads’ 2005 world tour

Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises

Cronenberg's hynotically violent mob movie

Stardust

Stardust

Gay pirate Robert De Niro in British fantasy romp!

The Counterfeiters

The Counterfeiters

Extraordinary wartime story of fraud and forgery

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Bruce Springsteen, Tame Impala, Rodriguez, George Clinton, John Fogerty, Prince and George Jones in new Uncut


I would have bought the issue of Melody Maker in which I first read about Bruce Springsteen on my way into the art school in Newport, where in March 1973 I was in my last term, only a few months away from moving to London and not long after that fetching up on MM as a junior reporter/feature...