Film review – Colette – 27/3/97 Having read Michael Ondaatje’s poetic, Booker Prize-winning novel, “The English Patient”, I had some reservations about the film. I felt it would be too difficult a task for any film maker to bring such an oblique story to life. And to some extent, I feel I was right. The…
Film review – Kelly – 6/3/97 Director: Baz Luhrmann Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy and Peter Postlethwaite A film adaption of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” by the director of “Strictly Ballroom” set in 90s America, could potentially have been a tasteless disaster. Although this film deliberately treads a very fine line between tacky…
Film review – John – 7/2/97 So what do you expect from a movie such as this? Thrills? Despair? Enlightenment? “Michael Collins” tackles a subject that even now has to be regarded as controversial. The film ambitiously traces historical events which are probably still not very well understood outside Ireland. Michael Collins was one of…
Film review – Kelly – 9/1/97 Peter Jackson’s latest film is an entertaining, fast-paced special effects romp which is very enjoyable unless you are expecting the quality and depth of Jackson’s previous feature “Heavenly Creatures”. The plot of “The Frighteners” gets a bit convoluted and the characterisation is minimal but the film’s energy and visual…
Review – Kelly – 19/12/96 The “Science Alive!” exhibition “World of Whales” officially opened on Friday the 13th of December. Judging from the huge crowds there today when I went along, (admittedly, the entry was free which added considerably to its popularity), it will be a very successful display, despite the unlucky opening date. The…
Film review – Kelly – 12/12/96 “Sleepers” has the kind of cast which almost guarantees it a large audience; Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro and Brad Pitt are just some of the well-known actors. But, despite some good performances, particularly from some of the younger actors and predictably, from De Niro in his role as…
