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Author Archives: Gary Panton

Warriors of Heaven and Earth

If you thought YOUR family’s caravan trips sometimes got a little heated, then this epic Chinese tale of desert squabbling is sure to prove that you ain’t seen nothing yet.

Anything Else

Woody Allen proves he can do it for the kids with this fun, thoughtful and triumphant answer to ‘Annie Hall’ for the Naughties.

Hotel Rwanda

Don Cheadle is a revelation in this heart-breaking look at how one man became a hero in the face of mankind at its most cold and destructive.

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Hugh Grant earned his status as the bungling toff’s bungling toff with his now-familiar display in this likable, quintessentially English, rom-com.

Fever Pitch

If you’re after a true insight into what makes the British football fan tick, give this pedestrian rom-com a miss and head straight for the book.

Spartan

Gloomy, self-indulgent and not half as insightful as it thinks it is, you’ll be left wishing this one was “Spartan” enough to be over in a couple of minutes.

The Last Victory

If you think obsessive football fans are mental-cases you ain’t seen nothing yet, as this entertaining look at Italian fixation with a local horse race shows.

Miracle

US hockey fans may well love this opportunity to revisit former glories – but everyone else is likely to be left as cold as all that ice.

Coach Carter

Sammy L. turns this conventional schoolteacher flick into The Jackson Show, and it’s all the better for it.

The War of the Worlds

This creaky slice of cinematic history is fun to watch, but gets blown out of the sky by its modern-day relatives.