Plenty of people will love this film (you know who you are), but personally I couldnt wait to escape the theatre by the time the full 135 minutes had been wrung dry.
Reviews
Spun
'Spun' is a frenetically paced trip taken by people going nowhere fast, caught on a web of their own spinning. More subtle, but no less devastating, than 'Requiem for a Dream' in its depiction of pharmaceutical crash-and-burn, it lets the characters' tragic trajectories speak for themselves instead of preaching an anti-drug gospel from some elevated pulpit. A sleazily compelling insider's view into the nihilistic, self-deluding world of crystal meths.
The Fox And The Hound
An inoffensive but also largely unimpressive woodland adventure. Strictly for the little uns.
In America
A moving, deeply personal tale of illegal aliens, extraterrestrials, and learning to say goodbye.
The Time of the Wolf
With neither science-fiction nor action elements, the dystopian world presented by 'The Time of the Wolf', for all its disrupted services, isolation and anarchy, is otherwise uncomfortably close to our own world today, and exposes the darker side of our humanity. Confronting, austere, and with a fireside climax that represents the grimmest brand of optimism, this is a poetic vision of society stopped dead in its tracks.
25th Hour
In the hands of another director it may well have come across as melodramatic or preachy, but under the Spikester it pretty much works. Give this one a go if youre looking for something a bit different.