While 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' is not terrible, its highly original and unusual premise deserves a much better treatment.
Archives for 2003
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The Early Films of Peter Greenaway 1
Watching this retrospective collection is like entering the strange, cluttered mind of a bureaucratic librarian, full of eccentric catalogues and desultory associations. A labyrinth of alien intelligence – intriguing, under-stated, anal-retentive, and joyously funny.
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Quentin Tarantino is a genius, and this is his masterwork. Exuberant, inventive, kinetic, violent and fun, it grabs your attention right from the beginning and never lets go. Quite possibly the reason cinema was invented.
Auto Focus
An absorbing dramatisation of the downfall of a US TV celebrity but definitely not for kiddy-winks.
Antwone Fisher
Up-beat but not sickeningly so, this is a well paced and terrifically performed first stint in the directors chair for Denzel Washington.