Movie reviews by Ed Colley
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MunichWith Munich, Steven Spielberg has knowingly taken a giant leap from his safety zone and confronts one of the most intractable conflicts in the world at the moment. Using the murder of Israeli…
King KongOK. We’re both busy people so I’ll keep this brief. King Kong kicks the proverbial bottom. Yes, at 3 hours it’s bum-numbingly long, with too much exposition at the beginning and a…
MadagascarYou can see what Dreamworks were trying to go for with the Ben Stiller/Chris Rock vehicle that is Madagascar, a film that is very nearly not very good at all. Dreamworks knows that its rival, Pixar,…
The DescentBefore I start reviewing The Descent, the second major feature from Dog Soldiers director Neil Marshall, I feel a slight confession might be in order: I scare really easily. Show me any kind of…
PalindromesTo begin: a word of warning. Those of you familiar with the previous work of Todd Solondz, will know that he is not the most ‘vanilla’ of directors. Not afraid to stoke controversy, he deals with…
Dear FrankieDear Frankie is what a romantic comedy penned by someone like Nancy Meyer or Nora Ephron would be like if it got a little drunk, went down to the docks, and woke up to find itself in a Scottish…
RayBefore I saw Taylor Hackford’s biopic of the great man, my paltry experience of Ray Charles was limited to his jolly rendition of 'Shake Your Tail Feather' in the all-together brilliant…
The Warriors Special Edition DVDOne of the greatest pleasures in the world for anyone who considers themselves a film fan, is to suddenly discover a film that they have never heard of before, and to fall head-over-heels in love…
The Manchurian CandidateThe last couple of months have seen a glut of politically-aware documentary films, which have tackled subjects ranging from George Bush Junior…
Man On FireLooking at the synopsis for Man on Fire, you can see exactly how much of a guilty pleasure this film could have been. In Tony Scott’s Mexican-based action flic, Denzel Washington plays Creasy, a…
I, RobotGiven that it only claims to be ‘suggested by’ the short stories of Isaac Asimov, anyone expecting I, Robot to have all but a tenuous connection to the work of the visionary Jewish-American writer,…
The Stepford WivesHollywood, being a minimum-effort kind of industry, just loves making remakes. Not only can a pre-existing knowledge of an original film be built on, thereby guaranteeing audience interest, but also…
Capturing the FriedmansFamilies are important. It could even be said that as a society we value the strengths of our family ties above all else. Which is why Capturing the Friedmans will have a particular impact on the…
The Passion of The ChristI’ll be straight with you. As a Jewish boy from North West London, I’m not overly familiar with the New Testament. Although several people I have met in my life have at one point mumbled something…
Suzie GoldI was looking forward to the Summer Phoenix-starring yet British romantic comedy Suzie Gold. Not so much because I am a huge rom-com fan (well, maybe just a little…
DogvilleFollowing the fortunes of Grace, a fugitive who seeks refuge in the small American community of Dogville, Danish director Lars Von Trier’s latest film of the same name is bound to elicit a veritable…
ElephantGus Van Sant’s Elephant is very much like the clouds that fill the screen at certain points in the film. Just as different people see different shapes in the clouds in the sky, so audiences will see…
SylviaBefore discussing Sylvia, I’d like to quickly go though what are in my mind the four basic film categories: good-good films, bad-bad films, good-bad films and bad-good…
The Human StainThe Human Stain is an adaptation of the book of the same name by the great American novelist Philip Roth. The final part of Roth’s trilogy about post-war America (which began with ‘American Pastoral’…
Something's Gotta GiveThere is a 40-minute period in the middle of Something’s Gotta Give that shows director Nancy Meyers had the chance to make a really good and original romantic comedy. This 'second act', so to speak,…
