Author Archives: Jay Richardson

Super Size Me

February 9th, 2004 | by Jay Richardson

It’s every vegan’s nightmare. The person you love bingeing on hamburgers three times daily. They’re depressed, gain weight and suffer


Runaway Jury

January 16th, 2004 | by Jay Richardson

Changing the bad guys of John Grisham’s novel from tobacco corporations to gun manufacturers may have made for a politically


A Mighty Wind

January 16th, 2004 | by Jay Richardson

A film you’ll yearn to love, A Mighty Wind amuses whilst never being quite as good as Spinal Tap devotees


Stuck On You

January 1st, 2004 | by Jay Richardson

As a Farrelly Brothers comedy about conjoined twins, you might assume Stuck on You is 118 minutes of gross-out humour


Reservoir Dogs

January 1st, 2004 | by Jay Richardson

I met Tarantino once, in Amsterdam. He looked terrible. Critically kicked for a recent acting role, unshaven, pie-eyed and porky,


Cold Mountain

December 26th, 2003 | by Jay Richardson

As he did in The English Patient, Anthony Minghella has again crafted a stunning visual canvas from a sweeping historical


Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

December 19th, 2003 | by Jay Richardson

A wonderfully pitched black comedy, Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself is a charming oddity. Ostensibly set in Glasgow, the shots


Touching the Void

December 12th, 2003 | by Jay Richardson

Any winner of the National Outdoor Book Awards’ best literature category instantly commands my respect. I mean, who knew such


The Hard Word

December 9th, 2003 | by Jay Richardson

According to star Guy Pearce, The Hard Word is slang for forcing someone to do something they don’t want to,



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