Author Archives: Mike Barnard

My Date With Drew

January 1st, 2005 | by Mike Barnard

Any guy would love to go on a date with Drew Barrymore, but few would bother trying to get close


Paradise Lost

January 1st, 2005 | by Mike Barnard

Beauty meets death in Paradise Lost (Turistas) as bikini-clad babes and toned men meet their maker in grizzly fashion against


Catch a Fire

January 1st, 2005 | by Mike Barnard

Fictional movies about rebels fighting tyrannical governments often favour action over investing time getting to know why the rebels fight,


The Hamiltons

January 1st, 2005 | by Mike Barnard

With so many copycat American mainstream horror films slashing victims left right and centre or focusing on scenes of torture


The Good Shepherd

January 1st, 2005 | by Mike Barnard

Espionage spy thrillers normally combine men in suits standing in shadows with a healthy dose of tense action on strategic


The Contract

January 1st, 2005 | by Mike Barnard

During a car journey in this action thriller, one henchmen says to another: “I don’t watch foreign films…if I wanna


Oh! What a Lovely War

January 1st, 2005 | by Mike Barnard

Based on Joan Littlewood’s theatre production, Oh! What a Lovely War is a classic tribute to the soldiers of the


Happily N’Ever After

January 1st, 2005 | by Mike Barnard

After Shrek became a hit taking fairy tale characters out of their traditional story settings and mixing them all together,


The Fountain

January 1st, 2005 | by Mike Barnard

Largely ignored at the cinema due to a baffling storyline set across 1,000 years, the DVD release of The Fountain



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