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The Right Temptation
Wow, when did Rebecca De Mornay get old? The Right Temptation is hardly a fitting title for so untempting a movie, a ridiculously unbelievable thriller that puts De Mornay in the middle of a...
Movie Review posted on 4th January 2007
The Break Up (1998)
Pedestrian thriller. Nonsensical and obvious why it went straight to cable, despite a decent cast of stars. What's with Weber's big moustache, anyway?
Movie Review posted on 4th January 2007
Van Gogh
Would you believe that Vincent Van Gogh, the character, has appeared in at least 40 movies and TV shows? He's been played by everyone ranging from Kirk Douglas to Andy Dick.This time out it's French...
Movie Review posted on 30th December 2006
Wild Camp
A title like Wild Camp lends itself to all kinds of connoations -- none of which indicate a very good movie might be coming -- but this French pseudo-thriller is actually not half bad.I've read...
Movie Review posted on 27th December 2006
11:14
Car crashes seem to be ripe material for screenwriters looking for a hook to hang their movies on. From Intersection to Crash to Crash (the other one), this seems to be a well-travelled genre. 11:14...
Movie Review posted on 20th December 2006
The King and I
The popular pick for the best Rodgers and Hammerstein musical is probably The Sound of Music, but I'm throwing in for The King and I. Yul Brynner is not the kind of character you usually...
Movie Review posted on 9th December 2006
Dreamland
If the movies are any guide, the world's best stories can be found in the dingiest, most remote, most podunk trailer parks in the country. From Gas Food Lodging to Raising Arizona, trailer parks appear...
Movie Review posted on 8th December 2006
A Canterbury Tale
Virtually every film that Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger made together is a cult classic to some degree (with Peeping Tom a must-see). A Canterbury Tale is one of their lost classics, a quieter, smaller...
Movie Review posted on 23rd November 2006
Slut.
The thing I hate about so many "issue" documentaries is that they have a painful tendency to start out by the filmmakers introducing themselves, then the filmmakers explaining why the issue is so important to...
Movie Review posted on 23rd November 2006
The Devil and Miss Jones
Wow, that title sure sounds like a porn movie, doesn't it? (The Devil in Miss Jones came out in 1972.) Of course, this one isn't adult fare, and in fact the devil doesn't even make...
Movie Review posted on 23rd November 2006
Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
So here's the scoop: In 1990, a novice director named Randall Miller made a 30-minute short film called Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School, about the titular academy for young children who learn to...
Movie Review posted on 23rd November 2006
The Color of Lies
Claude Chabrol's late-career films haven't been entirely inspired, but The Color of Lies is one of the standouts. It begins simply enough: A young girl has been raped and killed, and her creepy art teacher...
Movie Review posted on 23rd November 2006
36 Fillette
36 Fillette (referring to a junior clothing size) feels like a first film, but Catherine Breillat had been toiling away for more than a decade before turning out this rough and often slipshod flick, an...
Movie Review posted on 21st November 2006
Bare Behind Bars
Those who call Bare Behind Bars "borderline porn" have it all wrong. This is full-on porn, all the way. There's no art to the film, a successor to Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Shieks,...
Movie Review posted on 21st November 2006
A Fine Madness
If you consider yourself a fan of Sean Connery, you might want to give A Fine Madness a pass. Connery is so hateful and downright mean in this film, it might sully your image of...
Movie Review posted on 21st November 2006
Prizzi's Honor
Widely considered a black comedy classic, Prizzi's Honor is dated today and, tragically, finally revealed as a middling work that wanders aimlessly and ends abruptly. The premise is simple: Jack Nicholson (doing a rare role...
Movie Review posted on 21st November 2006
Body Heat
Cinematic debuts don't get much more impressive than Lawrence Kasdan had with Body Heat, a film that propelled William Hurt and Kathleen Turner into stardom, while setting a reference point for one of cinema's most...
Movie Review posted on 21st November 2006
The Big White
It's kind of bizarre that The Big White never landed a proper theatrical release. I mean, how many Robin Williams/Holly Hunter/Woody Harrelson movies go straight to video?Well, one that I know of.The Big White's marketing...
Movie Review posted on 21st November 2006
See Jane Date
Hey, it's a movie about a hot girl who can't meet the right guy! I've never heard of such an original premise before!The improbably proportioned Charisma Carpenter takes the lead role in this by-the-numbers romantic...
Movie Review posted on 21st November 2006
A Real Young Girl
Catherine Breillat didn't just start making shocking films. She's been churning them out for at least 30 years, and this film, widely banned for its hefty pornographic content, is one of her most notorious. The...
Movie Review posted on 21st November 2006
Save the Last Dance 2
Turns out it wasn't quite the last dance last time. Izabella Miko (one of the ladies from Coyote Ugly) steps into Julia Stiles' size 0 leotard for this sequel, which has Sara now attending Julliard...
Movie Review posted on 25th October 2006
Rest Stop
The latter-day resurgence of the splatter movie -- Hostel, remakes of The Hills Have Eyes and Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and countless others -- appears to have no intention of slowing down any time soon. It's...
Movie Review posted on 16th October 2006
Rest Stop
The latter-day resurgence of the splatter movie -- Hostel, remakes of The Hills Have Eyes and Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and countless others -- appears to have no intention of slowing down any time soon. It's...
Movie Review posted on 15th October 2006
High School Musical
Singing? Check. Dancing? Check. Teens squealing through a musical version of high school? You got it.What began as (I'm guessing) a made-for-the-Disney-Channel TV movie is now a DVD, perfect for those Sweet Sixteens and slumber...
Movie Review posted on 19th May 2006
Doogal
I'm a little ashamed to say this, but here goes: I didn't know what Doogal was supposed to be. From the looks of him (see picture, below), I thought he might be some kind of...
Movie Review posted on 7th May 2006
Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered
Inside Deep Throat launched a bit of an explosion in a curious mini-genre: Documentaries about classic pornographic movies.Following in Deep's footsteps comes Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered, another celebrated early porn movie that's shrouded in mystery...
Movie Review posted on 10th April 2006
Whisper of the Heart
One of Studio Ghibli's strangest productions has to be this, Whisper of the Heart. Not because of any crazy morphing creatures -- though the film has a few of those -- but because of its...
Movie Review posted on 31st March 2006
Keep Your Distance
About 45 minutes into Stu Pollard's Keep Your Distance, I finally flipped over the DVD case to see exactly what I was watching. Turns out this is a thriller about a couple of stalkers, though...
Movie Review posted on 10th March 2006
The Confessor
I take no price in having sat through the entirety of The Confessor, but Stephen Rea's third billing convinced me that it might be worth my trouble. (Molly Parker isn't bad either, and even headliner...
Movie Review posted on 25th February 2006
The Man Who Loved Women
Here's a title that says it all. Bertrand Morane (Charles Denner, upon whom the film is partly/sort of based) loves women, and he'll jeopardize life and limb just to get a look at a woman's...
Movie Review posted on 25th February 2006
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Leisure Festival - Dreamland in Margate
On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...
Pretty Fierce talk to us about collaborating with Doja Cat, emetophobia, arena tours and staying "true to yourself" [EXCLUSIVE]
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Will Varley & Jack Valero - The Astor Theatre Deal Live Review
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
WYSE talks to us about her "form of synaesthesia", collaborating with Radiohead's Thom York and the prospect of touring with a band [EXCLUSIVE]
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
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Bay Bryan talks to us about being a "wee queer ginger", singing with Laura Marling and being inspired by Matilda [EXCLUSIVE]
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Keelan X talks to us about staying true to "your creative vision", collaborating with Giorgio Moroder and being "a yoga nut" [EXCLUSIVE]
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
![Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]](https://images.contactmusic.com/images/home/homepage/luke-de-sciscio-abof-a.jpg "Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]")
Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and "going through a year of grief and sickness" [EXCLUSIVE]
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
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