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FT TOP 100 FILMS 1: SPY KIDS
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— 29 Dec 2004 Pete Baran Comment

Finally, and apologies for lateness which was caused by a fire at my workplace. (I did not start the fire. It was always burning since the world was turning.)

FT TOP 100 FILMS
1: SPY KIDS
Martin Skidmore says:
This list was put together in the last […]

Being back home means being back in front of the telly again for the first time in a little while.
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— 27 Dec 2004 WBS Comment

Being back home means being back in front of the telly again for the first time in a little while. Also, because it’s Christmas it also means looking at the listings in the Radio Times, which throws up a few depressing tidbits, such as the fact[…]

Miike again
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— 23 Dec 2004 David Steans Comment

Miike again – surprisingly, Izo doesn’t seem to have made much of an impact since its UK premiere a few months ago. Unsurprisingly, it made quite the impact on me. Difficult, though not for the reasons one would have expected. The almost […]

Who is Jonathan Creek
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— 20 Dec 2004 Alan Comment

Who is Jonathan Creek
During the recent FT server move, a massive and improbable system error generated this oddity on our new “essays” blog. Somehow it also managed to be published BACK IN TIME.[…]

FT TOP 100 FILMS
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— 16 Dec 2004 Pete Baran Comment

FT TOP 100 FILMS
So with one to go, to be posted tomorrow, here have a quick overview of the FreakyTrigger Top 100 films: 100-2:
100. Citizen Kane
99. Star Wars: A New Hope
98. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
97. Bringing Up Baby
96. Godfather II
95. Some Li[…]

Phantom of the Opera
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— 15 Dec 2004 Moose 1 comment

Phantom of the Opera

Corsets in, breasts out, masks on and mouths open wide; the phantom is back. I’ve heard complaints that to enjoy a film like Phantom, you have to like musicals. Well if you don’t like the idea of sweeping orchestra[…]

In the offending
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— 15 Dec 2004 HKM Comment

In the offending Torygraph article, Charles Moore, in describing a Channel 4 advertorial for a Christmas comedy show, makes the following point:
The tableau is presented (sub-Bunuel) as a parody of the Last Supper… The first page shows a line […]

FT TOP 100 FILMS 2: BILL AND TED’S BOGUS JOURNEY
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— 14 Dec 2004 Pete Baran Comment

FT TOP 100 FILMS
2: BILL AND TED’S BOGUS JOURNEY
Originally known as Bill And Ted Go To Hell, a nicely literal title. Though hell is one of the shortest visits of the grand tour of more metaphysical realms than the previous excellent adventure.[…]

Saw Bridget Jones: EOR yesterday. Mediocre.
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— 14 Dec 2004 Pete Baran Comment

Saw Bridget Jones: EOR yesterday. Mediocre. Did job I suppose. Bit like a 1970’s comedy. Falls over less than in BJD. Most jokes repeated. Globe-trotting sign of TV sit-com to movie syndrome. Bridge now too much of a comic character to be every[…]

From the front line:
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— 14 Dec 2004 HKM Comment

From the front line: you probably won’t notice the cuts in the Arts Council budget, and the furore over them masks the fact that ‘the arts’ are, not to put too fine a point on it, fucked, whatever the measly sum given them by New La[…]

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