Short Cuts
Bedazzled. Like Ally McBeal, very thin and quite funny. With Elizabeth Hurley.
Billy Elliot. Marvellous tale of a workingclass boy who wants to be a ballet dancer.
Bounce. Terrible romance that should have been called Boring. Starring Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow.
The Broken Hearts Club. A group of gay men negotiate that tricky terrain between casual sex and “lurve”. Amusing.
Cherry Falls. Dull slasher about a serial killer who goes for virgins only.
Chocolat. Juliette Binoche’s wickedly delicious confections upset the rather stuffy tranquillt of a French village. Enjoyable.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Chinese martial arts fantasy, with realistic emotion thrown in. Breathtaking.
Dude, Where’s My Car? Teen junk.
Dungeons and Dragons. Failed film version of the game. With Jeremy Irons.
The Emperor’s New Groove. Cute, funny and dodgy kids’ animated movie.
The Legend of Bagger Vance. Expensively golden hogwash about a golfer saved by his mystic caddie. With Matt Damon.
Mad about Mambo. Irish schoolboy plays football, sambas, falls in love with rich man’s daughter. With William Ash.
Malna. Profoundly misogynistic wank passing as Italian nostalgia for World War II. Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore.
Meet the Parents. A very funny sellout to the CIA. With Robert de Niro.
New Year’s Day. Boys who survive disaster form strange pact; intelligent and disturbing study of survival.
Proof of Life. Mediocre thriller that patronises the Third World. With Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan.
Red Planet. Val Kilmer and CarrieAnne Moss go to Mars. Unbearable.
Remember the Titans. Sweeping but syrupy antiracism football drama.
Requiem for a Dream. Brilliant look at addiction. With a superb Ellen Burstyn.
Sunshine. Epic tale of three Hungarian generations. With Ralph Fiennes.