”The only thing I like about best-of lists is the chance to disagree with them violently, to slander their compilers’ good names and damn their souls to oblivion. If you asked for my favourite movies of all time, I’d give you a list with a shelf-life lasting all the way to next Tuesday, at which point I’d demand the right to rip it up and offer another tally, with not a single name reappearing.”
”The only thing I like about best-of lists is the chance to disagree with them violently, to slander their compilers’ good names and damn their souls to oblivion. If you asked for my favourite movies of all time, I’d give you a list with a shelf-life lasting all the way to next Tuesday, at which point I’d demand the right to rip it up and offer another tally, with not a single name reappearing.”
John Patterson lists his favourites
MOVIE OF THE WEEK: I think I’ve just seen the best film of 2004 so far. And I don’t think many to come will match Wayne Kramer’s funny, melancholy and wise Las Vegas comedy-drama The Cooler, writes John Patterson.
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/ 27 February 2004
”For all Monster‘s flaws, Charlize Theron’s performance can’t be faulted. It is richly detailed and upsetting, and manages to retain the audience’s sympathy despite the gruesome killings.” Hollywood reporter John Patterson is more moved by the documentary about serial killer Aileen Wuornos than the new film about her life.
The attention-seeking Demi Moore has signed on to play a villain in the big-screen Charlie’s Angels, writes John Patterson.
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/ 22 November 2002
Unfortunately, movie sequels are here to stay, writes John Patterson.
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/ 10 October 2002
A hit black movie has angered African-American activists, writes John Patterson.
Lion breeder Marius Prinsloo believes he and his fellow predator breeders are doing important conservation work by boosting animal numbers through captive breeding.
It seems that Woody Allen’s run of luck may be coming to an end writes, John Patterson.
The Farrelley brothers’ new filthfest Me, Myself and Irene opened last week. John Patterson hails its lavatorial lineage.
Scream catapulted Kevin Williamson to the top of the Hollywood heap – and it’s been downhill for the scriptwriter ever since. But John Patterson is pleased to report that Scream 3 is a riot.