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Cinderella is constructed as a fable that’s evergreen-familiar but slightly modernised and much more English in tone than the animated original.
From "Enemy of the State" to "Eagle Eye" to "Minority Report" – US films have accustomed us to the idea that we are constantly being watched.
Who cares if his new film misses the mark? Quentin Tarantino’s biggest achievement is as an advocate of trash cinema, writes John Patterson.
This year’s winners of the Oscar for best picture, Joel and Ethan Coen, have never shied away from blood. They talk to John Patterson.
John Patterson reflects on the death of one of the great movie genres, the western.
It’s easier for the CEO of Exxon/Mobil to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a dissident documentary to be seen by the American public, argues John Patterson.
Faced with fewer buyers and soaring oil prices, General Motors has decided after a 14-year run to drive its gargantuan Hummer "Alpha" 4X4 into the sunset and shutter its…
After the most homophobic presidential elections in American history, we are about to get the gayest Oscars ever, writes John Patterson.
Ice Cube has turned himself into the United States’s new hero. Not bad for the man who soundtracked the Los Angeles riots, writes John Patterson.
Billy Bob Thornton makes a perfect Santa Claus — if you like yours drunk, swearing and stained with urine. He talks to John Patterson about his most cynical and funny film yet.
”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…
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…
”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…
The attention-seeking Demi Moore has signed on to play a villain in the big-screen Charlie’s Angels, writes John Patterson.
Unfortunately, movie sequels are here to stay, writes John Patterson.
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…
