Kill Bill Vol 1 (2003)

After six years, Quentin Tarantino has returned with a film so jam-packed with action, B-movie references and blood that it had to be split into two parts. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 tells the tale of The Bride (Uma Thurman), a former member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad (DiVAS). Planning toContinue Reading

Have you heard the name Chiwetel Ejiofor before? Well, if there’s any justice in the world, you’ll hear it again at the Academy Awards ceremony in March, 2004. If you want to see the best male acting performance of the year (so far), you’ll find it in Stephen Frears’ DirtyContinue Reading

2000’s X-Men was a surprisingly good comic book movie. While I wasn’t a fan of the characters going in, I was one when I left the theater. 2003’s X2: X-Men United promised to be bigger and better than the original. Thanks to the decent box-office take of the original film,Continue Reading

As much as I love movies, musicals had really been one of the few types of film I try to avoid seeing. Last year’s excellent Moulin Rouge made me less anxious about seeing a big-screen musical. Chicago, which has been nominated for 13 Academy Awards, made me even less anxious.Continue Reading

For some, Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film Schindler’s List is the benchmark of Holocaust-themed movies. That may have changed. The Pianist, which marks the return to form of director Roman Polanski, chronicles one man’s escape from certain death into an uncertain day-to-day existence in the hell that was the Warsaw ghetto.Continue Reading