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Could he be a demon or is he, as one of the villagers suggests, a flying polar bear? As we quickly realize, this furry little bundle isn't some hellish offspring but a lost ...www.bbc.co.ukMovie ReviewIkíngut (2001)BBCA lost Eskimo boy is mistaken for a demon in this comic children's tale from Iceland.ReviewsEN0x339c2237361e976Jamie Russell2002-03-18T00:00:00US2038-01-19T03:14:07Z3 -average1197180editorialReviewshttp://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/184141093443299799422006-08-31T19:00:00.000Z2006-08-31T19:00:00.000ZIf Hollywood gave an Oscar for barefaced cheek, first-time director Barry Skolnick would beat allcomers. 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For those who don't ...www.bbc.co.ukMovie ReviewThis is Spinal Tap®: A Rockumentary by Martin Di Bergi (1984)BBCClassic mock-documentary about Britain's loudest rock and roll band.ReviewsEN0x7d318fe7d7cf6d9Ben Falk2000-10-09T00:00:00US2038-01-19T03:14:07Z5 -excellent1197180editorialReviewshttp://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/183460897724867283292006-08-31T19:00:00.000Z2006-08-31T19:00:00.000ZLassie, the courageous collie with the heart of a lion and the navigational instincts of a homing pigeon, really does come home in Charles Sturridge's cosy family adventure, which brings the legendary mutt back across the Atlantic to the British ...www.bbc.co.ukMovie ReviewLassie (2005)BBCThe courageous collie returns in a nostalgic family adventure starring Peter O'Toole and Samantha Morton.ReviewsEN0x20cd51f3057db55Neil Smith2005-12-14T00:00:00US2038-01-19T03:14:07Z3 -average1197180editorialReviewshttp://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/183430326629035765832006-08-31T19:00:00.000Z2006-08-31T19:00:00.000ZIs history about personalities or politics? That seems to be the headache posed by director Mike Barker in this curious historical drama . Judging by the stories surrounding the production, that question was the least of his worries. Plagued by ...www.bbc.co.ukMovie ReviewTo Kill a King (2003)BBCTim Roth and Dougray Scott lead the cast in this historical drama about Oliver Cromwell's rise and fall.ReviewsEN0x98cfca0d1e252c4Jamie Russell2003-05-12T00:00:00US2038-01-19T03:14:07Z3 -average1197180editorialReviewshttp://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/182936149904401669552006-08-31T19:00:00.000Z2006-08-31T19:00:00.000ZRowdy Aussie naturalist Steve Irwin was always a big character on a small screen. Now his encounters with poisonous snakes and bouts of crocodile wrestling on a host of successful TV series have got him into the movies. Any doubts about his acting ...www.bbc.co.ukMovie ReviewThe Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002)BBCAussie TV star Steve Irwin takes his crocodile wrestling adventures to the big screen.ReviewsEN0xc0243e8e7f15dfbSimon Wardell2002-07-24T00:00:00US2038-01-19T03:14:07Z3 -average1197180editorialReviewshttp://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/182914017468574350792006-08-31T19:00:00.000Z2006-08-31T19:00:00.000ZQuestion: When is a Martin Scorsese film not a Martin Scorsese film? Answer: When it's a Paul Thomas Anderson film. And that's the trouble with Anderson's "Boogie Nights", an ambitious exploration of the American porno film industry. Its elaborate ...www.bbc.co.ukMovie ReviewBoogie Nights (1997)BBCFlawed but ambitious film about the porno business in 1970s America. Visuals courtesy of Martin Scorsese.ReviewsEN0x30692c6a567a39eMartyn Glanville2001-06-22T00:00:00US2038-01-19T03:14:07Z3 -average1197180editorialReviewshttp://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/182848067262614294122006-08-31T19:00:00.000Z2006-08-31T19:00:00.000Z"Blue Velvet" opens with a colourful picture postcard vision of small town America, set to the strains of the eponymous song. It seems so safe, so welcoming. Yet, by the time Lynch replays this sequence at the end of the film, we know that ...www.bbc.co.ukMovie ReviewBlue Velvet (1986)BBCand completely off-the-wall thriller from the fevered brain of director David Lynch.One of the seminal films of 1980s cinema - a nastynightmarishReviewsEN0x1dd7225514bcaa5Jamie Russell2001-12-13T00:00:00US2038-01-19T03:14:07Z5 -excellent1197180editorialReviewshttp://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/182613507134500822572006-08-31T19:00:00.000Z2006-08-31T19:00:00.000ZAlso known as "The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue", this notorious zombie shocker has previously only been available to see here on dodgy pirate video copies. With the movie now released on a fine US Region 1 DVD , it's fascinating to blow ...www.bbc.co.ukMovie ReviewZombi 3 (1974)BBCThe zombie shocker also known as "The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue".ReviewsEN0x7cabff140137643Almar Haflidason2001-02-06T00:00:00US2038-01-19T03:14:07Z4 -good1197180editorialReviewshttp://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/182546220553112047652006-08-31T19:00:00.000Z2006-08-31T19:00:00.000Z50 First Dates stars Adam Sandler as a womanising vet who falls for Drew Barrymore's teacher one fine Hawaiian morning. Only she has short-term memory loss and can't remember him at all the next day - so he has to woo her again and again, each new ...www.bbc.co.ukMovie ReviewFifty First Dates (2004)BBCabout a man dating a woman with short-term memory loss.Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore reteam for this likeable romantic comedyReviewsEN0xcec362f9a83853dNev Pierce2004-04-08T00:00:00US2038-01-19T03:14:07Z3 -average1197180editorialReviewshttp://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/182392400142197199572006-08-31T19:00:00.000Z2006-08-31T19:00:00.000ZA melancholy story of bereavement and family breakdown, Alpha Male takes itself seriously but quite never finds the emotional weight necessary for us to do the same. Jennifer Ehle ( Wilde , This Year's Love) heads the cast as Alice, widow of Jim ( ...www.bbc.co.ukMovie ReviewAlpha Male (2006)BBCA family struggles to cope with bereavement in this low-key drama from debut filmmaker Dan Wilde.ReviewsEN0x64dd0abe55c070eMark Stevens2006-08-05T00:00:00US2038-01-19T03:14:07Z3 -average1197180editorialReviewshttp://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/182001778134380291552006-08-31T19:00:00.000Z2006-08-31T19:00:00.000ZComing of age, the battle for survival, and a couple of furry, four-legged sidekicks make Duma classic family viewing. Pint-sized newcomer Alex Michaeletos turns in a beautifully understated performance as Xan, a troubled boy who goes AWOL with his ...www.bbc.co.ukMovie ReviewDuma (2005)BBCCarroll Ballard directs this cosy tale of a boy trekking the African wilds with his pet cheetah.ReviewsEN0x954e4e4145d3e4aStella Papamichael2005-05-23T00:00:00US2038-01-19T03:14:07Z3 -average1197180editorialReviewshttp://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/181979148494594748712006-08-31T19:00:00.000Z2006-08-31T19:00:00.000ZRipping up today's movie-making conventions, cult Canadian director Guy Maddin raids cinema's often forgotten past to conjure up deliriously eccentric offering The Saddest Music In The World. Shot entirely in a studio, it's the tale of a musical ...www.bbc.co.ukMovie ReviewThe Saddest Music in the World (2003)BBCthis time recalling the screwball comedies and melodramas of yore.Maverick Canadian director Guy Maddin conjures up another unique visionReviewsEN0xa8e9db005b63f39Tom Dawson2004-05-04T00:00:00US2038-01-19T03:14:07Z4 -good1197180editorialReviewshttp://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/181969558636530057462006-08-31T19:00:00.000Z2006-08-31T19:00:00.000ZMeg Ryan doesn't deliver the knockout performance you'd hope for in Against The Ropes. Indeed her turn as feisty boxing manager Jackie Kallen is in keeping with a film that's fun for a while, but irredeemably lightweight. Making his big screen ...www.bbc.co.ukMovie ReviewThe Promoter (2004)BBCMeg Ryan fails to pack a serious punch as real-life boxing promoter Jackie Kallen.ReviewsEN0xacb564777b2efe1Stella Papamichael2004-05-11T00:00:00US2038-01-19T03:14:07Z2 -below average1197180editorialReviewshttp://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/181539535639184613002006-08-31T19:00:00.000Z2006-08-31T19:00:00.000ZThe words "starring Eddie Murphy" instil fear. "Metro", " Showtime ", " Pluto Nash "... all too horrible to contemplate. Perhaps it's his track record that makes this adaptation of Bill Cosby's 60s spy show all the more enjoyable. It's a welcome ...www.bbc.co.ukMovie ReviewI-Spy (2002)BBCEddie Murphy and Owen Wilson team up for buddy-buddy mayhem in this adaptation of the 60s TV show.ReviewsEN0x49f51cfd0d431f8Nev Pierce2003-01-21T00:00:00US2038-01-19T03:14:07Z3 -average1197180editorialReviewshttp://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/181414029913576451952006-08-31T19:00:00.000Z2006-08-31T19:00:00.000ZA Mighty Wind is a joke stretched too far and too thin, from the team behind essential 'rockumentary' This Is Spinal Tap and much-praised Best In Show . 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But this is one of the many plus points in a picture which is the latest (of many) adaptations of Herman ...www.bbc.co.ukMovie ReviewGood Work (1999)BBCSailor".Picture based upon Herman Melville's novella "Billy BuddReviewsEN0xeb07ea2c6f060d1Michael Thomson2000-07-13T00:00:00US2038-01-19T03:14:07Z3 -average1197180editorialReviewshttp://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/181025303000217674962006-08-31T19:00:00.000Z2006-08-31T19:00:00.000ZIn a decade of films increasingly dominated by formula Hollywood offerings, "Pulp Fiction" appeared refreshingly different. Since its 1994 release, it has inspired many imitators but even today, it's still strikingly bold and remains to be eclipsed, ...www.bbc.co.ukMovie ReviewPulp Fiction (1994)BBCIt's hard to over sell a movie that is so supremely confident in writing and direction.ReviewsEN0xdd43998a2fec4d6Almar Haflidason2000-11-21T00:00:00US2038-01-19T03:14:07Z5 -excellent1197180editorialReviewshttp://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/180967299753950099662006-08-31T19:00:00.000Z2006-08-31T19:00:00.000ZWho's afraid of the dark? Well, the entire cast of "Darkness Falls" certainly are. Hiding in the light, surrounded by lamps, lanterns and high-powered torches, Kyle (Chaney Kley) has spent the last 20 years making sure that he never goes anywhere ...www.bbc.co.ukMovie ReviewDarkness Falls (2003)BBCdisposable horror as the Tooth Fairy turns out to be realSillyand after more than just molars.ReviewsEN0xd00bc86314917d1Jamie Russell2003-05-06T00:00:00US2038-01-19T03:14:07Z3 -average1197180editorialReviewshttp://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/180731716644642731402006-08-31T19:00:00.000Z2006-08-31T19:00:00.000ZGiven that juggernaut American films continue to dominate the world's screens, so squeezing out more specialist fare, it is perfectly understandable why small distributors shy away from new films by unknown directors, relying instead on known ...www.bbc.co.ukMovie ReviewSalo, or The 120 Days of Sodom (1975)BBCpointless trawl through all kinds of sexual devianceA ludicroussupposedly a comment on the moral bankruptcy and nastiness of Fascism.ReviewsEN0x7752fc1ac024454Michael Thomson2000-10-17T00:00:00US2038-01-19T03:14:07Z4 -good1197180editorialReviewshttp://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/180720962803044822682006-08-31T19:00:00.000Z2006-08-31T19:00:00.000ZThere's an air of resignation to this polite political drama that is depressing. 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