Reviews by Glenn Watson
The Two Popes
Glenn Watson
The Two Popes brings together South American, European and Stateside talent in a suitably international creation. Deftly directed by Brazilian Fernando Meirelles (City of God), and luminously lensed ...
2 years ago
The Two Popes
The Personal History of David Copperfield [PG]
Glenn Watson
Colourful in every sense, The Personal History of David Copperfield is a riotous kaleidoscope of characters and cameos. Period perfection and classic costumery collide with the quickfire quips and ...
2 years ago
The Personal History of David Copperfield [PG]
1917 [15]
Glenn Watson
A good walk spoiled. That’s the alarming mission for two Lance Corporals, tasked with getting a message across no-man’s land in Sam Mendes’ thrillingly shot 1917. Famously filmed in a handful ...
2 years ago
1917 [15]
Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon [U]
Glenn Watson
Farmageddon sees Shaun and the flock back on the big screen after the success of the Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015). From the Star Trek title credits to the Aliens finale, it’s sci-fi-literate and ...
3 years ago
Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon [U]
The Irishman [18]
Glenn Watson
Goodfellas and Casino were glamorously visceral depictions of gangster life. The Irishman, following the rise of mob fixer Frank Sheeran, might seem like a companion piece. But it has more in common ...
3 years ago
The Irishman [18]
Terminator: Dark Fate [15]
Glenn Watson
Propulsive and iconic, the first two Terminator movies are peerless pop culture experiences. Casting and cutting-edge technology were only part of James Cameron’s genius. The tech and tone came ...
3 years ago
Terminator: Dark Fate [15]
Joker [15]
Glenn Watson
Comedy is tragedy. And vice versa. At least it is for Arthur Fleck, adrift in an uncaring society. As the yuppie generation turbocharges into a new future, the flotsam and jetsam of Gotham City ...
3 years ago
Joker [15]
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood [18]
Glenn Watson
'The times they are a-changing'. That’s one song that doesn’t appear in Tarantino’s new movie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. But it does fit the theme, as the 1960s shade into the 70s; and ...
3 years ago
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood [18]
Fast & Furious: Hobbs and Shaw [12A]
Glenn Watson
If the Fast and Furious franchise is a pedal-to-the-metal machine, Hobbs and Shaw is more cart and horse. Albeit from the same stable. A spin-off from the still-growing F&F universe, Hobbs and Shaw ...
3 years ago
Fast & Furious: Hobbs and Shaw [12A]
Midsommar [18]
Glenn Watson
Breaking up is hard to do. So here’s how. First, pack up your troubles. Then, head off with your other half and his post-grad buddies - like The Big Bang Theory gone wrong – to a hippy-trippy ...
3 years ago
Midsommar [18]
John Wick: Chapter Three - Parabellum [15]
Glenn Watson
Back like a bullet, sharp as a knife, John Wick is preparing for war. All he wanted was peace. In Chapter 1, living quietly and grieving his wife, a mobster was daft enough to kill his dog, ...
3 years ago
John Wick: Chapter Three - Parabellum [15]
Avengers: Endgame [12A]
Glenn Watson
It’s testament to the success of the Avengers movies, and their actors, that the high points of Endgame are down to the characters, not to the bangs and crashes. The quirks and quips have built up ...
3 years ago
Avengers: Endgame [12A]
Captain Marvel [12A]
Glenn Watson
It’s the age of innocence. The Avengers haven’t yet assembled. S.H.I.E.L.D are still clueless about the sci-fi threats they’ll soon be famous for fighting. And Vers – pronounced Veers – is ...
3 years ago
Captain Marvel [12A]
Us [15]
Glenn Watson
Jordan Peele’s follow-up to the Oscar winning Get Out has doubles everywhere. Doppelgangers are ganging up on an ordinary American family and in this hall of mirrors nothing is quite as it seems. ...
3 years ago
Us [15]
Everybody Knows [15]
Glenn Watson
Everybody knows the solution to the mystery except the characters. We know because after 90 minutes of simmering, superior-soap style drama, the writer-director cuts straight to the culprits. Bang, ...
3 years ago
Everybody Knows [15]
Fighting With My Family [12A]
Glenn Watson
First thing about Fighting with my Family is that you don’t need to like wrestling, or know anything about it, to find it fun. And it is fun. Writer-director Stephen Merchant sees to that with a ...
3 years ago
Fighting With My Family [12A]
All Is True [12A]
Glenn Watson
Shakespeare the post-modern poet? All is true. Kenneth Branagh knows the Bard better than most. Arguably the greatest Shakespearean actor of our age, he’s certainly created the most cinematic ...
3 years ago
All Is True [12A]
Mary Queen of Scots [15]
Glenn Watson
“Who’s Queen?” says the powerfully petulant Queen Elizabeth in Blackadder. The same question runs – less memorably and less entertainingly – through director Josie Rourke’s Mary Queen of ...
3 years ago
Mary Queen of Scots [15]
Mary Poppins Returns [PG]
Glenn Watson
Kites and umbrellas and lamplighter fellas dancing round gas-lights for joy; with a house in arrears, a widower fears for his family; but when he was a boy…Two decades ago, a nanny arrived with ...
3 years ago
Mary Poppins Returns [PG]
Stan & Ollie [PG]
Glenn Watson
The magic of movies, the actor James Stewart said, is to create 'moments in time'. Take the films of Laurel and Hardy. Everyone has their favourite bits and some are iconic - a piano hurtling down ...
3 years ago
Stan & Ollie [PG]
They Shall Not Grow Old [12A]
Glenn Watson
The centenary of the Armistice is given a cinematic commemoration that brings the past vividly to life in They Shall Not Grow Old. Not only so, director Peter Jackson – he of Lord of the Rings, The ...
4 years ago
They Shall Not Grow Old [12A]
The Meg [12A]
Glenn Watson
Deep in the Mariana Trench a humungous prehistoric mega-shark is minding its own business. Naval Captain Jonas Taylor (aka Jason Statham) interrupts its day with a brightly lit diving unit which ...
4 years ago
The Meg [12A]
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again [PG]
Glenn Watson
Breezing into cinemas with a cheeky “Here we go again”, the Mamma Mia sequel is here. Turns out it’s a prequel too – so you get “Two for the price of one” as the unused Abba track has it. ...
4 years ago
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again [PG]
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom [12A]
Glenn Watson
Birds are descended from dinosaurs. Proof is in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Not from any feather-in-amber evidence, but from the ‘dino a dino’ fight on the roof of a stately home. You know ...
4 years ago
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom [12A]
Hereditary [15]
Glenn Watson
A Mike Leigh film crossed with Rosemary’s Baby andThe Wicker Man. That’s Hereditary, the directorial debut of writer-helmer Ari Aster. Two thirds an edgy family drama, one third a supernatural ...
4 years ago
Hereditary [15]
The Breadwinner [12A]
Glenn Watson
A kaleidoscope of colour and creativity, The Breadwinner is a melting pot of myth and reality. Tanks sunk in the sand litter the outskirts of Kabul. Dust filters a sickly sun. And in the ...
4 years ago
The Breadwinner [12A]
The Dam Busters at 75: Live From The Albert Hall [12A]
Glenn Watson
Bouncing into cinemas over sixty years after it was first released, The Dam Busters was back on the big screen. And what better occasion than the 75th anniversary of the actual dam raids themselves. ...
4 years ago
The Dam Busters at 75: Live From The Albert Hall [12A]
A Quiet Place [15]
Glenn Watson
It’s not often the cinema’s a quiet place…. guzzling, slurping, talking, rustling. Who doesn’t long for a monster in the dark to home in on the sound and kill it? Only me, maybe. And John ...
4 years ago
A Quiet Place [15]
Ready Player One [12A]
Glenn Watson
Steven Spielberg has the creativity and the clout to carry off Ready Player One. Cine-literate to an eye-popping degree, it’s an action-packed, characterful movie propelled by the Wunderkind’s ...
4 years ago
Ready Player One [12A]
The Shape of Water [15]
Glenn Watson
You know it’s a fairytale when a woman falls in love with an amphibious creature. You know it’s a fairytale from Guillermo del Toro when the lyrical love story has flashes of finger-biting ...
4 years ago
The Shape of Water [15]
Lady Bird [15]
Glenn Watson
Jane Austen rightly felt that Emma was “a heroine whom no one but myself will much like”. She might have been talking about the titular teen in Lady Bird. And Greta Gerwig’s Oscar-nominated ...
4 years ago
Lady Bird [15]
Journey's End [12A]
Glenn Watson
R C Sherriff’s Journey’s End was a smash hit from the start. Based on his time in the trenches, it’s a deft, funny and quietly devastating play. Sadly, the new film version by Saul Dibb is a ...
4 years ago
Journey's End [12A]
Darkest Hour [PG]
Glenn Watson
“We shall fight them on the beaches, in the streets and in the hills”. Or maybe we won’t fight them at all. That knife-edge moment, when Britain chose whether to fight or fall, is the focus of ...
4 years ago
Darkest Hour [PG]
The Greatest Showman [PG]
Glenn Watson
Roll up! The Greatest Showman’s in town. P. T. Barnum brings you wonder, whimsy, humbug and flim-flam (his words, not mine). From the tallest to the smallest, all of life is here. Dancing to the ...
4 years ago
The Greatest Showman [PG]
The BFG [PG]
Glenn Watson
The BFG strides into cinemas, directed by dream-worker Steven Spielberg. But the BFG belongs to Mark Rylance whose lilting West Country tones beautifully articulate Roald Dahl's nonsense language - ...
6 years ago
The BFG [PG]
The BFG [PG]
Glenn Watson
Daily Info catches up with cinema's biggest giant Steven Spielberg – whose BFG strides onto screens this week. From the digital revolution to the importance of watching black and white movies, the ...
6 years ago
The BFG [PG]
Born of War [15]
Glenn Watson
Born in Oxford, action thriller Born of War premièred in the city this week. A Hollywood calling-card for local director Vicky Jewson, and a film which belies its budget. Mina is an Oxford ...
7 years ago
Born of War [15]
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
With her first major action thriller, Born of War, about to hit cinemas, Oxford-based director Vicky Jewson talks to Daily Info about making a low budget movie look like millions, knocking on ...
7 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
The Top Films of 2014
Glenn Watson
Things you saw, never got round to or didn’t hit the spot. Everyone has their own lists. A “Top Ten Films of 2014” is equally personal. And if the list that follows is heavy on action then that ...
7 years ago
The Top Films of 2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past [12A]
Glenn Watson
The X-Men mutate into The Matrix and The Terminator in Days of Future Past. Bryan Singer's back at the helm in this second back-to-the-beginning adventure which brings Dr Xavier face-to-face with ...
8 years ago
X-Men: Days of Future Past [12A]
Tiger Kung Fu
Glenn Watson
Bruce Lee, Jet Li, Jackie Chan: they all had to start somewhere. And as Oxford doesn't have a Peking Opera School, we'll have to make do with one of Oxford's martial arts classes.
I ...
8 years ago
Tiger Kung Fu
Carrie [15]
Glenn Watson
Hit Girl misses the mark in this reboot of Stephen King's Carrie. Chloe Moretz was perfect casting for Kick-Ass's foul-mouthed tween. But here she's too pretty, too normal to be credible ...
8 years ago
Carrie [15]
Wreck-it Ralph [PG]
Glenn Watson
Don’t trust the trailer. Or the poster. Wreck-It Ralph looks like a wrecking ball of a movie, fun for bang-crash kids but without the wit of Disney’s best. But hold on to your hammers. ...
9 years ago
Wreck-it Ralph [PG]
Flight [15]
Glenn Watson
An uneasy movie, Flight is both engrossing and off-putting in equal measure. Thanks to Denzel Washington in both cases. Playing the hero pilot who saves a plane-load of people, he‘s also a ...
9 years ago
Flight [15]
Zero Dark Thirty [15]
Glenn Watson
Think Zero Dark Thirty is a gung-ho actioner then think again. Brave Two Zero it’s not. Kathryn Bigelow’s labyrinthine film is a forensic account of the ten year search for Osama bin ...
9 years ago
Zero Dark Thirty [15]
Lincoln [12A]
Glenn Watson
Spielberg is the Shakespeare of the silver screen. And Lincoln is his history play. Charting Abraham Lincoln‘s political battle to achieve the abolition of slavery, it‘s an incisively ...
9 years ago
Lincoln [12A]
Django Unchained [18]
Glenn Watson
Tarantino rides again in Django Unchained, his homage to spaghetti westerns. His most accessible movie to date, Django carries many of the trademark touches – spurty violence, death-black ...
9 years ago
Django Unchained [18]
End of Watch [15]
Glenn Watson
Cops and drug dealers, good guys and bad guys, that’s End of Watch. A buddy-movie with firepower. A wisecracking story of everyday police folk filmed through the over-familiar device of mobile ...
9 years ago
End of Watch [15]
Hit and Run [15]
Glenn Watson
A brash and sassy popcorn movie, Hit and Run is as bubbly as a gallon of Pepsi. A date movie for the comedy crowd, it’s a romcom-crime-caper-road-movie with Dukes of Hazard car chases. And with ...
10 years ago
Hit and Run [15]
Frankenweenie [PG]
Glenn Watson
A horror movie for kids, Frankenweenie’s PG-rated for a reason. A fluffy cat sprouts spider legs like the severed head from The Thing and flies off on batwings with an ear-piercing screech. ...
10 years ago
Frankenweenie [PG]
Holy Motors [18]
Glenn Watson
Absurd is the word. Infuriatingly awful, this is possibly the worst film you’ll ever see. Or for a tiny minority, one of the best. Its Twilight Zone premise is intriguing but the astounding ...
10 years ago
Holy Motors [18]
The Sweeney [15]
Glenn Watson
“Get your trousers on, you’re nicked”. So growls Ray Winstone in Nick Love’s reboot of The Sweeney. Pick axe handles and a fistful of f-words go a long way for the Flying ...
10 years ago
The Sweeney [15]
Lawless [18]
Glenn Watson
A contender for best foreign language film – at least it should be as Lawless is barely decipherable in parts without subtitles. A depression era gangster film set in the American south, ...
10 years ago
Lawless [18]
Anna Karenina [12A]
Glenn Watson
All the world’s a stage in Joe Wright’s Anna Karenina. Set in a theatre and bursting out into ravishing landscapes and stately interiors, it’s a daring device deliberately depicting ...
10 years ago
Anna Karenina [12A]
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy [15]
Glenn Watson
Serpentine and silvery-grey, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a snake of a movie. Cold, quiet, slithery and full of menace.George Smiley has been fired from the Circus, the top echelon of the British spy ...
10 years ago
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy [15]
Carnage [15]
Glenn Watson
Words are wasps in Carnage, Roman Polanski’s adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s black comedy. Set in one room of a Brooklyn flat it’s a claustrophobic piece and intentionally so. But as a film it’s ...
10 years ago
Carnage [15]
J. Edgar [15]
Glenn Watson
Handsomely mounted but ploddingly executed, J Edgar is a disappointing film. For every firebrand movie like Gran Torino or Changeling, Clint Eastwood turns out a worthy but leaden one like ...
10 years ago
J. Edgar [15]
Haywire [15]
Glenn Watson
An exhilarating action thriller, Haywire is an electric experience. A-list casting, arthouse direction and realistic fight scenes make this Euro-set curio well worth catching.Gina Carano, a mixed ...
10 years ago
Haywire [15]
War Horse [12A]
Glenn Watson
In making War Horse, what research did you do about the First World War?I feel deeply responsible making a movie that touches on historical fact. So we did a lot of research beyond what you may ...
10 years ago
War Horse [12A]
War Horse [12A]
Glenn Watson
Sunsets as wide as a John Ford sky set the tone for Steven Spielberg’s War Horse. Nostalgic and lyrical, this is no Saving Private Horse. Avoiding bloodshed and cloying sentiment, Spielberg creates ...
10 years ago
War Horse [12A]
13 Assassins [15]
Glenn Watson
A thunderous forty-five minute finale marks 13 Assassins as one of the year’s best action films. Controversial director Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer) creates a spectacular battle ...
10 years ago
13 Assassins [15]
Bunraku
Glenn Watson
Set in an origami universe, this indie-movie gives the action genre a much needed shot in the arm. Riffing on Sin City-style fantasy noir, it’s a cheekier, funnier and more exciting film by ...
10 years ago
Bunraku
The Top Ten Films of 2011
Glenn Watson
Cinema provides us with escapism and a reality check. Perhaps especially when the world’s in trouble. Even so, you can’t help wondering how, in a financial crisis, some films get made. 2011 ...
10 years ago
The Top Ten Films of 2011
The Iron Lady [12A]
Glenn Watson
“How could you portray Margaret Thatcher so sympathetically?” whinged one left-leaning journalist to director Phyllida Law at the press conference for The Iron Lady. It’s a remark that will ...
10 years ago
The Iron Lady [12A]
Super 8 [12A]
Glenn Watson
Super 8 has Spielberg written all over it - a folksy, 70s-set homage to movie-making, small town nostalgia and monsters. It may only have been produced, not directed, by the Wunderkind but it’s ...
10 years ago
Super 8 [12A]
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [18]
Glenn Watson
A just punishment for those who prefer films without subtitles, David Fincher’s Dragon Tattoo misses every beat of the book - and of the Swedish version of the film.Unsubtle and telegraphed, as ...
10 years ago
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [18]
The Artist [PG]
Glenn Watson
Brilliant, bold and beautiful, The Artist is a fabulous film. But be clear. It’s a silent film, shot in black and white. If that puts you off, poor you. One of the best films of the ...
10 years ago
The Artist [PG]
Kill List [18]
Glenn Watson
Juvenile and unoriginal, Kill List is the kind of thriller that can only work if you’ve haven’t seen any good ones. Striving to stand apart from The Wicker Man, it certainly succeeds in that ...
10 years ago
Kill List [18]
Real Steel [12A]
Glenn Watson
Don’t be fooled by the Rocky-for-robots premise or the murky Transformers-in-a-boxing-ring trailer. Spielberg-produced, Real Steel is a real surprise, a family film about redemption and, yes, ...
11 years ago
Real Steel [12A]
Cowboys and Aliens [12A]
Glenn Watson
Which side of this film attracted you most – the western or the sci-fi?Harrison Ford: I don’t really care what the genre is, I do it for the money (cracks that Indiana Jones smile). I’m playing ...
11 years ago
Cowboys and Aliens [12A]
Source Code [12A]
Glenn Watson
Superior sci-fi puzzler Source Code feels like a re-run but it’s still an original. Duncan Jones – son of Space Oddity’s Bowie - gets a bigger train set to play with after winning critical ...
11 years ago
Source Code [12A]
Cowboys and Aliens [12A]
Glenn Watson
Cowboys & Aliens is a surprisingly serious action film. Jokily titled, it eschews one-liners and popcorn-comedy to embrace the down-the-line hardassed nature of both the western and alien genres. ...
11 years ago
Cowboys and Aliens [12A]
Cars 2 [U]
Glenn Watson
A tyred retread, Cars 2 is only saved by the sterling presence of Sir Michael Caine as spy-car Finn McMissile. But, really, the only person having fun here is director John Lasseter. Lightning ...
11 years ago
Cars 2 [U]
Went The Day Well?
Glenn Watson
“Went the day well? We died and never knew. But well or ill, England, we died for you.” With these memorable words begins a masterpiece of British cinema. Shocking and rousing, Went the Day Well? ...
11 years ago
Went The Day Well?
Cars 2 [U]
Glenn Watson
GW: You seem to have moved into making animated movies recently – Gnomeo and Juliet, and now Cars 2. MC: What happened to me was, suddenly in quite old age, I had three grandchildren. And I thought ...
11 years ago
Cars 2 [U]
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
GW: You seem to have moved into making animated movies recently – Gnomeo and Juliet, and now Cars 2. MC: What happened to me was, suddenly in quite old age, I had three grandchildren. And I thought ...
11 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
Adèle Blanc-Sec [12A]
Glenn Watson
An entertaining Euro curio, Adèle Blanc-Sec features a sparky heroine, awakened mummies and a pterodactyl swooping over the streets of Paris. Luc Besson’s genre-jumping career (Leon, Fifth ...
11 years ago
Adèle Blanc-Sec [12A]
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides [12A]
Glenn Watson
Jack’s back. When the original trilogy closed At World’s End, a fourth outing wasn’t expected. But we’re On Stranger Tides. And while the other movies gave us pirate lore aplenty - ghost ...
11 years ago
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides [12A]
Thor [12A]
Glenn Watson
Did you know of the Thor comic books? And what was your approach to the film?Yes, as a kid I remember seeing this very colourful, very dynamic character. I tried to use some of the framing from ...
11 years ago
Thor [12A]
Thor [12A]
Glenn Watson
Kenneth Branagh thunders into cinemas with Thor, an assured, fun and funny superhero movie. Eyebrows were raised when the Shakespearean wunderkind was entrusted with Marvel Studios’ latest ...
11 years ago
Thor [12A]
Monsters [12A]
Glenn Watson
Kicking off like a Cloverfield clone, this sci-fi road-movie-romance soon settles into a style entirely its own. Shot on a shoestring, it’s an astonishing feat of ingenuity. A thriller of which ...
11 years ago
Monsters [12A]
True Grit [15]
Glenn Watson
Funereal and subdued, True Grit is another Coen Brothers curiosity. A vanity project, it sticks largely to Charles Portis’ novel but sucks the life out of it. Appropriate that, as the brothers’ ...
11 years ago
True Grit [15]
Barney's Version [15]
Glenn Watson
Barney’s Version is hard to define. A bittersweet comedy-drama cum murder-mystery. Uproariously funny yet tragic, compelling yet repelling, it’s a beautiful and rewarding compendium. Barney’s ...
11 years ago
Barney's Version [15]
Tangled [PG]
Glenn Watson
Tangled is Disney’s 50th animated feature, and it’s a corker. A retelling of the Rapunzel story and packed with humour and action, it deserves to be a big hit. From the ...
11 years ago
Tangled [PG]
Morning Glory [12A]
Glenn Watson
Ratings are plummeting for TV show Daybreak, so the network entrusts Rachel McAdams’ ambitious producer to spark life into the stale format. But hiring a cantankerous, award-winning former ...
11 years ago
Morning Glory [12A]
127 Hours [15]
Glenn Watson
Danny Boyle’s movies zing with a zest for life. Even his zombie, sci-fi or crime films. Not to mention Slumdog Millionaire. So no wonder he’s helming 127 Hours, the true story of a trapped ...
11 years ago
127 Hours [15]
The Top Ten Films of 2010
Glenn Watson
A classic year for the kids and a thoughtful year for the rest of us at 2010’s box office. Animation proved itself again as the most inventive and intelligent branch of cinema. Some big books ...
11 years ago
The Top Ten Films of 2010
The King's Speech [12A]
Glenn Watson
Oscar speech ready Mr Firth? Breathe deeply, speak slowly and only to me. Such is the scenario of The King's Speech, in which Colin Firth's George VI must overcome a debilitating speech defect to ...
11 years ago
The King's Speech [12A]
The Book Of Eli [15]
Glenn Watson
Two films trod the same road in 2010. Both presented post-apocalyptic visions. The Road a bleak, depressing fable with Viggo Mortenson. And The Book of Eli, an altogether more hopeful and understated ...
11 years ago
The Book Of Eli [15]
4.3.2.1 [15]
Glenn Watson
A crackerjack movie, 4.3.2.1 marks Noel Clarke as one of Britain’s most telling talents. The BAFTA winner (Kidulthood) goes for broke in a multi-stranded, girl-power crime caper. Four girls, ...
11 years ago
4.3.2.1 [15]
The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader [PG]
Glenn Watson
A step back into Narnia is a step backwards for the C S Lewis franchise. Lacking the sparkling fantasy of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and the grown-up promise of Prince Caspian, Dawn ...
11 years ago
The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader [PG]
Gulliver's Travels [PG]
Glenn Watson
Slacking, oafish and short. That’s Jack Black. And that’s Gulliver’s Travels, the latest vehicle for his trademark talents. Out goes Swift’s fantasy and in come pee-jokes, big bellies and ...
11 years ago
Gulliver's Travels [PG]
Karate Kid [PG]
Glenn Watson
Karate? Kung fu. More than a remake, this is a hot-wired improvement to the 80s original. Shifting the action from America to China is a masterstroke, upping the alienation for Jaden Smith’s ...
11 years ago
Karate Kid [PG]
Fireworks Poetry Competition 2010
Glenn Watson
Sparkler, fountain, candle and wheel.Light the blue paper. But how does it feel?To be filled with colour, fire and sound,Like secrets within you, still, on the ground.Then….Faster than lightning, ...
12 years ago
Fireworks Poetry Competition 2010
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
Heart-throb Zac Efron makes another bid for movie maturity with The Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud. Zac talks to Daily Info about brothers, beards... and Swedish crime films. Charlie St Cloud ...
12 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
The Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud [12A]
Glenn Watson
Heart-throb Zac Efron makes another bid for movie maturity with The Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud. Zac talks to Daily Info about brothers, beards... and Swedish crime films. Charlie St Cloud ...
12 years ago
The Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud [12A]
The Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud [12A]
Glenn Watson
Movie maturity beckons to Zac Efron and his legion of fans in The Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud. All about moving on, St Cloud is like a metaphor for Efron’s career. Heart throb in High ...
12 years ago
The Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud [12A]
The Secret of Kells [PG]
Glenn Watson
Beguilingly simple, surprisingly complex, it writhes and spins like a golden fairytale. Brendan, a boy-monk in the 9th century, tries to save the Book of Kells from Viking invaders. Awash with ...
12 years ago
The Secret of Kells [PG]
Toy Story 3 [U]
Glenn Watson
What do you like about the character of Woody the Cowboy?Woody’s a passionate guy who throws himself into every action. As soon as he thinks ‘I have to help them’ or ‘I have to run away’, ...
12 years ago
Toy Story 3 [U]
Toy Story 3 [U]
Glenn Watson
The toys are back in their box for Toy Story 3. Andy, their owner, is all growed-up and off to college. But what is the future for Woody, Buzz, Jessie the Cowgirl, Mr Potato Head, Rex and Slinky Dog? ...
12 years ago
Toy Story 3 [U]
The Disappearance of Alice Creed [18]
Glenn Watson
A cruddy, corkscrew thriller. Two kidnappers, one girl. A flat, a van, a wood and a warehouse. Add a surprising number of twists. And you get The Disappearance of Alice Creed, a low-key, squirmy ...
12 years ago
The Disappearance of Alice Creed [18]
Kick-Ass [15]
Glenn Watson
A hyped-up swizz of a movie, Kick Ass talks big but doesn't kick ass. Less sassy or surprising than Matthew Vaughn's helming of Stardust, it's more akin to his nudge-nudge tricksy debut Layer Cake. ...
12 years ago
Kick-Ass [15]
Ponyo [U]
Glenn Watson
Two years late but worth the wait. Hayao Miyazaki’s first full-length feature since 2004’s Howl’s Moving Castle may be a return to the more child-like innocence of My Neighbour Totoro (1988), ...
12 years ago
Ponyo [U]
The Blind Side [12A]
Glenn Watson
Sandra Bullock plays a blinder in The Blind Side. An eye-catching, Oscar-winning performance, Bullock is Leigh Anne, a privileged, no-nonsense Mom whose Christian principles lead her to take in a ...
12 years ago
The Blind Side [12A]
Leap Year [PG]
Glenn Watson
A screwball comedy set in Hollywood's version of 'Oirland', Leap Year is a disappointingly lame romcom. Amy Adams can usually do no wrong and she doesn't here either. But director Anand Tucker steps ...
12 years ago
Leap Year [PG]
Green Zone [15]
Glenn Watson
Strongly acted by Matt Damon, Green Zone is an Iraq war movie about weapons of mass destruction and a soldier asked to find them. But The Hurt Locker it isn’t. Like a hunt for WMD, you look for ...
12 years ago
Green Zone [15]
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [18] (Swedish original)
Glenn Watson
An almost perfect adaptation of the international bestseller. Satisfying and slow-burning, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is intelligent, dark and subtly played. Earning its 18 rating for violent ...
12 years ago
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [18] (Swedish original)
Alice In Wonderland [PG]
Glenn Watson
Alice in Underland. The missing W is, of course, deliberate. Not the original story, this is Tim Burton's take on Lewis Carroll's colourful characters. Alice is now 19, a mercurial, independent woman ...
12 years ago
Alice In Wonderland [PG]
Everybody's Fine [12A]
Glenn Watson
Poetic, touching and wryly funny, Everybody's Fine is a sleeper success: a wonderful comedy-drama about families and the distances that grow between them. Widower Frank Goode (Robert De Niro) is ...
12 years ago
Everybody's Fine [12A]
Battle For Terra [PG]
Glenn Watson
A cracking action-adventure, Battle for Terra is a catch-it-if-you-can corker. Coming in Avatar’s shadow, and with a similar story, it’ll be seen as Avatar-lite. No bad thing, but this little gem ...
12 years ago
Battle For Terra [PG]
Invictus [12A]
Glenn Watson
Worthy, long and a touch insipid, Invictus is dramatic or disappointing, depending on your view. Director Clint Eastwood has done no wrong in recent years – with Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino ...
12 years ago
Invictus [12A]
Astro Boy [PG]
Glenn Watson
Japan’s Mickey Mouse gets an American makeover in Astro Boy. Renowned as an asian icon since 1951, Osamu Tezuka’s creation gets his first big-screen outing. Rollicking and super-glossy, it’s ...
12 years ago
Astro Boy [PG]
Avatar [12A]
Glenn Watson
Dances with Wolves meets Princess Mononoke in James Cameron’s Avatar. Ten years in the making, it’s a gripping, boundary-pushing eco-fable. It’s also a sure-fire blockbuster. But is it anything ...
12 years ago
Avatar [12A]
District 9 [15]
Glenn Watson
District 9 is an instant sci-fi classic. Aliens arrive over Johannesburg, out of gas and malnourished. Decamped into a ghetto, the ‘prawns’ live in a shanty town for 20 years, co-existing with ...
12 years ago
District 9 [15]
Sherlock Holmes [12A]
Glenn Watson
Guy Ritchie pleases himself in Sherlock Holmes. Entertaining and quirky, it’s neatly done. Pugilistic and action-packed, brains and brawn both get a look in. Holmes was a boxer and martial artist ...
12 years ago
Sherlock Holmes [12A]
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
Colin Firth muses to Daily Info about the popularity of A Christmas Carol - and confesses he’s more of a Scrooge than the sunny-side up character he plays in Disney’s festive movie. Have you ...
12 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
A Christmas Carol [PG]
Glenn Watson
Colin Firth muses to Daily Info about the popularity of A Christmas Carol - and confesses he’s more of a Scrooge than the sunny-side up character he plays in Disney’s festive movie. Have you ...
12 years ago
A Christmas Carol [PG]
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
What’s your take on Scrooge? Is he all bad? Scrooge believed he was unloved, so why should love exist for anybody else? To me, that’s where most of our dysfunction comes from, that feeling of ...
12 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
A Christmas Carol [PG]
Glenn Watson
What’s your take on Scrooge? Is he all bad? Scrooge believed he was unloved, so why should love exist for anybody else? To me, that’s where most of our dysfunction comes from, that feeling of ...
12 years ago
A Christmas Carol [PG]
Me and Orson Welles [12A]
Glenn Watson
Quicksilver cinema, Me and Orson Welles works like a dream. In 1930s New York, Orson Welles, at twenty-two, sets up the Mercury Theatre Company to wow the world. Charismatic and cruel, he’s a ...
12 years ago
Me and Orson Welles [12A]
Nativity! [U]
Glenn Watson
That nice Martin Freeman (The Office, Love Actually) talks to Daily Info about being a grump, working with kids and making the festive comedy Nativity! And why he’s a sucker for the greatest story ...
12 years ago
Nativity! [U]
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
That nice Martin Freeman (The Office, Love Actually) talks to Daily Info about being a grump, working with kids and making the festive comedy Nativity! And why he’s a sucker for the greatest story ...
12 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
Nativity! [U]
Glenn Watson
Believe in Nativity! and you’ll believe that miracles can happen. A Christmas comedy set in Coventry, with non-professional children, singing and dancing - it cries out to be disliked. But it’s a ...
13 years ago
Nativity! [U]
Harry Brown [18]
Glenn Watson
“You’ve failed to maintain your weapon, son” says a laconic Michael Caine before blowing away a dirtbag drug-dealer. It’s Harry Brown but he could be Dirty Harry, out of retirement and ...
13 years ago
Harry Brown [18]
Bright Star [PG]
Glenn Watson
A thing of beauty is a joy forever, wrote the poet Keats. And Bright Star is certainly that. It lingers long afterwards and its ethereal touch is as lush and rhythmic as Keats’ poems. Fanny Brawne ...
13 years ago
Bright Star [PG]
A Christmas Carol [PG]
Glenn Watson
Dickens’ family favourite is given a motion-capture make-over as Disney’s dark side does Christmas. Jim Carrey plays Scrooge - man and boy - as well as the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and ...
13 years ago
A Christmas Carol [PG]
9 [12A]
Glenn Watson
Stitchpunk heroes in a steampunk world. That’s 9, one of the best films of 2009. In a post-apocalyptic future machines have wiped out humanity. A handful of fabricated creatures, known only by the ...
13 years ago
9 [12A]
The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus [12A]
Glenn Watson
'From Heath Ledger and his friends' – that’s the legend at the end of Terry Gilliam’s latest movie and Heath Ledger’s last. The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus is – appropriately enough – ...
13 years ago
The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus [12A]
Up [U]
Glenn Watson
Up is Pixar’s 10th film and one of its best. A touching adventure about an old man and a chubby boy, Up reaches for the sky and succeeds. It’s a bold move from a studio better known for animating ...
13 years ago
Up [U]
500 Days of Summer [12A]
Glenn Watson
Reinvention of the romcom continues apace with 500 Days of Summer, a tell-it-like-it-is story seen from the man’s perspective.Tom, a would-be architect, is shackled to a day-job writing ...
13 years ago
500 Days of Summer [12A]
The Hurt Locker [15]
Glenn Watson
The Hurt Locker explodes onto the screen as one of the year’s most tense and intense movies. Director Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break) has a talent for creating machismo action movies with ...
13 years ago
The Hurt Locker [15]
Broken Embraces [15]
Glenn Watson
Identity and idiosyncrasy – it must be a Pedro Almodovar film. But the Spanish director’s langorous new movie Broken Embraces is a touch too tedious in spite of its quirky and complicated ...
13 years ago
Broken Embraces [15]
Inglourious Basterds [18]
Glenn Watson
Tarantino tries out the same old shtick in his latest magpie-movie, Inglourious Basterds. A teen to his toes, the enfant terrible is still an enfant with an attention span to boot: Basterds continues ...
13 years ago
Inglourious Basterds [18]
The Proposal [12A]
Glenn Watson
The Proposal’s evocative of the comedies from Hollywood’s golden age. Are you a fan of those movies?I love them – especially the Tracy-Hepburn stuff. When you watch them, you really see the ...
13 years ago
The Proposal [12A]
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
The Proposal’s evocative of the comedies from Hollywood’s golden age. Are you a fan of those movies?I love them – especially the Tracy-Hepburn stuff. When you watch them, you really see the ...
13 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
The Proposal [12A]
Glenn Watson
Back in '95, Sandra Bullock wowed us at a wedding in the winsome romcom While You Were Sleeping, a well-crafted, career-making movie that she’s been trying to live up to – or depart from – ever ...
13 years ago
The Proposal [12A]
Henry V
Glenn Watson
In Shakespeare’s day the rowdy audience would’ve lobbed fruit and gobbed spittle. In Oxford Theatre Guild’s back-to-basics production of Henry V, that’s exactly what happens, as ...
13 years ago
Henry V
Public Enemies [15]
Glenn Watson
Depp is Dillinger directed by Michael Mann. That’s the double-hook for Public Enemies - a depression-era gangster movie about the cat-and-mouse attempt to capture or kill the infamous bank robber J ...
13 years ago
Public Enemies [15]
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
Folk-rock singer-songwriter Al Stewart comes to Oxford for a rare acoustic concert. In an exclusive interview, Daily Info catches up with the legend himself and invites Al to look back over a music ...
13 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
Al Stewart
Glenn Watson
Folk-rock singer-songwriter Al Stewart comes to Oxford for a rare acoustic concert. In an exclusive interview, Daily Info catches up with the legend himself and invites Al to look back over a music ...
13 years ago
Al Stewart
Young Victoria [PG]
Glenn Watson
Refreshingly intelligent and beautifully acted, The Young Victoria is a majestic achievement for a mini-budget film. A many-faceted movie, it steals quietly over you and leaves a lasting impression. ...
13 years ago
Young Victoria [PG]
The Young Victoria
Glenn Watson
As Blenheim Palace’s Marketing Manager, Hannah Payne, will tell you – Blenheim loves the movies. Great publicity for the Palace and useful revenue too. So when Momentum Pictures wanted locations ...
13 years ago
The Young Victoria
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
When did you become involved in The Young Victoria? About twelve weeks before pre-production. Location-choosing is one of the first things in any production once the finance is in place. As soon as a ...
13 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
Gran Torino [15]
Glenn Watson
Gran Torino is for Eastwood what The Shootist was for Wayne: the perfect film to end a legend's career. John Wayne bowed out in a movie that acknowledged his hard man image and undercut it. Gran ...
13 years ago
Gran Torino [15]
Slumdog Millionaire [15]
Glenn Watson
British director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting) strikes gold with Slumdog Millionaire – an inspiring story of life, love and a famous TV show. Vibrantly filmed in the slums of Mumbai, it’s winning ...
13 years ago
Slumdog Millionaire [15]
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
British director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting) strikes gold with Slumdog Millionaire – an inspiring story of life, love and a famous TV show. Vibrantly filmed in the slums of Mumbai, it’s winning ...
13 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
Australia [12A]
Glenn Watson
There are three good reasons to see Australia. A perfect performance from the child at the centre of the story; Nicole Kidman's singing of Somewhere Over the Rainbow; and the most underused leading ...
13 years ago
Australia [12A]
The Top 10 and Top 15 Films of 2008
Glenn Watson
Bond was back. So was the Bat. Both were disappointing. Depression was the name of the game in the heavyweights There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men, both let down by their endings. It took ...
13 years ago
The Top 10 and Top 15 Films of 2008
Dan in Real Life [PG]
Glenn Watson
Dan in Real Life hardly appeared in cinemas. That's a pity, as it's a quietly engaging antidote to the current glut of teen comedies. Widower Dan (Steve Carell) falls for a woman (Juliette Binoche) ...
13 years ago
Dan in Real Life [PG]
Slumdog Millionaire [15]
Glenn Watson
Exhilarating and dazzling, Slumdog Millionaire is possibly going to be the best film of 2009. And perhaps one of the best films ever made.Tragic, funny, thrilling and romantic, all of life is here. ...
13 years ago
Slumdog Millionaire [15]
Inkheart [PG]
Glenn Watson
Engaging and fantastical, Inkheart is a quirky kids film. Riffing on kids-lit and crammed with kookie characters of its own, it's a page-turner. But it's not the bestseller it might have been.A young ...
13 years ago
Inkheart [PG]
It's a Wonderful Life [U]
Glenn Watson
An outstanding, peerless film, It's a Wonderful Life is often seen as the icing rather than the cake it really is.Released back in 1946, it wasn't intended as a Christmas picture. Brought forward ...
13 years ago
It's a Wonderful Life [U]
Lakeview Terrace [15]
Glenn Watson
Solidly entertaining, Lakeview Terrace is a thriller that riffs on racial tension. But that's only the kick-off for a movie that's really a neighbour-from-hell face-off - with the crunchy sound of ...
13 years ago
Lakeview Terrace [15]
Changeling [15]
Glenn Watson
Changeling clinches Clint Eastwood’s transformation from cheroot-chewing cowboy to cinematic legend. And Angelina Jolie confounds her critics with a cracking portrayal of a mother campaigning to ...
13 years ago
Changeling [15]
What Just Happened? [15]
Glenn Watson
Intelligently entertaining, What Just Happened? hurtles you into the hassled world of Hollywood’s unsung hero – the movie producer. Ever wondered what producers do? Persuading Bruce Willis to ...
14 years ago
What Just Happened? [15]
Body of Lies [15]
Glenn Watson
America’s soul-searching since the second Gulf War continues with Ridley Scott’s politico-thriller Body of Lies. Impressively filmed and competently acted, it’s a tad complicated – like ...
14 years ago
Body of Lies [15]
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
You’ve worked with the writer Art Linson for many years – who first suggested the film?I read the book and laughed all the way through it. I suggested Art write a screenplay with me playing the ...
14 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
The Play Of Herod
Glenn Watson
A shepherd’s-eye view of the birth and passion of Jesus was played out in The Play of Herod – a twelfth century liturgical drama of words and music.In aid of the Oxford Oratory’s Reaffirmation ...
14 years ago
The Play Of Herod
The Baader-Meinhof Complex [18]
Glenn Watson
Starting as it means to go on, with striking pleasure-beach nudity, The Baader Meinhoff Complex is as in-your-face as the young upstart terrorists whose story this is.Based on the book by Stefan ...
14 years ago
The Baader-Meinhof Complex [18]
A Concert For Remembrance Day
Glenn Watson
Celebrated composer and conductor John Rutter joins Oxford Philomusica for a special Remembrance Day commemoration of music and readings at Oxford Cathedral on 11th November. Glenn Watson talks to ...
14 years ago
A Concert For Remembrance Day
Easy Virtue [PG]
Glenn Watson
If you love period comedies, Easy Virtue might well try your patience. Beautifully acted by a note-perfect cast it’s a poignant update of Noel Coward’s early hit. But in the hands of irreverent ...
14 years ago
Easy Virtue [PG]
Ghost Town [12A]
Glenn Watson
Ricky Gervais' brand of comedy may be familiar in Britain - but the States is lapping it up. In Ghost Town, he's a dentist reluctantly in hospital for a minor op who 'dies' for a few minutes on the ...
14 years ago
Ghost Town [12A]
Quantum of Solace [12A]
Glenn Watson
Bond meets Bourne in a blizzard of blurry action that leaves you shaken but not stirred. Poor Daniel Craig. An utterly believable Bond, he's thrown himself into the reborn franchise. But even he must ...
14 years ago
Quantum of Solace [12A]
The Mist [15]
Glenn Watson
Not to be confused with John Carpenter's The Fog, this is a Stephen King scarefest set in a supermarket. And it's quality stuff. Military monkeying about leads to the unleashing of a mist that ...
14 years ago
The Mist [15]
Burn After Reading [15]
Glenn Watson
Burn After Reading is fluffy and tasty and has hard bits that stick in your teeth. It’s popcorn – Coen Brothers style. After their Oscar-winning heavyweight No County For Old Men, the brothers ...
14 years ago
Burn After Reading [15]
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas [12A]
Glenn Watson
Powerful and unsettling, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a near-perfect film. Based on a bestselling book, don’t be fooled by the Disney label and whimsical title. This is no cat-in-the-hat ...
14 years ago
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas [12A]
Mamma Mia [PG]
Glenn Watson
Looking back on our last summer, what’s the film that’s packed-out the multiplexes? Forget The Dark Knight, the box-office smash this year is Mamma Mia, a sunny-side-up musical that’s making ...
14 years ago
Mamma Mia [PG]
The Mummy 3 [12A]
Glenn Watson
“Why am I laughing?” quips gung-ho hero Brendan Fraser in The Mummy 3. It’s not a question you’ll be asking yourself. Rip-roaringly disappointing, even kids will find themselves more ...
14 years ago
The Mummy 3 [12A]
The Dark Knight [12A]
Glenn Watson
The Dark Knight is a dark night of the soul indeed. Overhyped, leaden and laboriously scripted, only Heath Ledger's sparky performance breathes any life into it.Pretentiously paced, it's seriously ...
14 years ago
The Dark Knight [12A]
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging [12A]
Glenn Watson
Georgia Groome is a star in the making. And Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging is worth a watch because of her. Riffing like a teenage Bridget Jones on female insecurities, this is a wishfulfilment ...
14 years ago
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging [12A]
Kung Fu Panda [PG]
Glenn Watson
A paunchy panda's dreams of kung fu glory come colourfully alive in the aptly titled Kung Fu Panda. Punching above its not inconsiderable weight, Panda's strength is its eye-poppingly beautiful ...
14 years ago
Kung Fu Panda [PG]
The Forbidden Kingdom [12A]
Glenn Watson
Everybody is kung fu fighting. At least you’d think so from this summer’s blockbuster movies. Kung Fu Panda is packing in the popcorn. Jet Li is born again in The Mummy 3. But best of all is The ...
14 years ago
The Forbidden Kingdom [12A]
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian [PG]
Glenn Watson
Were you a fan of the original books as kid? Yes, I found my old copy of Prince Caspian when I got the part. It was a copy that accompanied the 1989 BBC series which I loved. Inside I’d put this ...
14 years ago
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian [PG]
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
Georgie (Lucy), you celebrated your twelfth birthday while making the film. Did they throw you a party? It was really nice. When you’re away from your friends and family you still want to have a ...
14 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
Were you a fan of the original books as kid? Yes, I found my old copy of Prince Caspian when I got the part. It was a copy that accompanied the 1989 BBC series which I loved. Inside I’d put this ...
14 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
It’s your second time bringing Narnia to the screen. Was it easier or harder to bring your vision alive? You’d think it’d be easier. I came in with more confidence as I’d learned a lot first ...
14 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
Female Agents [15]
Glenn Watson
Lost in translation – somewhere behind enemy lines – is French action thriller Female Agents. Beginning like a female Dirty Dozen, it sees a Special Operations Executive resistance fighter, ...
14 years ago
Female Agents [15]
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian [PG]
Glenn Watson
A thousand years have passed in Narnia waiting for Prince Caspian. Only three for us - since the first Chronicle of Narnia became an unexpected smash. Yet things have changed. Gone is the magical ...
14 years ago
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian [PG]
The Edge Of Love [15]
Glenn Watson
Edgy, beautiful and often sublime, The Edge of Love is a poem in motion. It’s also long-winded, painful and difficult to care about. Depending on your view. Existing on the very edge of love – ...
14 years ago
The Edge Of Love [15]
Gone, Baby, Gone [15]
Glenn Watson
Delayed for a year following Madeleine McCann's disappearance, Gone Baby Gone bears little resemblance to the real-life story. A thoughtful crime-thriller-cum-detective story, Gone Baby Gone takes ...
14 years ago
Gone, Baby, Gone [15]
Jackie Chan Visits Oxford
Glenn Watson
There were queues around the block as world-wide superstar Jackie Chan took centre stage at Oxford’s Sheldonian Theatre last week. Known throughout the world for his acrobatic martial arts movies, ...
14 years ago
Jackie Chan Visits Oxford
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
Welcome to Oxford Jackie!Hello! It’s so exciting to be here. I couldn’t sleep last night - so scared. Why did I accept? Oxford’s no ordinary school – what can I say to you? I’m just here as ...
14 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
Saving Private Ryan [15]
Glenn Watson
Hailed by veterans, critics and audiences alike, Saving Private Ryan is probably Steven Spielberg’s most influential film since Jaws. Beginning with a bang and ending with a whimper, it’s ...
14 years ago
Saving Private Ryan [15]
Schindler's List [15]
Glenn Watson
Nothing in Spielberg’s career had really prepared us for Schindler’s List. His forays into serious drama – Empire of the Sun, Color Purple – were worthy but largely ignored. King of the ...
14 years ago
Schindler's List [15]
Diary of the Dead [18]
Glenn Watson
Horror maestro George A Romero talks to Daily Info about his latest film Diary of the Dead - (a zombie movie for the YouTube generation) ...and what he really thinks of UK comedy Shaun of the ...
14 years ago
Diary of the Dead [18]
Happy-Go-Lucky
Glenn Watson
You’re not a celebrity but you get pretty much rave reviews for your performances. How do you feel about that?It reassures me that what I’ve been taught over the years does work. I’ve always ...
14 years ago
Happy-Go-Lucky
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
You’re not a celebrity but you get pretty much rave reviews for your performances. How do you feel about that?It reassures me that what I’ve been taught over the years does work. I’ve always ...
14 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
Happy-Go-Lucky
Glenn Watson
Are you happy? Freewheeling schoolteacher Poppy certainly is. But is her relentlessly optimistic take on life infectious, inspiring or irritating? In Mike Leigh’s upbeat comedy, Happy-Go-Lucky, the ...
14 years ago
Happy-Go-Lucky
Fly Away Home [U]
Glenn Watson
As uplifting a film as you could ever hope to see, Fly Away Home is simply wonderful. Striking an immediate note of tragedy, a girl's mother is killed in a road accident. Injured, the thirteen year ...
14 years ago
Fly Away Home [U]
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Glenn Watson
Stepping out of the audience, Millie Dillmount arrives in the Big Apple. A modern girl in a big bad world, she’s looking for a husband but has no time for love, “not for the life of ...
14 years ago
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Son of Rambow [12A]
Glenn Watson
Rambo returns to our screens twice in as many months. After his own recent, sixty-year-old incarnation, Stallone sees a school-kid don the bandana in Son of Rambow. But this is no action-flick, ...
14 years ago
Son of Rambow [12A]
Before The Devil Knows You're Dead [15]
Glenn Watson
In your face from the off, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead is a queasily intense thriller-drama from veteran director Sidney Lumet (Serpico). Andy’s in debt. His brother Hank’s just scraping ...
14 years ago
Before The Devil Knows You're Dead [15]
27 Dresses [12A]
Glenn Watson
For 26 of its 27, 27 Dresses is twirly and eye-catching. Bit of shame the ending is such a hand-me-down. Jane (Katherine Heigl - Knocked Up, Greys’ Anatomy) is always the bridesmaid never the ...
14 years ago
27 Dresses [12A]
The Spiderwick Chronicles [PG]
Glenn Watson
Intriguingly titled, The Spiderwick Chronicles conjures a sense of mystery and otherworldly goings-on. And mostly that’s what it delivers, with a creepy house, family conflict and a flurry of ...
14 years ago
The Spiderwick Chronicles [PG]
The Cottage [18]
Glenn Watson
Black comedies don’t come any darker than The Cottage. In his follow-up to the emotionally visceral London to Brighton, Paul Andrew Williams plumps for viscera of a purely physical kind in this ...
14 years ago
The Cottage [18]
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
What inspired you to experiment with DV cameras and digital media this time?I'd been watching Iraq on the 24/7 news and seen this incredible growth of alternate media. YouTube and so on. Suddenly ...
14 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
The Bank Job [15]
Glenn Watson
Hard man Jason Statham has a hard time in The Bank Job. Based on the true story of the 1971 Baker Street bank robbery, the set up sees Statham’s small-time crooks hired to tunnel their way in and ...
14 years ago
The Bank Job [15]
The Bucket List [12A]
Glenn Watson
A downbeat title and a morbid subject. But The Bucket List is a sweet, life affirming movie that coasts on the charisma of its stars. Millionaire businessman Jack Nicholson builds hospitals - made to ...
14 years ago
The Bucket List [12A]
Clement Freud Entertains
Glenn Watson
Clement Freud entertains Glenn Watson, who interviewed the multi-talented star of Just A Minute before the Oxford leg of his tour...You’re bringing your one-man show to Oxford. Why now? ...
14 years ago
Clement Freud Entertains
The Water Horse [PG]
Glenn Watson
Loch Ness monster movies occasionally surface then disappear without trace never to be seen again. Whether that happens to The Water Horse remains to be seen. Based on Dick King-Smith's novel this ...
14 years ago
The Water Horse [PG]
National Treasure 2 [PG]
Glenn Watson
Usually, if you’ve seen the trailer you’ve seen the film. Fortunately for National Treasure: Book of Secrets that’s not true. One of the worst trailers ever – combining corny lines and ...
14 years ago
National Treasure 2 [PG]
Juno [12A]
Glenn Watson
Teen sex flicks are ten-a-penny. But this tale of teenage pregnancy is quirky, funny and thoroughly grown-up. Gifted with a sparkling script and a perfect performance from Ellen Page, Juno deserves ...
14 years ago
Juno [12A]
Definitely, Maybe [12A]
Glenn Watson
Three rom-coms in one, Definitely, Maybe is certainly value for money. Soon-to-be-divorced dad Will Hayes is asked by his young daughter to tell her how he met her mother. Reluctantly, he agrees to ...
14 years ago
Definitely, Maybe [12A]
Barry Norman's Favourite Films
Glenn Watson
Ask Barry Norman to name his favourite film – as many do – and he’ll give you the same answer. He doesn’t have one. But in Barry Norman’s Favourite Films you get the next best thing – an ...
14 years ago
Barry Norman's Favourite Films
Barry Norman's Favourite Films
Glenn Watson
As Barry Norman’s Favourite Films comes to Oxford, the man himself talks exclusively to Daily Info... You’re coming to Oxford this week. Why this show? I’ve been doing a one man show for about ...
14 years ago
Barry Norman's Favourite Films
The Top 10 Films of 2007
Glenn Watson
Glenn Watson's personal top 10.2007 was a year of political soul-searching in the cinema, with the likes of Babel, The Lives of Others and Rendition. And a return to 70s-style, gritty dramas for ...
14 years ago
The Top 10 Films of 2007
Closing the Ring [12A]
Glenn Watson
Closing the Ring is an unworthy epitaph for Richard Attenborough’s directing career. So let’s hope he makes another film soon. Beautiful and bleak, Closing the Ring shifts unevenly between past ...
14 years ago
Closing the Ring [12A]
I Am Legend [15]
Glenn Watson
If you were the last person alive, what would you watch to while away the hours? Probably not I Am Legend. But for Will Smith, the titular omega man, it’s Shrek. This and the tunes of Bob Marley ...
14 years ago
I Am Legend [15]
The Kite Runner [12A]
Glenn Watson
Tugging the strings of your heart, The Kite Runner is a high-flying film, lifting you to the heights, and swooping you to the depths, of humanity.
Adapted from Khalid Hosseini’s best-seller, The ...
14 years ago
The Kite Runner [12A]
Planet Terror [18]
Glenn Watson
Robert Rodriguez continues his splatter-gun quest for the ultimate in violent excess. Following From Dusk Till Dawn with Sin City, he now hits us with Planet Terror, a lurid homage to the 70s ...
14 years ago
Planet Terror [18]
Enchanted [PG]
Glenn Watson
Do Christmas the Disney way - with a fairy tale of New York that has nothing to do with The Pogues. Enchanted sees Disney having a laugh at its own expense as a fairytale princess falls into modern ...
14 years ago
Enchanted [PG]
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
Casey Affleck talks to Daily Info about getting into the mind of the coward Robert Ford – and of the importance of long johns. So, do you see your character – Robert Ford – as a coward?No. I ...
14 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford [15]
Glenn Watson
Casey Affleck talks to Daily Info about getting into the mind of the coward Robert Ford – and of the importance of long johns. So, do you see your character – Robert Ford – as a coward?No. I ...
14 years ago
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford [15]
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford [15]
Glenn Watson
A long title for a long film. But don’t be put off - even if you don’t like westerns, because this isn’t one. Beautiful and poetic, thoughtful and mesmeric, Coward is a masterful study of a ...
14 years ago
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford [15]
Beowulf [12A]
Glenn Watson
“I’ve come to kill your monstah!” cries cocky warrior Beowulf (Ray Winstone) to the beleaguered Danes. And so begins a testosterone-fuelled tale of pride, temptation and computer-generated ...
15 years ago
Beowulf [12A]
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
In Beowulf, an Old English poem gets a twenty-first century makeover. Back to the Future director Robert Zemeckis pushes the cinematic envelope with performance capture technology, requiring his ...
15 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
Beowulf [12A]
Glenn Watson
In Beowulf, an Old English poem gets a twenty-first century makeover. Back to the Future director Robert Zemeckis pushes the cinematic envelope with performance capture technology, requiring his ...
15 years ago
Beowulf [12A]
American Gangster [18]
Glenn Watson
In American Gangster, Ridley Scott tries on Martin Scorsese’s shoes and Michael Mann’s shades. But they just don’t fit. Gangster street life, seventies-style, apes Scorsese’s Mean Streets and ...
15 years ago
American Gangster [18]
Ratatouille [U]
Glenn Watson
Can you trust a trailer? Ratatouille's action-packed promo promised hi-jinks and quirky humour. But this ain't fast food for the popcorn crowd, it's a three-course meal to be savoured. Only the ...
15 years ago
Ratatouille [U]
Eastern Promises [18]
Glenn Watson
Nasty, brutish and short, Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises promises more than it delivers. And maybe it’s unfortunate that it follows on the heels of his ultra lean classic, A History of Violence. ...
15 years ago
Eastern Promises [18]
Mr Brooks [18]
Glenn Watson
Mr Brooks is a pillar of the community…and a serial killer addicted to murder. With an alter ego egging him on to one more spree, it’s hard to resist. But when his ‘one last kill’ is overseen ...
15 years ago
Mr Brooks [18]
Elizabeth: The Golden Age [12A]
Glenn Watson
Sublime and yet stupendously silly, Elizabeth: The Golden Age is a film of enormous contrasts. Visually stunning, The Golden Age is beautifully shot, one of the best-looking films you'll see. But ...
15 years ago
Elizabeth: The Golden Age [12A]
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
Hollywood star and renowned beauty Michelle Pfeiffer plays a wrinkled sorceress in family fantasy Stardust. She talks to Daily Info about the perils of prosthetics and of filming in Scotland. What ...
15 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
Stardust [PG]
Glenn Watson
Hollywood star and renowned beauty Michelle Pfeiffer plays a wrinkled sorceress in family fantasy Stardust. She talks to Daily Info about the perils of prosthetics and of filming in Scotland. What ...
15 years ago
Stardust [PG]
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
In Mr Brooks, Kevin Costner plays against type as a home-loving serial killer addicted to murder. Daily Info catches up with Costner, speaking from his ranch in Aspen, Colorado. Mr Brooks is very ...
15 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
Mr Brooks [18]
Glenn Watson
In Mr Brooks, Kevin Costner plays against type as a home-loving serial killer addicted to murder. Daily Info catches up with Costner, speaking from his ranch in Aspen, Colorado. Mr Brooks is very ...
15 years ago
Mr Brooks [18]
Stardust [PG]
Glenn Watson
Scintillating and subversive, Stardust shoots across the cinema screen in a joyous burst of joie de vivre. Based on Brit fantasy man Neil Gaiman’s comic book novel, Stardust is full of surprises. ...
15 years ago
Stardust [PG]
And When Did You Last See Your Father? [12A]
Glenn Watson
Poetic, touching and funny – not words you’d associate with a film about death, family secrets and father-son dysfunction. And yet And When Did You Last See Your Father? is all of these. Adapted ...
15 years ago
And When Did You Last See Your Father? [12A]
Michael Clayton [15]
Glenn Watson
A brave title for a bold movie. Michael Clayton sounds boring, missable and drab: and that’s kind of the point – because so too is the title character, a legal fixer with a high-powered law firm, ...
15 years ago
Michael Clayton [15]
Michael Clayton [15]
Glenn Watson
Daily Info talks to George Clooney about his favourite things - films and politics, and his latest thriller Michael Clayton, in which a legal ‘fixer’ takes care of the dirty work for his clients. ...
15 years ago
Michael Clayton [15]
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
Daily Info talks to George Clooney about his favourite things - films and politics, and his latest thriller Michael Clayton, in which a legal ‘fixer’ takes care of the dirty work for his clients. ...
15 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
As You Like It [12A]
Glenn Watson
Daily Info talks to Kenneth Branagh about his latest Shakespeare film – As You Like It. Why did you choose to set the film in Japan?I wanted to get away from the cakes and ale Shakespeare. ...
15 years ago
As You Like It [12A]
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
Daily Info talks to Kenneth Branagh about his latest Shakespeare film – As You Like It. Why did you choose to set the film in Japan?I wanted to get away from the cakes and ale Shakespeare. ...
15 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
As You Like It [12A]
Glenn Watson
Kenneth Branagh is brilliant. But his As You Like It is not. How come? Because he's not in it. No one does Shakespeare better than Branagh, the world's best speaker and director of the Bard's plays. ...
15 years ago
As You Like It [12A]
Interviews with the stars!
Glenn Watson
A talk with Hallam Foe stars Jamie Bell and Sophia Myles.In Hallam Foe, Jamie Bell takes to the rooftops of Edinburgh, peering into people's windows – and becomes obsessed by a girl who looks like ...
15 years ago
Interviews with the stars!
Hallam Foe [18]
Glenn Watson
Daily Info reviewer Glenn Watson chats to stars Jamie Bell and Sophia Myles.In Hallam Foe, Jamie Bell takes to the rooftops of Edinburgh, peering into people's windows – and becomes obsessed ...
15 years ago
Hallam Foe [18]
Hallam Foe [18]
Glenn Watson
Hamlet hops about on the roofs of Edinburgh peering into people’s windows. That, pretty much, is Hallam Foe, a quirky Brit flick in which a tormented teen mourns his mother, believing her murdered ...
15 years ago
Hallam Foe [18]
Eagle vs. Shark
Glenn Watson
In Eagle vs. Shark, a searingly honest battle of the sexes is played out by an awkward waitress and a dorky candle maker – shark and eagle respectively. Kookily played, it’s got ‘comedy cult ...
15 years ago
Eagle vs. Shark
Surf's Up [PG]
Glenn Watson
The game’s up for animated penguins in Surf’s Up. Boringly rehashing the plot and characters of Cars, it kicks off with promise before crashing into the waves. Young penguin Cody Maverick wants ...
15 years ago
Surf's Up [PG]
Waitress [12A]
Glenn Watson
Motherhood and apple pie are the fillings in Waitress, a rom com concoction with a sickly-sweet aftertaste. Jenna is a southern belle waitress in a small-town diner. Married to a redneck loser, Jenna ...
15 years ago
Waitress [12A]
Grow Your Own [PG]
Glenn Watson
Grow Your Own is a social-realism sitcom – a sort of Mike Leigh film crossed with The Good Life. Set on an allotment, with an assortment of fruity characters, it tells the story of a Chinese ...
15 years ago
Grow Your Own [PG]
The Hoax [15]
Glenn Watson
Funny, thrillingly-plotted and wonderfully performed, The Hoax is seat-grippingly good.
In 1971, struggling writer Clifford Irving bagged a million dollar deal for the publishing coup of the ...
15 years ago
The Hoax [15]
Evan Almighty [PG]
Glenn Watson
With parts of Oxfordshire submerged under water this summer, it’s a toss up whether Evan Almighty’s flood premise will be a hit or a miss in local cinemas. Family-friendly sequel to Bruce ...
15 years ago
Evan Almighty [PG]
Outlaw [18]
Glenn Watson
Shallow as a pauper's grave, Outlaw is a manipulative movie with arthouse pretensions. Posing a seemingly original scenario, it actually dresses in second hand clothes, shaking the camera and ...
15 years ago
Outlaw [18]
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Glenn Watson
See this while you can – or miss one of Oxford’s best ever Shakespeare productions. Sparkling with creativity and wit, this is a light-touch production of a light-touch play, wringing every ...
15 years ago
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shut Up And Sing
Glenn Watson
In 2003, all-American country-band the Dixie Chicks played to a packed house in Shepherds Bush, London. Twelve words spoken that night by lead singer Natalie Maines resulted in a firestorm of death ...
15 years ago
Shut Up And Sing
Molière [12A]
Glenn Watson
Comparisons with Shakespeare in Love are inevitable: period feel, theatrical legend-to-be in a career dead-end, a ‘what-if scenario’ of how he broke free... But Molière’s the weightier film. ...
15 years ago
Molière [12A]
Mr Hitchcock
Glenn Watson
Film fans are in for a summer of suspense thanks to Mr Hitchcock, the pacy and informative guide to the master of suspense, penned by one of our foremost film critics and biographers, Quentin Falk. ...
15 years ago
Mr Hitchcock
Paris, Je T'aime
Glenn Watson
Paris Je T’Aime is a mélange of movies: eighteen in fact, each focusing on a different part of Paris and showcasing the talents of film-makers from across the world….Alfonso Cuaron, the Coen ...
15 years ago
Paris, Je T'aime
The City Of Violence [18]
Glenn Watson
Korean action-thriller The City of Violence punches way above its weight and with a twinkle in its eye. And the recent slew of Hong Kong thrillers could learn a thing or two. Running at an admirably ...
15 years ago
The City Of Violence [18]
Exiled
Glenn Watson
Exiled plays like an elegiac western, evoking Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch, as two ageing Hong Kong hitmen arrive in modern day Macau to kill a renegade member who's trying to turn a new leaf. ...
15 years ago
Exiled
PTU (Police Tactical Unit)
Glenn Watson
PTU (Police Tactical Unit) is a noir-like meditation on corruption, loyalty and justice. Taking place over one night, it follows a police unit as it trawls the midnight streets of Hong Kong in search ...
15 years ago
PTU (Police Tactical Unit)
A Good Year [12A]
Glenn Watson
Don’t believe what you read on the bottle. It's a swanky label from a good chateau. But this is basement plonk not grand cru - a terrible letdown for the tastebuds. Ridley Scott, a master of ...
15 years ago
A Good Year [12A]
The Colour Of Love
Glenn Watson
Painter Georges Roualt – one of many artists displayed in this exhibition of Christian art – was once told “art can lead to religion…the kind that elevates the soul”. So will your soul be ...
15 years ago
The Colour Of Love
Spiderman 3 [12A]
Glenn Watson
Spiderman 3 is a shocker. Quality action, edgy relationships and moral dilemmas marked the first two. Spidey 3 gives us bloated effects, crass plotting and buckets of emoting. The soaring strings ...
15 years ago
Spiderman 3 [12A]
The King And I
Glenn Watson
Oxford Operatic Society pushes the boat out yet again, with their brave and ambitious production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I: just how ambitious you should see to believe. High ...
15 years ago
The King And I
Secret Love In Peach Blossom Land
Glenn Watson
Few titles could be as enigmatic and poetic as Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land. But this quietly promoted, easy to overlook production is as intriguing as it sounds – and more fun. Two plays ...
15 years ago
Secret Love In Peach Blossom Land
The Sentinel [12A]
Glenn Watson
A disappointing flop, The Sentinel plays out like a lacklustre episode of 24. And not even Keiffer Sutherland can save the day. There's a mole in the Secret Service and it wants the president dead. ...
15 years ago
The Sentinel [12A]
Amazing Grace [15]
Glenn Watson
Through a winning combination of conviction, patience and humour, Amazing Grace sidesteps the pitfalls of reverence and sentiment and quietly triumphs. Not unlike William Wilberforce himself, whose ...
15 years ago
Amazing Grace [15]
Curse of The Golden Flower [15]
Glenn Watson
Shakespeare with ninjas, Gong Li, and computer-generated armies. In Zhang Yimou’s follow up to Hero and House of Flying Daggers, political and personal machinations explode in a riot of red and ...
15 years ago
Curse of The Golden Flower [15]
I Want Candy [15]
Glenn Watson
Good natured, rude and literate, I Want Candy is like The Forty Year Old Virgin with an A level in film studies. Two film students from Leatherhead, keen to make a kickoff demo film, find themselves ...
15 years ago
I Want Candy [15]
Pan's Labyrinth [15]
Glenn Watson
Beatings, stabbings, shootings, amputations, miscarriages...such is the fare of the non-fairytale world of Pan's Labyrinth. And in the too-rare moments of fantasy, there's a spewing frog and a ...
15 years ago
Pan's Labyrinth [15]
Into Great Silence [U]
Glenn Watson
Into Great Silence is an uncomfortable, disturbing film. A mini-monastic experience, it consists solely of sounds and images from inside the venerable Grande Chartreuse monastery in France. For ...
15 years ago
Into Great Silence [U]
Hot Fuzz [15]
Glenn Watson
Hot Fuzz is a breath of fresh air. A fizzy, feelgood comedy with tongue in cheek and heart in the right place. A top metropolitan cop (Simon Pegg) is so good he’s embarrassing his colleagues. Sent ...
15 years ago
Hot Fuzz [15]
The Illusionist [PG]
Glenn Watson
The Illusionist is deceptively simple movie that manages to pull a clever little rabbit out of its hat. Based on a short story by Pulitzer prize winner Steven Millhauser, it tells the tale of ...
15 years ago
The Illusionist [PG]
Black Book [15]
Glenn Watson
Tense and twisty, Black Book is a WW2 resistance drama which delivers on suspenseful action but scores most in Carice van Houten’s resourceful heroine. In Dutch, this is a return home for director ...
15 years ago
Black Book [15]
The Last King of Scotland [15]
Glenn Watson
Dir: Kevin Macdonald
Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy
Forest Whitaker’s storming performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin has Oscar written all over it. And rightly so. Based on Giles Foden’s ...
15 years ago
The Last King of Scotland [15]
Apocalypto [18]
Glenn Watson
A film of two halves, Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto is a historical chase movie that plods then sprints. Young Jaguar Paw, along with half is village, is taken captive by the predatory Mayans. Vowing ...
15 years ago
Apocalypto [18]
The Top 10(ish) Films of 2006
Glenn Watson
2006 was one of the warmest years on record. Funny then that some of the better films were decidedly wintry. And that was just the comedies. It should have been a good year for summery, seasonal ...
15 years ago
The Top 10(ish) Films of 2006
5x2 [15]
Glenn Watson
Beginning with an unsettling pseudo-rape sequence, Francois Ozon’s 5 X 2 is a striking film. Get past the queasiness of this needlessly lurid beginning and 5 X 2 is a truly affecting account of how ...
15 years ago
5x2 [15]
Under The Sand [15]
Glenn Watson
A startling and utterly haunting film, Under the Sand is a remarkable dissection of grief.
Charlotte Rampling excels in this chilly portrait of a wife whose husband inexplicably disappears on the ...
15 years ago
Under The Sand [15]
The New World [12A]
Glenn Watson
Set in the brave new world of the seventeenth century settlement of America, this setting of the Pocahontas legend is a sublime song of the senses. Better suited to director Terrence Malick’s style ...
15 years ago
The New World [12A]
Casino Royale [12A]
Glenn Watson
Whisper it if you dare. Casino Royale is at times a boring movie. Long anyway at 144 minutes, it struggles to live up to its barnstorming quarter-hour free-running chase sequence, one of the best ...
15 years ago
Casino Royale [12A]
Stranger Than Fiction [12A]
Glenn Watson
Kay Eiffel is a novelist suffering from writer’s block – which is just as well for Harold Crick, her main character, because she intends to kill him off. Unfortunately for him, and unbeknownst to ...
15 years ago
Stranger Than Fiction [12A]
Firewall [12A]
Glenn Watson
It needn’t have been this way. Action thrillers starring ageing actors have a pretty good pedigree. ‘I’m too old for this s***, quipped Danny Glover in the tail-end of the Lethal Weapon ...
16 years ago
Firewall [12A]
Happiness [18]
Glenn Watson
In Todd Solondz's Happiness, the young auteur lifts the stone on our emotional and sexual psyche to view the wriggly things underneath. Following the stories of three sisters and the on-the-rocks ...
16 years ago
Happiness [18]
Sixty-Six [12A]
Glenn Watson
We English love a loser. And in the new Brit-comedy Sixty Six, our one-time big win plays backdrop to a bittersweet coming of age comedy, as a boy’s bar mitzvah clashes with the 1966 World Cup ...
16 years ago
Sixty-Six [12A]
North Country [15]
Glenn Watson
When a beaten wife and mother (Charlize Theron) leaves her man and heads to her home town, she hopes for a fresh start, leaving the red-neck, bullying world behind her. What she finds, on taking a ...
16 years ago
North Country [15]
The Departed [18]
Glenn Watson
Dir: Martin Scorsese
Matt Damon, Leonardo Dicaprio and Jack Nicholson
In The Departed, Martin Scorsese brings Hong Kong hit thriller Infernal Affairs into the down and dirty mean streets of ...
16 years ago
The Departed [18]
Autumn Poetry Competition
Glenn Watson
I am a leaf. See how I sway.
Here on my branch I am safe, for today.
A part of the whole, waving about,
I’d like to be noticed but never stand out.
Supple and springy I’ve summered up here, ...
16 years ago
Autumn Poetry Competition
Little Miss Sunshine [15]
Glenn Watson
The surprise hit of the year, Little Miss Sunshine is a surprising film. A quirky and engaging road movie, Sunshine’s comedy is as subtle as a knife and broad as banana-skin. Character-driven, ...
16 years ago
Little Miss Sunshine [15]
The Weather Man [15]
Glenn Watson
The chilly-coms are here. Shopgirl, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Lost in Translation. And, now, appropriately, The Weather Man. They're all chilly-coms, a genre different from roms-coms, ...
16 years ago
The Weather Man [15]
The Hills Have Eyes [18]
Glenn Watson
Alexandre Aja, director of French cross-over horror-hit Switchblade Romance gets Wes Craven's blessing to remake Craven's own 1970s shocker. Hyping up the environmental angle - the hillbillies have ...
16 years ago
The Hills Have Eyes [18]
Lucky Number Slevin [18]
Glenn Watson
All that glisters is not gold. With a top-notch cast and a tricksy style, Lucky Number Slevin certainly glisters. But weighed for what it is, it certainly isn’t gold. Young Slevin (Josh Harnett) ...
16 years ago
Lucky Number Slevin [18]
A Bittersweet Life [18]
Glenn Watson
Not since John Woo’s A Better Tomorrow has Asian crime looked as stylishly tragic as in Kim Jee Woon’s excellent A Bittersweet Life. But whereas Woo blended balletic action with operatic emotion, ...
16 years ago
A Bittersweet Life [18]
Miami Vice [15]
Glenn Watson
‘80s TV series Miami Vice achieved instant iconic status – its stylish production pretty much defining the era. The series’ producer was a young Michael Mann, best known these days for ...
16 years ago
Miami Vice [15]
Love's Labours Lost
Glenn Watson
Dir: Kate Sagovsky
A not oft-performed play is given a rattlingly good run for its money, as the Oxford University Dramatic Society stage Love’s Labour’s Lost in Merton College Gardens. ...
16 years ago
Love's Labours Lost
The Tempest
Glenn Watson
Dir: Colin Macnee
The Tempest, the last play Shakespeare completed alone, is a mercurial thing. Interpretations abound – fantastical, political, psychological. Film versions as various as The ...
16 years ago
The Tempest
Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest [12A]
Glenn Watson
There’s something fishy about Pirates 2 and not just the crustacean crew of the Flying Dutchman. Captain Jack’s back – beads, beard and all. And so too is reluctant pirate Will Turner ...
16 years ago
Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest [12A]
Just Like Heaven [PG]
Glenn Watson
Just when you thought they didn't make them like that anymore - here's one to buck the trend. Far better than most off-the-peg romantic comedies, Just Like Heaven stars Reese Witherspoon and Mark ...
16 years ago
Just Like Heaven [PG]
Fearless [15]
Glenn Watson
Fearless is the latest – and last – kung fu film from martial arts maestro Jet Li. Never quite as popular as Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee, Li has always struggled to make an impact in the west. The ...
16 years ago
Fearless [15]
Shopgirl [15]
Glenn Watson
Shopgirl’s billed as a romantic comedy with laughter and tears. Anyone familiar with Steve Martin’s novella – on which he based his own screenplay – will know different. For Shopgirl is as ...
16 years ago
Shopgirl [15]
Poseidon [12A]
Glenn Watson
Survival of the wettest, that’s Poseidon, - a taut, pared-down thriller which chucks a committed cast into the nooks and crannies of a passenger liner up-ended by a rogue tidal wave.
On New ...
16 years ago
Poseidon [12A]
The Da Vinci Code [12A]
Glenn Watson
Dir: Ron Howard
Tom Hanks, Audrey Tatou, Ian McKellen
Here’s a puzzle. How do you make a movie of Dan Brown’s bamboozling bestseller – The Da Vinci Code - without bruising the brains or ...
16 years ago
The Da Vinci Code [12A]
Mission Impossible III [12A]
Glenn Watson
Tom Cruise does the Impossible – again. After the sheeny bullet-ballet of Mi:2, the Cruiser is back with a revved-up, in-your-face, down-and-dirty Mi:3. And at 43 Cruise is still every inch an ...
16 years ago
Mission Impossible III [12A]
The Initial D (a.k.a. Tau man ji D) [12A]
Glenn Watson
A mega-famous manga comic is given an art-house makeover in Initial D, a brisk little movie about downhill drift racing – the art of motoring round corners through controlled skidding. Think The ...
16 years ago
The Initial D (a.k.a. Tau man ji D) [12A]
Time to Leave (Le Temps Qui Reste) [18]
Glenn Watson
Dir: Francois OzonMelvil Poupaud, Jeanne Moreau, Valeria Bruni-TedeschiIf you were told you had only a couple of months left to live, what would you do? In Time to Leave, French writer-director ...
16 years ago
Time to Leave (Le Temps Qui Reste) [18]
Pierrepoint [15]
Glenn Watson
Pierrepoint (15)
Dir: Adrian Shergold
Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson, Eddie Marsan
Between the 1930s and 50s, Albert Pierrepoint killed 608 people. But Albert was no criminal. Quite the ...
16 years ago
Pierrepoint [15]
Ice Age 2 [U]
Glenn Watson
The Ice Age is back. After the big freeze of the first film, now we have the meltdown. The globe is warming and Manny the Mammoth, Sid the Sloth and Diego the sabretooth tiger are heading for the ...
16 years ago
Ice Age 2 [U]
Good Night, and Good Luck (PG)
Glenn Watson
A short film about truth. That could be an alternative title for Good Night and Good Luck. Yet although it packs more philosophical punch than most other pics put together, it's not quite short ...
16 years ago
Good Night, and Good Luck (PG)
Seven Swords [18]
Glenn Watson
Dir: Tsui Hark
Donnie Yen, Lau Ka-Leung, Leon Lai
The opener of last year’s 62nd Venice Film Festival, director Tsui Hark’s Seven Swords is a martial arts epic with a difference. Following ...
16 years ago
Seven Swords [18]
Born To Fight
Glenn Watson
Pannai Rittikrai
Action movies with a sporty theme don’t have a great pedigree. Escape to Victory had a go with soccer and The Last Boy Scout wove in some American footie. But in Thailand’s ...
16 years ago
Born To Fight
Innocence [15]
Glenn Watson
(France, 2004)
Intriguing, alluring. Perplexing, vexing. All the things a girl wants to be. How appropriate that Innocence, a haunting study of girlhood, is all of these too. Seven year old ...
16 years ago
Innocence [15]
The Fantastic Four [PG]
Glenn Watson
Fantastic Four is the latest in Hollywood's comic book cavalcade. Whereas Spiderman 1 and 2 aimed for teens and twenties, and Hulk for the highbrow, F4 is much more of a kids film. With enough ...
16 years ago
The Fantastic Four [PG]
Dear Wendy [15]
Glenn Watson
In Dear Wendy, Thomas Vinterberg and Lars von Trier, Danish doyens of the arthouse Dogme ‘95 movement, team up to give a typically off-kilter take on the fascination with guns. Brit Jamie Bell is ...
16 years ago
Dear Wendy [15]
Corpse Bride [PG]
Glenn Watson
With Corpse Bride, you know you’re back in Burtonland – gothic landscapes, scary-funny horror, twisty-turny trees and the same spindly-legged animation that marked his Nightmare Before Christmas. ...
16 years ago
Corpse Bride [PG]
Oxford Diocese Photo Competition: Photos and Faith
Glenn Watson
Last year, the Diocesan newspaper, The Door, ran a photo competition asking members of the diocese to send in an original photograph together with an appropriate Bible verse. The winners are ...
16 years ago
Oxford Diocese Photo Competition: Photos and Faith
Munich [15]
Glenn Watson
Dir: Steven Spielberg
Eric Bana, Ciaran Hinds, Daniel Craig
If Steven Spielberg were a stick of rock, you’d find the words ‘home & family’ running right through him. Instead, it runs right ...
16 years ago
Munich [15]
The 40 Year Old Virgin [15]
Glenn Watson
‘The longer you wait, the harder it gets’. So says the poster of this on-the-knuckle comedy about the titular 40 year old who’s never had sex. The strapline sets the tone for what’s ...
16 years ago
The 40 Year Old Virgin [15]
In My Father's Den [15]
Glenn Watson
War photographer Paul (Matthew MacFadyen) returns to his Kiwi hometown when his father dies. Bruised by his work, Paul’s a haunted man. It’s soon apparent that it’s not just his career ...
16 years ago
In My Father's Den [15]
Scrooge
Glenn Watson
Christmas is over. It’s cold and dark outside and you feel the need for some festive fun to kick off the New Year. So what do you do? If you’re sensible you head down to the New Theatre and ...
16 years ago
Scrooge
Bombón. El Perro [15]
Glenn Watson
Want to see a film about one man, a dog and the countryside of Patagonia? No? Then you’ll miss out on this Argentinian curiosity by writer-director Carlos Sorin. For this is a light-touch, funny ...
16 years ago
Bombón. El Perro [15]
Tom Yum Goong [18] a.k.a. The Warrior King
Glenn Watson
Attempting to top the worldwide success of last year’s astounding Ong-Bak, Thai martial arts sensation Tony Jaa is back in Warrior King, his second star-vehicle. And with the same ...
16 years ago
Tom Yum Goong [18] a.k.a. The Warrior King
Crash [15]
Glenn Watson
Dir: Paul Haggis
Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon, Thandie Newton
You might expect a film called Crash and featuring a number of converging storylines to be like one of those 1970s disaster movies – ...
16 years ago
Crash [15]
Brokeback Mountain [15]
Glenn Watson
In 1963, two ranch-hands meet during a summer’s sheep-herding in the isolated mountains of Wyoming. Over the next few weeks they discover an unspoken attraction that erupts in an outburst of ...
16 years ago
Brokeback Mountain [15]
The Top 10 Films of 2005
Glenn Watson
Almost in this list were two comic book adaptations. Constantine, a supernatural thriller with Keanu Reeves which should have been a turkey but exceeded all expectations, delivering chills, thrills ...
16 years ago
The Top 10 Films of 2005
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe [PG]
Glenn Watson
As the curtain of the year starts to fall, The Chronicles of Narnia comes in the nick of time and gives us possibly the best film of 2005. The long-awaited version of C S Lewis’ timeless classic ...
16 years ago
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe [PG]
Flightplan [12A]
Glenn Watson
Dir. Robert Schwentke. Starring Jodie Foster, Sean Bean & Peter Sarsgaard
Jodie Foster has made a career of playing strong women. From pics as diverse as The Accused and Anna and the King, ...
16 years ago
Flightplan [12A]
The Exorcism of Emily Rose [15]
Glenn Watson
dir. Scott Derrickson. Starring Tom Wilkinson, Laura Linney & Jennifer Carpenter.
In 1976 the family of young German student, Anneliese Michel, believed her to be possessed. Their parish priest ...
16 years ago
The Exorcism of Emily Rose [15]
9 Songs [18]
Glenn Watson
Philip Larkin once said that sex is not unlike asking someone to blow your nose for you. And in 9 Songs Michael Winterbottom has effectively filmed the quote. 9 Songs, says Winterbottom, is about two ...
16 years ago
9 Songs [18]
Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire [12A]
Glenn Watson
Potter lovers can rest easy. Goblet of Fire is true to the book. In story, tone and weight (157 minutes) it does what you’d expect. Harry, Ron and Hermione are growing up, kids no more, and are ...
17 years ago
Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire [12A]
Million Dollar Baby [12A]
Glenn Watson
Dir: Clint Eastwood
Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman
Million Dollar Baby was the surprise champ at the Oscars, punching above its weight and delivering a knock-out to Martin ...
17 years ago
Million Dollar Baby [12A]
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang [15]
Glenn Watson
Dir: Shane Black
Robert Downey Jr, Val Kilmer
Black is back. No, not Sirius Black – that’s Harry Potter 4. Shane Black. Who? Duh. The million-dollar-baby who penned Lethal Weapon at the age ...
17 years ago
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang [15]
Twelve Monkeys [18]
Glenn Watson
Twelve Monkeys is a haunting and quirky movie - one of Terry Gilliam's - and Bruce Willis's - best. Willis is sent back in time to prevent the so-called Army of the Twelve Monkeys from unleashing a ...
17 years ago
Twelve Monkeys [18]
Studio Ghibli: Spirited Away [PG]
Glenn Watson
Japanese animated flick Spirited Away has wowed the world, pleasing punters and critics in equal measure. Knocking GGI movies for six, it relishes in its own resplendent and glorious colour. If ...
17 years ago
Studio Ghibli: Spirited Away [PG]
Sahara [12A]
Glenn Watson
Sahara is big, dumb, bouncy, summer-flick fun. Exactly what it says on the poster. It's as wide as Matthew McConaughey's grin and as colourful as his tan. Based on a Clive Cussler bestseller, it ...
17 years ago
Sahara [12A]
Kingdom of Heaven [15]
Glenn Watson
Kingdom of Heaven promises much and delivers a lot. It is ravishing to look at, one of the most handsome epics in years. Directed by Gladiator helmer Ridley Scott, it has the gritty, well-paced ...
17 years ago
Kingdom of Heaven [15]
Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit [U]
Glenn Watson
Dir: Nick Park, Steve Box
Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter
In Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, the world’s favourite Oscar-winning plasticine pals spring ...
17 years ago
Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit [U]
The Constant Gardener [15]
Glenn Watson
Dir: Fernando Meirelles
Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz
The Constant Gardener is an international film. Brit-written, directed by a Brazilian, shot extensively in Kenya, and crossing continents. No ...
17 years ago
The Constant Gardener [15]
Lord of War [15]
Glenn Watson
Dir: Andrew NiccolNicholas Cage, Bridget Moynahan, Jared LetoImagine a political broadcast about the evils of the arms trade. Or a docu-drama about gun-running. And imagine Nicholas Cage is the ...
17 years ago
Lord of War [15]
Classic Tiger System Kung Fu
Glenn Watson
Bruce Lee, Jet Li, Jackie Chan, they all had to start somewhere. And as Oxford doesn’t have a Peking Opera school, we’ll have to make do with one of Oxford’s martial arts classes. But which ...
17 years ago
Classic Tiger System Kung Fu
Serenity [15]
Glenn Watson
A successful TV writer once pitched an idea for “a western in space”. But that was 1975, pre-Star Wars, the guy was Dalek creator Terry Nation and the series Blake’s 7. Twenty five years later, ...
17 years ago
Serenity [15]
A History of Violence [18]
Glenn Watson
Most people would agree that violence is a Bad Thing. Necessary sometimes, but mostly to be avoided. So how come we pack the multiplexes to wallow in the stuff? Just this year audiences gleefully ...
17 years ago
A History of Violence [18]
One Night in Mongkok [15]
Glenn Watson
Since 2004’s cross-cultural hit Infernal Affairs, the west has been on the look-out for saleable, contemporary Hong Kong movies. But while Infernal Affairs was a stylish, tightly plotted thriller ...
17 years ago
One Night in Mongkok [15]
Pride and Prejudice (2005) [U]
Glenn Watson
Any adaptation of a Jane Austen novel is always eagerly awaited. Any version of Pride and Prejudice, the ‘nation's favourite novel' is definitely going to be weighed carefully in the scales. Not ...
17 years ago
Pride and Prejudice (2005) [U]
Bewitched [PG]
Glenn Watson
If you remember the 60s sitcom Bewitched, about a suburban witch who marries an ordinary Joe, you'll know it was all down to Elizabeth Montgomery's nose. That little wiggle she did to perform her ...
17 years ago
Bewitched [PG]
A Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down
Glenn Watson
There are some pleasures that are truly underrated – like a nice cup of tea and a sit down for instance. Or indeed a Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down, Nicey and Wifey's entertaining and informative ...
17 years ago
A Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down
Unleashed [18]
Glenn Watson
Unleashed is full of surprises. A high-octane martial arts melodrama, set in Glasgow, with arthouse flourishes, Oscar-winning talent, and stars from at least three continents. The result? A ...
17 years ago
Unleashed [18]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [PG]
Glenn Watson
Dir: Tim Burton Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore Take Roald Dahl, Johnny Depp and Tim Burton and melt them all together. What do you get? A dark and milk confection which, if not exactly a box of ...
17 years ago
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [PG]
Madagascar [U]
Glenn Watson
Noisy, bouncy and fun, summer CGI kid's flick Madagascar bursts onto screens like Tigger with A levels. For this is a Dreamworks pic (the stable that reared the Shrek films) - and that means jokes, ...
17 years ago
Madagascar [U]
Art
Glenn Watson
The art of friendship is the theme of this week's play at the New Theatre - Yasmina Reza's celebrated 'Art'. This three-hander has almost constantly done the rounds, with different casts, since it ...
17 years ago
Art
War Of The Worlds [12A]
Glenn Watson
With multiplexes the world over packed with CGI megaboom movies you'd be forgiven for thinking ‘seen one, seen ‘em all'. So, the arrival of Tom Cruise hottie War of the Worlds may not arouse that ...
17 years ago
War Of The Worlds [12A]
Batman Begins [12A]
Glenn Watson
dir: Christopher Nolan, 2005
Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Katie Holmes, Liam Neeson
The Bat is back. Eight years after the franchise crashed-out in camp catastrophe, Brit director ...
17 years ago
Batman Begins [12A]
Mr and Mrs Smith [15]
Glenn Watson
You geddit of course? Such an anonymous moniker for two of the most celebrated faces on the planet? Well, that about sets the light-hearted tone for this ultra-slick action romantic comedy in which ...
17 years ago
Mr and Mrs Smith [15]
Sin City [18]
Glenn Watson
Robert Rodriguez is the Texan king of cool. The kinda guy who cuts cult movies in his garage (El Mariachi). The sorta guy who makes movies for bar-room boys (From Dusk Till Dawn), ass-kicking kid ...
17 years ago
Sin City [18]
The Interpreter [12A]
Glenn Watson
In an age of popcorn no-brainers and by-the-books movie-making, The Interpreter makes a refreshing change. Intelligent, tense and thought-provoking, it's a thriller that makes for demanding and ...
17 years ago
The Interpreter [12A]
Kung Fu Hustle [15]
Glenn Watson
With Kung Fu Hustle, you may think you've seen something like it before, but you haven't. Think a live action Tom and Jerry cartoon made by the quirky mind of Jean Pierre Jeunet (Delicatessen) and ...
17 years ago
Kung Fu Hustle [15]
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior [18]
Glenn Watson
It's not every day you witness the arrival of a screen phenomenon. But with Thai movie Ong-Bak, worldwide audiences get the first chance to see the astounding physical abilities of Tony Jaa, martial ...
17 years ago
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior [18]
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous [12A]
Glenn Watson
In 2000's Miss Congeniality, Sandra Bullock's FBI tomboy went undercover at the Miss America beauty pageant and saved the day – scoring a come-back comedy hit in the process. In Miss Congeniality ...
17 years ago
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous [12A]
Constantine [15]
Glenn Watson
Sometimes you head to the cinema expecting a treat and get a turkey. And sometimes there are films like Constantine, the comic-book derived supernatural-action-thriller starring Keanu Reeves…. ...
17 years ago
Constantine [15]
Hitch [12A]
Glenn Watson
Alex “Hitch” Hitchens (Will Smith) is the self-confessed cure for the common man – a New York 'date doctor' who helps shy men land the girls of their dreams. Hitch promises to steer hapless ...
17 years ago
Hitch [12A]
A Very Long Engagement [15]
Glenn Watson
In Amélie , French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet looked at love through the eyes of Audrey Tautou's ingénue waitress. In A Very Long Engagement Audrey's more mature eyes look for it again – this ...
17 years ago
A Very Long Engagement [15]
The Polar Express [U]
Glenn Watson
What is the most popular Christmas book for kids in America? The answer, by all accounts, is “The Polar Express” by illustrator/author Chris Van Allsburg ( Jumanji ). The festive tale about a ...
17 years ago
The Polar Express [U]
House of Flying Daggers [15]
Glenn Watson
In ninth century China, secret rebel forces are rallying against an oppressive government. The most enigmatic is the so-called House of Flying Daggers. But who are these lethal knife-throwers? Police ...
18 years ago
House of Flying Daggers [15]
Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason [15}
Glenn Watson
Bridget Jones is back. But the overweight, thirtysomething singleton isn't single anymore. Six weeks on from 2001's runaway success Bridget Jones' Diary, Bridget is still basking in the rosy glow of ...
18 years ago
Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason [15}
Shaolin Soccer [12A]
Glenn Watson
If you like football and love kung fu then you’ll undoubtedly have a ball with this madcap Hong Kong take on the beautiful game. If you hate football, wouldn’t know kung fu if it hit you but do ...
18 years ago
Shaolin Soccer [12A]
Man on Fire [18]
Glenn Watson
In Mexico City a wave of kidnappings is throwing the city into turmoil. Everyone who's anyone now has a bodyguard and the radical press suspects the authorities are turning a blind eye, or worse. ...
18 years ago
Man on Fire [18]
Hero [12A]
Glenn Watson
Zhang Yimou’s historical epic Hero finally reaches western screens two years after it was released in the east. Has it been worth the wait? With a top-notch cast and an Oscar-nominated (Raise the ...
18 years ago
Hero [12A]
The Terminal [12A]
Glenn Watson
Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks) arrives at a New York airport eager to see the Big Apple so he can fulfil the promise that's brought him there. Unfortunately for him while he was airborne his home ...
18 years ago
The Terminal [12A]
The Bourne Supremacy [12A]
Glenn Watson
The Bourne Supremacy is the sequel to 2002’s surprise hit The Bourne Identity starring Matt Damon as amnesiac former CIA assassin, Jason Bourne. Supremacy picks up the story two years after Bourne ...
18 years ago
The Bourne Supremacy [12A]
Open Range [12A]
Glenn Watson
Are the words "Kevin Costner Film" and "western" in the same sentence enough to put you off a trip to the cinema? Well, think again, or you'll miss a cinematic treat because Costner's latest ...
18 years ago
Open Range [12A]
Around the World in 80 Days [U]
Glenn Watson
Forget the 1956 classic film of Jules Vernes's novel. In fact, forget Jules Verne. What we have here is not a classic but unashamed, knockabout family entertainment - fast-paced, colourful and, well, ...
18 years ago
Around the World in 80 Days [U]
Troy [15]
Glenn Watson
With Troy, Homer's Iliad is given the big-screen treatment. A tale of ancient Greece, where pride and factions have led to years of war between Agamemnon, king of Sparta and Priam, king of Troy. An ...
18 years ago
Troy [15]
Delicatessen [15]
Glenn Watson
Delicatessen is the 1990 French black comedy from director Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie and the currently-in-cinemas A Very Long Engagement). A Jeunet film if ever there was one, Delicatessen is set ...
52 years ago
Delicatessen [15]
