| Date | Movie | Rating | Summary | Average |
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| Sun 18 Aug 2002 | Minority Report (2002) | 4 | Good premise, good promise. Movie sucks though.
OK. I'm going to make a statement, and it's a contentious one, I know; but I have to get it... (more) | 6.50 (4 ratings) |
| Thu 8 Aug 2002 | Alice in Wonderland (1951) | 8 | Classic book. Classic movie. Classic Disney.
I've long been a fan of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Lewis Carroll book on which this Disney movie is... (more) | 8.00 (1 rating) |
| Thu 8 Aug 2002 | The Weatherwoman Returns (1996) | 4 | Nice try, but not quite
The Weatherwoman Returns, a staple of late-night Australian TV, is the sequel to A Weatherwoman (1995), itself an oft-repeated piece... (more) | 4.00 (1 rating) |
| Sun 4 Aug 2002 | I Am Sam (2001) | 7 | Saved by good performances
Playing someone who is disabled, or at least 'different' in some way, has always been acknowledged as the easiest route... (more) | 7.00 (2 ratings) |
| Sun 4 Aug 2002 | The Sweetest Sound (2001) | 7 | Impressively undull
Sometimes, a documentary movie is clearly just a self-indulgent wank for the documentary maker. The maker has just taken a... (more) | 7.00 (1 rating) |
| Sun 4 Aug 2002 | Gosford Park (2001) | 8 | Clichéd but clever
Gosford Park is proof that even the most tired concept for a movie (or, in this case, concepts) can be... (more) | 8.00 (1 rating) |
| Fri 2 Aug 2002 | Almost Elvis (2000) | 8 | Strangely Fascinating
OK. I'll start off by saying that I've never understood the charm of Elvis Aaron Presley. I mean, in the... (more) | 6.00 (2 ratings) |
| Fri 2 Aug 2002 | No Strings Attached (2002) | 6 | Dorky Dorky Air Guitar
No Strings Attached is a short documentary following two wannabe air-guitar champions, JJ Speedball and Slurvie Ray Vaughan, as they... (more) | 6.00 (2 ratings) |
| Thu 1 Aug 2002 | Strike of the Panther (1988) | 1 | Good Lord, I think I'm blind
You know sometimes you see a movie that's so terribly bad that it's actually good? Like Plan 9 from Outer... (more) | 1.00 (1 rating) |
| Tue 23 Jul 2002 | Dirty Deeds (2002) | 6 | Another Aussie letdown (sort of)
Dirty Deeds left me very much with mixed feelings. As is so often the case with an Aussie film, it... (more) | 6.00 (2 ratings) |
| Fri 19 Jul 2002 | Amélie (2001) | 10 | I'm still smiling
Every now and again, there's a movie that comes along (and I'm trying very hard not to sound like a... (more) | 9.67 (3 ratings) |
| Mon 8 Jul 2002 | All The President's Men (1976) | 8 | One for the history buffs
OK. So I'll freely admit that when it comes to politics, I'm a junkie. The "corridors of power" have always... (more) | 8.00 (1 rating) |
| Mon 24 Jun 2002 | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) | 9 | A childhood favourite revisited
Needless to say, I love this movie (but then again, who doesn't?) I must have seen it fifty times as... (more) | 9.00 (3 ratings) |
| Mon 17 Jun 2002 | Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) | 8 | Incredible story, incredible acting
The "stolen generations" of Aboriginal children, plucked from their homes throughout a good portion of the 20th century for their... (more) | 8.00 (3 ratings) |
| Thu 13 Jun 2002 | The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) | 5 | ‘Bleh’ pretty much sums it up
Guy Pearce is, indeed, a funny one. One day, several years ago now, I was sitting in a motel room... (more) | 5.00 (1 rating) |
| Wed 12 Jun 2002 | Spider-Man (2002) | 9 | As good as we'd hoped
Big Hollywood 'blockbusters' (the kind that are always designated as such long before they come out) have always left a... (more) | 8.00 (3 ratings) |
| Wed 29 May 2002 | A Beautiful Mind (2001) | 8 | The boy can act
Ahhh, Russell. The Kiwi every Australian loves to call their own; the ultimate lad-next-door, nice enough to take home to... (more) | 8.67 (3 ratings) |
| Mon 27 May 2002 | Spy Kids (2001) | 7 | Grown-up kids' movie
Spy Kids is one of those weird films where you hear nothing but good reviews about it, but your brain... (more) | 6.50 (2 ratings) |
| Mon 27 May 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) | 7 | A marked improvement
I'm not sure I'm sold on the whole Star Wars concept. Sure, I'm a fan of the 'original' trilogy; not... (more) | 7.33 (3 ratings) |
| Mon 27 May 2002 | Iris (2001) | 9 | Could get tears from a rock
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. A grand-sounding name. A name worthy of a group of wise folk... (more) | 9.00 (2 ratings) |
| Thu 23 May 2002 | The Hard Word (2002) | 5 | Fundamentally Disappointing
This movie promised so much. A great cast (Guy Pearce, Rachel Griffiths, Joel Edgerton) should have made for a classic... (more) | 6.00 (3 ratings) |
| Wed 19 Dec 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) | 9 | Another Instant Masterpiece From The Coens
No, The Man Who Wasn't There isn't some new remake of the age-old "invisible man" plotline: it is, in fact,... (more) | 8.67 (3 ratings) |
| Mon 10 Dec 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) | 9 | Fans Won't Be Disappointed
Well, I think it's fair to say that Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (or Harry from here on in)... (more) | 7.67 (3 ratings) |
| Wed 29 Aug 2001 | He Died with a Felafel in his Hand (2001) | 5 | Classic book, not-so-classic film
He Died With A Felafel In His Hand is the film adaptation of the hugely successful John Birmingham novel of... (more) | 5.00 (2 ratings) |
| Mon 2 Jul 2001 | Josie and the Pussycats (2001) | 7 | More enjoyable than it oughta be
Josie (as I will hereby refer to it) is certainly a movie that has divided critics far wiser than I.... (more) | 7.00 (2 ratings) |
| Wed 6 Jun 2001 | State and Main (2000) | 9 | So very very clever
Hollywood is funny. There are no two ways about it -- you can always get a laugh from the American... (more) | 9.00 (1 rating) |
