dstewart Reviews

K-PAX (2001)

Excellent

[8/10 · 14 April 2002]

I hadn't heard much about this movie before it opened here in Ireland but I had seen it advertised on the Sci-Fi Wire Website. It wasn't quite what I expected, but a superb film nonetheless. Where a lesser film would have offered trite pre-packaged answers, K-PAX offers only questions. The performances were uniformly excellent. Spacey was brilliantly understated and Bridges effortlessly portrayed a man who had forgotten how important his family was to him but who remembered just in time.

We Stand Alone Together (2001 TV Movie)

In a way, this is the eleventh episode of Band of Brothers

[9/10 · 7 December 2001]

One of the things that set Band of Brothers apart from other war- based mini-series was the inclusion of interviews with the actual surviving members of Easy company. This 80 minute (when shown on BBC) programme allows us to get to know the real men behind the story and what they did with their lives after the War. So in a very real sense, this is the 11th episode in the series. The interviews were very moving. Almost 60 years on, the men involved are still very deeply affected by their experiences. Well worth watching. My one small complaint was that I found it difficult to associate the men being interviewed with the characters in the series. It might have been nice if some brief clips had been included, or a photo of the actor had been displayed. But that would probably have detracted from it.

Gladiator (2000)

This film MUST be seen on a big screen.

[10/10 · 7 June 2000]

Don't kid yourself that you can wait until the video comes out to see this movie. Gladiator cries out to be seen on a big screen. Scott's talent for stunning visuals is used to the full here.