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Chicago (2002)
Oh my god...
Why so popular? This film was excrutiating...from the wooden performances of the three leads to the marvellously awful singing of Mr Gere I have honestly no idea why this film is being lauded as it is...
Painful...very very painful...
Sting ...All This Time (2001)
Strangely uplifting
Filmed on September 11 2001, the concert was meant to be, in Sting's words, "a joyous occasion", a live concert featuring re-interpretations of some of his best songs from his villa in Italy. As the events of that day unfolded, the performance was clearly not going to go ahead as planned.
Most of the world's top performers, scheduled for concerts across the globe (quite rightly) cancelled their shows, the idea of fun and entertainment on that day became totally irrelevant.
Sting's scheduled performance was due to be a live webcast and clearly a lot of time and effort had been invested in it. Perhaps a day earlier, the show would have been quickly shelved. A day late, perhaps called off altogether.
Sting clearly struggles with his thoughts in the beginning, but after a nervous start with the haunting 'Fragile', he finds himself carried by the music, his mood shifts slightly as does that of the band, some members smiling, with the audience clearly warming to the strangely uplifting spirit of the night.
The Killing Edge (1984)
Worst movie ever...
What can I say? Rarely have I seen a film so completely devoid of plot, characterisation, acting ability or production skill...the post-apocalyptic premise is hackneyed and most of the film is supposed to be in real time making it even more tedious than it would otherwise be...generally, this film is a complete pile of crap. Unfortunately it's really so bad it's funny..."bye!"
Man in the Moon (1960)
Righty-ho Chaps!
If the British had ever mounted a moon exploration mission I wouldn't expect this film to be too far from the truth. Kenneth More plays Billy Blood, an everyman selected to be the first man on the moon by three crackpot 'NASTI' scientists who deem the trip too dangerous to be made by trained astronauts.
There follows a series of experiments, three jealous astronauts, a stripper girlfriend and a baked beans tin in the Australian Outback...
It's British, it's mad, and it's fanciful, if not a little wayward in parts..look out for a young Charles Gray enjoying himself as the upper-crust astronaut brainwashed into being Blood's new best friend...
"I say chaps, I shouldn't have had that last bit of tea and toast before take-off"...