|
IN ISSUE
# 598 OF FILM REVIEW...
Shaft
• Samuel L Jackson steps into the threads of John Shaft, the coolest
detective to ever walk the streets of New York City, for this brilliant update
of the iconic 1971 cop drama. We talk to him about popcorn movies, guns and
blood bags! Excerpts
online!
 Snatch • Film of the Month
• Lock, Stock director Guy Ritchie returns with a gem of a crime
caper starring Brad Pitt and Vinnie Jones. Film
Review met up with the cast and crew on the eve of the film's
premiere
 Me, Myself and Irene
• Jim Carrey teams up with the Farrelly brothers for this
split-personality slapstick romp. We quiz the star on his twin careers as comic
buffoon and serious actor
 Clint Eastwood on Space Cowboys
• Blast off with the veteran actor and director as a group of retired
astronauts is brought out of the OAPs' home and back into the space
programme
Scary Movie
• Rising star Carmen Electra on soaking her bra and panties for this
spoof, which targets not just Scream but also almost every other recent
horror and sci-fi hit
Kevin Bacon on Hollow Man
• The star of Paul Verhoeven's cool new sci-fi thriller about a scientist
who turns himself invisible, talks frankly about latex, SFX, voyeurism and
megalomania
| Reviews - your every film need catered for!
|
| This
bumper 50-page section covers: |
New
Movies:
29 in total, covering all the new UK cinema releases for September - with every
film mentioned above, plus: |
|
A musical with a difference as Dancer in the Dark, directed by Lars von Trier and
starring the inimitable Björk, sweeps into the cinemas |
| The long-awaited return of the
Coen Brothers! George Clooney stars in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, a
slapstick comedy about a trio of escaped convicts in 1930s
Mississippi |
Great British drama as Julie Walters takes on the role of a hard-nosed dance
teacher in Billy Elliott, the story of an 11-year-old boy who swaps his
boxing lessons for ballet classes |
| Our comprehensive section
At a Cinema Near You gives you the lowdown on 40
films still showing nationwide |
Reviews of the latest videos, books, CDs, DVDs and the very best film
websites |
|
  
|
PLUS!
- Whet your appetite for the best of next
month's new movies in Forthcoming
Attractions
- Three forthcoming cult movies get the
once-over in Things to Come
- Ten pages of the hottest movie news,
box-office charts in Despatches, plus a tribute to the late great Sir Alec
Guinness
- Take a look at the career of Hollywood
maverick Howard Hawks in Idol Chat
- Win a selection
of great videos, including Being John Malkovich, The Insider,
Magnolia and Three Kings. You can now enter
our competitions by phone, e-mail or postcard (UK callers only –
sorry)
- Saffron Burrows, the beautiful star of Mike
Figgis's Miss Julie and Timecode 2000, is this month's
Brit at the Back. This feature is online at Planet
Britain
- James Cameron-Wilson answers all your movie
questions in Film Facts, and looks at breaking
taboos from The Best Seat in the House
|
|
Pictures taken
from this issue are copyright: Buena Vista
International, 20th Century Fox, Columbia TriStar, Warner Brothers, Film Four,
UIP
Features © Visual Imagination Ltd 2000.
Not for reproduction.
|
VI DIRECT
STORES INFO |
