*Probably
should not have stuck with this to the end
**Perfectly OK -
pretty good
***Something special about this
****Top marks
WHAT WOMEN WANT (by Josh Goldsmith, Cathy Yuspa,
Diane Drake) (Mel Gibson, Helen
Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Ashley Johnson, Mark Feuerstein, Lauren Holly, Delta Burke,
Valerie
Perrine, Judy Greer, Sarah Paulson, Bette Midler, Richard Simmons, Martha
Stewart) Nancy
Meyers, 2001, US. BBC1, 1.1.04 *
SOUL TO SOUL (documentary) (Wilson Pickett, Ike & Tina Turner, Carlos
Santana, Mavis
Staples) Dennis Sanders, 1971, US/Ghana. BBC4, 2.1.04 **
WONDER BOYS (by Steven Kloves, from novel by Michael Chabon) (Michael
Douglas,
Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Robert Downey Jr, Katie Holmes, Rip Torn,
Richard
Knox, Jane Adams, Michael Cavadias, Richard Thomas, Alan Tudyk, Philip Bosco,
George
Grizzard, Kelly Bishop) Curtis Hanson, 2000, US. BBC2, 4.1.04 ***
CENTRAL STATION (by Marcos Bernstein, Joào Emanuel Carneiro, from story
by Walter
Salles) (Marília Pêra, Vinícius de Oliveira, Soia Lira, Othon Bastos, Otávio
Augusto, Stela
Freitas, Matheus Nachtergaele, Caio Junqueira, Socorro Nobre) Walter Salles,
1998,
Brazil/Fr (105.00). C4 (Sky+ from 23-24.11.03), 9-10.1.04 ***
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (by Frances Walsh, Philippa Boyens,
Stephen Sinclair, Peter Jackson, from trilogy by JRR Tolkien) (Elijah Wood, Ian
McKellen, Liv
Tyler, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Christopher
Lee, Billy
Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, David Wenham,
Brad Dourif, Andy Serkis) Peter Jackson, 2002, USA/NZ (179.00). DVD, 14-16.1.04 ***
WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND (by Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall from novel
by Mary
Hayley Bell) (Hayley Mills, Bernard Lee, Alan Bates, Diane Holgate, Alan Barnes,
Norman
Bird, Elsie Wagstaff, Diane Clare, Ronald Hines, Gerald Sim, Robert Palmer)
Bryan Forbes,
1961, UK bw (99.00). BBC2 (Sky+ from 19.1.04), 20.1.04 ***
HAPPINESS (by Todd Solondz) (Jane Adams, Jon Lovitz, Philip Seymour
Hoffman, Dylan
Baker, Lara Flynn Boyle, Justin Elvin, Cynthia Stevenson, Lila Glantzman-Leib,
Gerry
Becker, Rufus Read, Louise Lasser, Ben Gazzara, Camryn Manheim, Arthur J
Nascarella,
Molly Shannon, Ann Harada, Douglas McGrath, Marla Maples, Elizabeth Ashley) Todd
Solondz, 1998, US (134.00). C4 (Sky+ from 10-11.11.03), 23-24.1.04 ***
THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST (MIES VAILLA MENNEISYYTTÄ) (by Aki Kaurismäki) (Markku
Peltola, Kati Outinen, Juhani Niemelä, Kaija Pakarinen, 5, Annikki Tähti,
Anneli Sauli, Elina
Salo, Outi Mäenpää, Esko Nikkari, Pertti Sveholm, Matti Wuori, Aino Seppo,
Janne
Hyytiäinen, Antti Reini) Aki Kaurismäki, 2002, Finland/Ger/Fr (97.00). BBC4
(Sky+
from 30.1.04), 1.2.04 ***
STARGATE (by Dean Devlin, Roland
Emmerich)(Kurt Russell, James Spader, Viveca
Lindfors, Alexis Cruz, Mili Avital, Leon Rippy, John Diehl, Carlos Lauchu,
Djimon Hounsou,
Erick Avari, French Stewart, Gianin Loffler, Jaye Davidson, Christopher John
Fields, Derek
Webster, John Rhys-Davies) Roland Emmerich, 1994, US/Fr (121.00). BBC3 (Sky+
from
18.1.04), 6-7.2.04 **
STRANGE PLANET (by Emma-Kate Croghan, Stavros Kazantzidis)(Claudia Karvan,
Naomi
Watts, Alice Garner, Tom Long, Aaron Jeffery, Felix Williamson, Hugo Weaving,
Rebecca
Frith, Marshall Napier, Loene Carmen, Heidi McDonald, Harry Cripps, Rebel
Russell, Aaron
Jeffery) Emma-Kate Croghan, 1999, Aus (96.00). C4 (Sky+ from 1.2.04), 8.2.04 **
DESPERATE (by Dorothy Atlas, Harry Essex)(Steve Brodie, Audrey Long,
Raymond Burr,
Douglas Fowley, William Challee, Jason Robards Sr, Freddie Steele, Lee
Frederick, Paul E.
Burns, Ilka Grüning) Anthony Mann,1947, US bw (73.00). BBC2 (video from
26.10.02), 13-
14.2.2004 **
BLAST FROM THE PAST (by Bill Kelly, Hugh
Wilson)(Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek,
Dave Foley, Joey Slotnick, Dale Raoul, Don Yesso, Scott Thomson, Wendel Meldrum,
Richard Gilbert-Hill) Hugh Wilson, 1999, US (112.00). BBC2, 22.2.04 **
BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY (by Helen Fielding,
Andrew Davies, Richard Curtis, adapt. from Helen Fielding)(Renée Zellweger,
Gemma Jones, Celia Imrie, James Faulkner, Jim Broadbent, Colin Firth, Charmian
May, Hugh Grant, Paul Brooke, Claire Skinner, Felicity Montagu, Shirley
Henderson, Sally Phillips, James Callis, Charlie Caine, Gareth Marks, Patrick
Barlow, Rebecca Charles, Honor Blackman, Dominic McHale, Joan Blackham, Lisa
Barbuscia, John Clegg, Neil Pearson, Paul Ross, Emma Amos, Crispin
Bonham-Carter, Sara Stockbridge, Sarah Alexander, Max Digby, Joshua Manasseh,
Kia O'Hara, Ben Peyton, Stewart Wright, Dolly Wells, Mark Lingwood, Toby
Whithouse, David Cann, Lisa Kay, Sulayman Al-Bassam, Donald Douglas, Renu Setna,
Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Bates, Joseph Alessi, Rhydian Jai-Persad, Julian Barnes,
Salman Rushdie, Jeffrey Archer) Sharon Maguire, 2001, UK/Fr (97.00). Video,
29.2.2004 ****
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (by Steven Kloves, from novel by
JK Rowling)(Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Richard Griffiths,
Fiona Shaw, Harry Melling, Jim Norton, Veronica Clifford, James Phelps, Oliver
Phelps, Julie Walters, Bonnie Wright, Mark Williams, Chris Rankin, Tom Felton,
Jason Isaacs, Edward Tudor-Pole, Jenny Tarren, Robbie Coltrane, Tom Knight,
Heather Bleasdale, Isabella Columbus, Kenneth Branagh, Peter O'Farrell, Ben
Borowiecki, Harry Taylor, Matthew Lewis, Devon Murray, David Bradley, Alan
Rickman, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, Jamie Waylett, Jamie Waylett, Josh
Herdman, Miriam Margolyes, Gemma Padley, John Cleese, Hugh Mitchell, Alfred
Enoch, Eleanor Columbus, Sean Biggerstaff, Rochelle Douglas, Emily Dale,
Danielle Taylor, Warwick Davis, Violet Columbus, Luke Youngblood, Scott Fearn,
Gemma Jones, Shirley Henderson, Edward Randell, Sally Mortemore, Louis Doyle,
Charlotte Skeoch, Brendan Columbus, Robert Ayres, Alfred Burke, Helen Stuart,
Christian Coulson, Martin Bayfield, Robert Hardy, Jamie Yeats, Adrian Rawlins,
Geraldine Somerville, Leslie Phillips - voice, Julian Glover - voice, Toby Jones
- voice) Chris Columbus, 2002, US (173.00). Video, 6-7.3.2004 ***
COMMITTED (by Lisa Krueger)(Heather Graham, Casey Affleck, Luke Wilson,
Goran Visnjic, Patricia Velasquez, Alfonso Arau, Mark Ruffalo, Kim Dickens, Clea
DuVall, Summer Phoenix, Art Alexakis, Mary Kay Place, Dylan Baker, Wood Harris,
Laurel Holloman, Robert Acosta, Davina Lane) Lisa Krueger, 2000, US. BBC2,
31.3.2004 ***
HARRIET THE SPY (by Douglas Petrie, Theresa
Rebeck, from novel by Louise Fitzhugh, adapt. by Greg Taylor, Julie
Talen)(Michelle Trachtenberg, Gregory Smith, Vanessa Lee Chester, Rosie
O'Donnell, J. Smith-Cameron, Robert Joy, Eartha Kitt, Charlotte Sullivan, Teisha
Kim, Cecilley Carroll, Dov Tiefenbach, Nina Shock, Conor Devitt, Alisha
Morrison, Nancy Beatty, Mercedes Enriquez) Bronwen Hughes, 1996, US (100.00).
BBC1, 9.4.2004 **
SOUTH PARK: THE MOVIE (by Trey Parker, Matt Stone,
Pam Brady)(Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman, Isaac Hayes, Jesse Howell,
Anthony Cross-Thomas, Franchesca Clifford, Bruce Howell, Deb Adair, Jennifer
Howell, George Clooney, Brent Spiner, Minnie Driver, Dave Foley, Eric Idle, Nick
Rhodes, Toddy Walters, Stewart Copeland, Stanley G. Sawicki) Trey Parker, 1999,
US (81.00). C4 (video from 1.11.02), 10-11.4.2004 **
TOPSY-TURVY (by Mike Leigh)(Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville, Timothy Spall,
Allan Corduner, Eleanor David, Ron Cook, Sam Kelly, Dexter Fletcher, Shirley
Henderson, Nicholas Woodeson, Alison Steadman, Andy Serkis, Gary Yershon, Katrin
Cartlidge, Julia Rayner, Jenny Pickering, Kevin McKidd, Sukie Smith, Roger
Heathcott, Wendy Nottingham, Stefan Bednarczyk, Geoffrey Hutchings, Charles
Simon, Francis Lee, William Neenan, Adam Searle, Martin Savage, Kate Doherty,
Kenneth Hadley, Keeley Gainey, Kimi Shaw, Toksan Takahashi, Akemi Otani, Theresa
Watson, Lavinia Bertram, Togo Igawa, Eiji Kusuhara, Naoko Mori, Kacey Ainsworth,
Richard Coyle) Mike Leigh, 1999, UK (160.00). BBC2 (video from 25.12.02),
13-14.4.2004 ***
THE 51st STATE (by Stel Pavlou)(Samuel L Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Nigel
Whitmey, Robert Jezek, Emily Mortimer, Meat Loaf, Jake Abraham, Mac McDonald,
Aaron Swartz, David Webber, Michael J Reynolds, Sonny Muslim, Barbara Barnes,
Junix Nocian, Sean Pertwee, Michael Starke, Ricky Tomlinson, Rhys Ifans, Joan
Campion) Ronny Yu, 2001, US/UK. C4, 18.4.2004 **
FIGHT CLUB (by Jim Uhls, from novel by Chuck Palahniuk)(Edward Norton,
Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier, Richmond Arquette,
David Andrews, George Maguire, Eugenie Bondurant, Christina Cabot, Rachel
Singer) David Fincher, 1999, US/Ger (139.00). BBC2, 15.5.2004 *
ALMOST FAMOUS (Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Philip
Seymour Hoffman, Eion Bailey, Terry Chen, Erin Foley, Jason Lee, Patrick Fugit,
Zooey Deschanel, Peter Frampton, Michael Angarano, Noah Taylor, John Fedevich,
Mark Kozelek, Fairuza Balk, Anna Paquin, Olivia Rosewood, Jimmy Fallon, Liz
Stauber, Bijou Phillips, Jann Wenner) Cameron Crowe, 2000, US (122.00). ITV,
18.5.2004 **
ADAPTATION (by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman, from novel The Orchid
Thief by Susan Orlean)(Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Cara Seymour,
Tilda Swinton, Ron Livingston, Brian Cox, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jim Beaver, Judy
Greer, G Paul Davis, Doug Jones, Jay Tavare, Stephen Tobolowsky, Roger Willie,
Gary Farmer, Peter Jason, Gregory Itzin, Spike Jonze) Spike Jonze, 2002, US
(114.00). DVD, 26.5.2004 ****
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