http://hdl.handle.net/2328/3303 2013-05-22T06:41:37Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/8056 Title: "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" directed by Chris Carter [review] Authors: Prescott, Nicholas Adrian Abstract: The X-Files was of course a twentieth-century television phenomenon. From its beginnings in the early 1990s it became a true pop-culture goliath, with fan-sites all over the internet, an overwhelmingly vocal fan-base that helped to research and generate storylines, multiple adaptations into computer games, comic-books, fan literature and finally the inevitable big-screen, big-budget adaptation in 1998. 2008-07-24T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/8055 Title: "The Hulk" directed by Louis Leterrier [review] Authors: Prescott, Nicholas Adrian Abstract: In 2003, Taiwanese director Ang Lee (of all people) made a new entry into the comicbook filmmaking franchise with his version of the angry green fellow, the Incredible Hulk. Lee, at that time most famous for his intimate family dramas, and a few years later to make a huge splash with Brokeback Mountain, seemed the oddest choice of director to be matched with such a project, and in my opinion the 2003 film really didn't work. Eric Bana seemed miscast as Bruce Banner/The Hulk, and Jennifer Connelly struggled somewhat amidst all the CGI crash-and-bang. Despite one or two engaging action set-pieces, much of Lee's version seemed just plain silly to me, and to many other critics besides. 2008-06-12T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/8054 Title: "The Brave One" directed by Neil Jordan [review] Authors: Prescott, Nicholas Adrian Abstract: There’s arguably no film more disappointing than one that demonstrates just how intelligent and well made it can be, only to betray that intelligence by selling out to lowest-common-denominator elements in the end. The Brave One is, sadly, just such a film; it begins evocatively and develops intelligently, only to end preposterously. So near, as they say, and yet so far. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/8053 Title: "Ten Canoes" directed by Rolf de Heer [review] Authors: Prescott, Nicholas Adrian Abstract: For over two decades now, Rolf de Heer has shown himself to be one of Australia’s most groundbreaking, idiosyncratic, intelligent and unpredictable filmmakers. With projects as diverse and unusual as Dingo, Bad Boy Bubby, The Quiet Room and The Tracker to his credit, de Heer’s filmography is about as challenging and as artful as they come. With his most recent work, Ten Canoes, the director may well see his reputation expand as one of the most significant Australian filmmakers ever to have worked in the industry. 2006-06-01T00:00:00Z