S&S: November 2003

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

November 2003

Vol. 13 No. 11

9 Dead Gay Guys

UK - 2002 - 83m - col

Guerilla (18)

D: Lab Ky Mo
Audio: 5.1

Bad Boys II

USA - 2003 - 147m - col / scope

Columbia TriStar (15)

D: Michael Bay
Series: Bad Boys (1995, Jul/1995).
Audio: 7.1

Blackball

(USA: National Lampoon’s Blackball)

UK - 2003 - 97m - col

Icon (15)

D: Mel Smith
Audio: 5.1

El bonaerense

Argentina/Netherlands/France/Chile - 2002 - 102m - col / scope

Soda (15)

D: Fabio Trapero
Audio: 5.1

The Boy David Story

UK - 2002 - 100m - col

Armac (PG)

D: Alex McCall
Audio: 5.1

Bright Young Things

UK - 2003 - 106m - col / scope

Icon (15)

D: Stephen Fry
Audio: 5.1

Calendar Girls

UK/USA - 2003 - 108m - col / scope

Buena Vista (12A)

D: Nigel Cole
Audio: 5.1

Citizen Verdict

UK/Germany/USA - 2002 - 98m - col

Georgia (15)

D: Philippe Martinez
Audio: 5.1

Comandante

USA/Spain - 2003 - 99m - col

Optimum (PG)

D: Oliver Stone
Audio: 5.1

Crimson Gold

طلای سرخ

Iran - 2003 - 96m - col

ICA (12A)

D: Jafar Panahi
Audio: 5.1

Down With Love

USA/Germany - 2003 - 101m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Peyton Reed
Audio: 5.1

Emotional Backgammon

UK - 2003 - 94m - col

Emotional Backgammon Ltd. (15)

D: Leon Herbert
Audio: 5.1

Finding Nemo

USA - 2003 - 104m - col

Buena Vista (U)

D: Andrew Stanton
Converted to 3-D (7.1 audio) for a 2012 re-release.
Followed by: Finding Dory (2016, Aug/2016).
Audio: 6.1

Freddy vs. Jason

USA - 2003 - 97m - col / scope

Entertainment (18)

D: Ronny Yu Yan-tai
Series: Friday the 13th (1980, Jul/1980), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984, Sep/1985).
Audio: 5.1

Gigli

USA - 2003 - 121m - col / scope

Columbia TriStar (15)

D: Martin Brest
Audio: 5.1

The Hard Word

Australia/UK - 2002 - 104m - col / scope

Metrodome (18)

D: Scott Roberts
Audio: 5.1

Hollywood Homicide

USA - 2003 - 116m - col / scope

Columbia TriStar (12A)

D: Ron Shelton
Audio: 5.1

Intolerable Cruelty

USA - 2003 - 100m - col

UIP (12A)

D: Joel Coen
Audio: 7.1

It Runs in the Family

USA - 2002 - 109m - col / scope

Buena Vista (12A)

D: Fred Schepisi
Audio: 5.1

Kirikou and the Sorceress

Kirikou et la sorcière

France/Belgium/Luxembourg - 1998 - 74m - col

BFI (U)

D: Michel Ocelot
Followed by: Kirikou et les bêtes sauvages (2005), Kirikou et les hommes et les femmes (UK video: Kirikou and the Men and Women, 2012).
Dolby Stereo SR

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

USA/Germany - 2003 - 110m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Stephen Norrington
Audio: 5.1

The Lizzie McGuire Movie

USA - 2003 - 94m - col / scope

Buena Vista (U)

D: Jim Fall
Audio: 5.1

Long Way Home

[see: Raising Victor Vargas]

Matchstick Men

USA/UK - 2003 - 116m - col / scope

Warner (12A)

D: Ridley Scott
Audio: 5.1

Ned Kelly

Australia/UK/USA/France - 2003 - 110m - col / scope

UIP (15)

D: Gregor Jordan
Audio: 5.1

Okay

Denmark/Norway/Germany - 2002 - 97m - col

Metropolis (15)

D: Jesper W. Nielsen
Audio: 5.1

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

USA - 2003 - 101m - col / scope

Buena Vista (15)

D: Robert Rodriguez
Series: El Mariachi (1992, Sep/1993).
Audio: 5.1

Party Monster

USA/Netherlands - 2003 - 99m - col

Metro Tartan (18)

D: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Dolby Stereo

Raising Victor Vargas

USA/France - 2003 - 88m - col

Momentum (15)

D: Peter Sollett
Dolby Stereo SR

The Sin Eater
The Order

USA/Germany - 2003 - 102m - col
20th Century Fox (15)
D: Brian Helgeland
Audio: 5.1

Spellbound

USA - 2002 - 97m - col

Metrodome (U)

D: Jeffrey Blitz
Dolby Stereo SR

Talaye sorgh

[see: Crimson Gold]

This is Not a Love Song

UK - 2002 - 91m - col

Soda (18)

D: Bille Eltringham
Dolby Stereo SR

Time of the Wolf

Le temps du loup

France/Austria/Germany - 2003 - 113m - col / scope

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Michael Haneke
Audio: 6.1

Waiting for Happiness

Heremakono: En attendant le bonheur

France/Switzerland/Netherlands/Czech Republic - 2002 - 96m - col

Artificial Eye (U)

D: Abderrahmane Sissako
Dolby Stereo SR