Movie Gazette

Reviews Featuring Sam Shepard

Swordfish
Decent thriller with some fabulous cinematography and lots of action.

The Notebook
Goes straight past the heart-strings and hits you square on the upchuck reflex. It’s a sweet tale, but just far too sickly.

Black Hawk Down
A triumph of technique, a failure of storytelling.

Stealth
If the Academy ever see this one, they’ll be campaigning for Jamie Foxx to hand his Oscar back at the earliest possible opportunity. ‘Stealth’ is awful.

News Items For Sam Shepard

Carl Barat swaps guitar for stage
Carl Barat, formerly of The Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things, is putting aside his guitar to make his acting debut alongside Sadie Frost.

Actress Lange breaks collar bone
Oscar-winning actress Jessica Lange receives treatment for a broken collar bone sustained at her home in Minnesota.

Drink-driving arrest for Shepard
Oscar-nominated actor Sam Shepard is arrested for allegedly drinking and driving in the US state of Illinois.

In pictures: Venice Film Festival
The annual Venice Film Festival is in full swing.

Edinburgh comedy nominee line-up
Who are the five acts shortlisted for the 2006 if.comeddies, Edinburgh's leading comedy awards?