Movie Gazette

Reviews Featuring Josh Hartnett

40 days and 40 nights
While Hartnett is a good male lead, he doesn't quite pull it off (no pun intended) successfully in this quirky movie about sex. It's not over funny and certainly nothing new. Complete with hugely predictable 'does he get the girl?' ending and over the top characters - as a romantic comedy, it succeeds at entertaining, if only barely.

Hollywood Homicide
Jaded LA homicided detective Joe Gavilan has seen it all before and is surprised by nothing - which is just how you will feel after viewing this tired old hokum.

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

Pearl Harbor
It’s big, it’s loud, and it’s a bit of an all-American mess – but it’s not quite as bad as you might expect.

Wicker Park
Expertly-directed but sadly mis-cast, this engaging romantic thriller brings us less a love triangle than a love dodecahedron – so make sure you’re paying attention if you don’t want to end up lost!

Sin City
It’s packed to the gunnels with sex and violence but, after all the hype, inflicting this level of disappointment upon us is the biggest sin of all.

The Virgin Suicides
A sign of better things to come as Sofia Coppola loses her directorial virginity with this sad, absorbing adaptation.

News Items For Josh Hartnett

Oscar actress inspires cinema bid
Film festivals co-organised by Tilda Swinton and held in Nairn are an inspiration to a group that wants to reopen a cinema.

Honour for South Korean actress
South Korean actress Jeon Do-yeon receives one of France's top art awards at a film festival in her home country.

Autistic impressions
Hollywood movies rarely deal with disability - except for autism, when characters are shown as unusually intelligent. Why do we like to think everyone with autism is blessed with special abilities?

Monaco Grand Prix photos
Pictures from F1's most glamorous race in Monte Carlo

Hartnett released from hospital
Hollywood actor Josh Hartnett is recovering at home after suffering gastrointestinal problems.