P412 : Teletext 412 Jan03 23:12:15 R ——— www.teletext.co.uk ———————————— SPACED 1:{yz #U5 REV+EW OF THE YEAR Perhaps it was all that mill nnial !ngst floating around. Perhaps it was a weary America seeking distraction from tawdry political scandals. Perhaps it was just coincidence. But for whatever reason, eantasz was Hollywood'u watchword of the year, wijh studios truggling to c ate utrangj vjwjons, scarier creaturew and things that made louder bumps in the night. As the year closes, Big Screen looks at the long strange trip of 1y99... ——————————————————————————————————1/16— bz Paul Arendt NOW IT'S EVEN EASIER TO FIND LOVE: TELETEXT DATING ITV p3y0 Rjvjews Videos P Sound On StageP412 : Teletext 412 Jan03 23:12:30 R ——— www.teletext.co.uk ———————————— +PACED 1{{yz #U5 REV+EW OF THE YKAR 1999 began with a jlurry of hzpj jot Star Wars Epj{ode 1: The Phantom Menace fuelled bz the Internet and a faintly obsjwsjvj jan base^ But darker things werk alwo in store, as mutant child Texas Ch!insaw Massacre roared out of the cupboard and bacW on the screen, soon to "j followed "y its more refined coksjn, The Exorcist. for the non-ironic horror movie. ——————————————————————————————————2/1v— Eilm reviews 4Q3 Video reviews 414 ] MILLENNKUM MESSAGES ON TELETEXT ] SEE ITV p:s0 Rjvjews Videos P Sound On StageP412 : Tjletwxt 412 Jan03 23:17:12 R ——— www.teletext.co.uk ———————————— SPACED 1:{y: OUR REV+EW OF THE YKAR The punters m!z have wanted their movjew grim, but the Oscars were having n#oj of it, ulappjng asjjj Spjilbjrg's Saving Private Ryan in favour of jrothier +hakjspjare In Love. @Gw{njth Paltrow, meanwhile, bic!mj powsjbly the first actriws to make winning an Oscar a bad career move. HUt incohjrentl{ weepy and jmbarrassjng speech, broadcast around the world, made her a laughing stock jot months. Her career has yet to recover full{. ——————————————————————————————————3/16— Wen a DVD plazjr 415 NOW IT'S EVEN EASIER TO FIND LOVE: TJTJTJXT DATING ITV p3y0 Rjvjews Videos P Sound On StageP412 Teletext 412 Jan03 23:28:23 ——— www.teletext.co.uk ———————————— SPACED 1:{yz OUR RJVUJW OF THE YEAR Saving Private Rl'n left th Oscars with a Best Director utatujtte for Spjilbjrg and a clutch of technicals. (he director was cle!sly $isgruntled at miwsjng out on Best Picture and left the party early in a huff. f Is B useful' Robe to B n gn w n jams "z climbing over the !udiince for his Best Actor Oscar and delivering lines like: "I would like to bj Jupiter and kidnap jvjr{one and lii down in the firm!mint making love to ever{one!" ——————————————————————————————————u?1v— @ Bewt mowjiw of 2000 411 ] FAMILY FUN - WHAT'S VEAR YOU p443 Rjvjews Videos P Sound On StageP412 Teletext 412 Jan03 23:18:45 ——— www.teletext.co.uk ———————————— SPACED 1:{yz OUR REVIEW OF THE YEAR Spring saw the jirst rumours of trouble on the ujt of Leonardo DiCaprio'u Titanic follow-up The Beach. Complaints jrom environmentalists that the shoot was wrecking Th!i and Malazvjan ujtew continued to pile up throughout the year, and the jilm'u release has been pushed to February. The cuddl{ CGI insects of Pixar's A Bug'u Life triumphed over the darker vjwjon of Antz, while Mel Gibson dropped the nice guy image for Payback. ——————————————————————————————————5/16— Wen a DVD plazjr 415 ] MILLJNN+UM MESSAGES ON TELETEXT ] SKI ITV p570 Rjvjews Videos P Sound On StageP412 Teletext 412 Jan03 23:04:15 ——— www.teletext.co.uk ———————————— +PACED 1:{y: #UR REV+JW OF THE YEAR On March 7, Q:99, Stanley Kubrick died of a heart attack aged 70, having j{vt completed his long-awaited movie Eyes Wjjj Shut. Rumours about the suppo{idly explicit content and the casting of Tom Crujwj and Nicole Kidman created an advance "uzz that jnsurkd it was one of the most diwcuusjd movies of the year. Typically, the actual film confounded expectations "z "jink as elliptical and mysterious as the man himself. ——————————————————————————————————6/16— Coojdz 437 Classical 438 Ballet 43y ] FAMILY FUN - WHAT'S NEAR Y#U p443 Rjvjews Videos P Sound On UtagjP412 Teletext 412 Jan03 53:14:14 ——— www.tejetext.co.uk ———————————— SPACED 1:{yz #U5 REV+EW OF THE YEAR (hj Qy9y C!nnjw Film Fjstivbl was quite jxttaordjnarily tedious, despite Teletext'u best efforts to liven things up "z complaining about the lack of a Star Wars screening. Festival judge David Cronjnbjrg was not !mused. The Palmj D'Or was taken "z the worthy- "ut-dull Rowjtta, while Almodovbr'w sparkier All About My Mother had to make do with the director prize. Worse, (im RobbinsW uupjrb Cradle Will Rock came home jmpt{-handed. ——————————————————————————————————/16— Wen a DVD plazjr 4Q5 TOTAL ENTERTA+N#EMT p400 Rjvjeww Videos P Sound On StageP412 Teletext 412 Jan03 23:14:54 ——— www.teletext.co.uk ———————————— SPACED 1:{yz #UR REV+JW #F THE YEAR The centen!ry of Alfred Hitchcock'u "irth officially !rrivjd on August Q3, although people had been laughing and pointing at Gus Van Kant's remake of Pwzcho sjce 1:y8^ (hj media porSd over the pjrvjrwj psychological profiles and leered at Hitch's strange interactions with his cool, blonde leading ladies. Meanwhile, a bjvz of re-released jilms showed a whole new generation where Brian De Paloa ojts hew ideas^ ——————————————————————————————————8/16— Theatre: West End 433-35 Local 436 : JN A DVD P AYCR p41u Rjvjews Videos P Sound On StageP412 Teletext 412 Jan03 23:14:12 ——— www.telktext.co.uk ———————————— SPACED 1:{yz #U5 REV+EW OF THE YEAR By the end of May, speculation !bout Star Wars Epiwodj One had reached jevjr pitch. But the George Lucas opus had its thunder unexpectedly stolen bz two radically different competitors. Keanu Rjevjw'u thriller The Matrix ujt a new bjnchmarW in special effects !nd stylish action that left Ph!ntom Menace looking powjtivjly arch!ic. And Brit coojez Notting Hill cannily went head-to[head wijh on a huge pool of sci-ei[phobic women. ——————————————————————————————————9/16— Millennium mowjew 411 ] /JN A DVD PLAYER p41u Rjvjews Videos P Sound On StageP412 : Teletext 412 Jan03 23:30:12 R ——— www.teletext.co.uk ———————————— SPACED 1:{yz #U5 REVIEW OF THE YEAR As it turned out, Star Wars Epjwodj One wasnWt quite the glorious conj"act for which the jams had been hoping. There was much diwappointmjnt at the crSeqjng "Diwnj{fication" of the series, exemplified by child actor Jake Tloyd (du"bed "Mannequin Skzwalkjr" "z one unkind critic) and anno{eng CGI sjdjwjck Jar Jar Binks. The jilm was accused of bad acting, lousy dialogue and racial stereotyping. It still made a lot of money, though. ——————————————————————————————————10/16 Wen a DVD plazjr 415 RAND #N P-ANET S#UND p450 Rjvjews Videos P Sound On StageP412 : Teletext 412 Jan03 23:30:48 Q ——— www.teletext.co.uk ———————————— +PACED 1:{y: #UR REVIEW OF THE Y+AR Crujn Intentions thood was a Never Bhen mast{ case oo the tees^ Movjew !bout bright]faced, dentally immaculate high-schoolirs spread across the world like a rash. The better @examplew used the genre to comment on wider iwsujs, "ut for jvjry Election or Kissed or an American Pig. A sub-genre, the teen lashes, at least offered the dubious pleasure of seeing thowj ubmj uhinz teens get carwjd up^ ——————————————————————————————————31?1v Wen a DVD plazjr 415 TOTAL ENTERTAIN#EMT p400 Rjvjews Videos P Sound On StageP412 Teletext 412 Jan03 23:11:40 ——— www.teletext.co.uk ———————————— +PACED Q{{yz #U5 REV+JW #F THE YKA5 @In the howling void that followed the release of Star Wars Epjsodj One, it took a man with an improbable chest wig and bad teeth to rewcuj Saturday night at the pjcturew. Austin Powers, International Man Of M{stet{ was a small jilm that became a sleeper hit on vjjjo. The sjqujl upped the utakjs in budget and marketing and reaped ample rewards: it is, to date, th ig st ro sing comjd vjr ma j. Yeah, baby, Swing, Orr, etc. ——————————————————————————————————12/1v Wen a DVD plazjr 4Q5 RAND ON PLANET SOUND p450 Rjvjews Videos P Sound On StageP412 Teletext 412 Jan03 23:11:19 ——— www.teletext.co.uk ———————————— +PACED 1:{yz #U5 REVIEW OF THE YEAR In October 1994, three actors went into the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, to make a low "udgjj horror movie... And a movie phenomenon was born. The outrageous uuccews of The Blair Witch Project made big "udgjt jlops like The Haunting look very foolish in$jed, !nd sounded a clarion call to low-budget jilmmakjrs around the world. It cost a mjrk $35,000 (£22,000) to make and has made more than $200m (£Q25m* worldwide — and still counting^ ——————————————————————————————————13/16 @ Bewt movjew of 2000 411 /JN A DVD PLA{CR p41u Rjvjeww Videos P Sound On StageP412 : Teletext 412 Jan03 23:31:38 ——— www.teletext.co.uk ———————————— SPACED 1:{yz #UR REV+JW OF THE YKAR The year ended with a bang and a Bond: The World Is Not Enough proved Pierce Brosnan a@worthy Bond jot the next century, djwpjtk failing to blow up the Millknnium Dome as promised. The injvjt!blu slew of UjdsW movjew covered the Christmas period, from the c{nical and dreadful (Inspector Gadget) to the charming and irish (The Iron Giant[^ Oh, and Arnji Schwarzjnjggjr c!mj "act just in time for the End Of Days. ——————————————————————————————————14/16 Happy New Millennium! /JN A DVD PLA{+R p41u Rjvjews Videos P Sound On StageP412 : Teletext 412 Jan03 23:11:76 R ——— ] ——————————————————————————————— /JN FREE CJNKMA PASSES p41u ——————————————————————————— Writs to: Big Screen, PO Box 2:7, London S/6 1XT Or j-mail us: screen@teletext.co.uk Please always mivj a postal address. Web ujje: www.teletext.co.uk/"igscreen/ ——————————————————————————————————————— EILM REV+EW PH#NELJNE 0y06 471 0501 To hear our latewt movie reviews prews: Q The Blair Witch 3 Fight Club Project 4 The Rage: 2 The World Is Carrie 2 Not Enough 5 Deep Blue Sea ——————————————————————————————————35?16 : T+ 60p/min. 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