Articles by Erin Oke
Past Perfect
Daniel MacIvor
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
The feature film debut of Canadian theatre genius Daniel MacIvor utilises some of the structural innovations that are so characteristic of...
Spider
David Cronenberg
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Spider is an unrelentingly bleak portrait of one man's life viewed through the lens of his delusional mental illness. Dennis "Spider" Cleg...
Nowhere in Africa
Caroline Link
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Nowhere in Africa is a beautiful and moving film about a family of German Jews who flee Nazi Germany in 1938 and immigrate to Kenya. The fi...
Spy Kids 3D
Robert Rodriguez
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Despite a clever premise, Spy Kids 3D is more gimmick than good. This third instalment in the series focuses on Juni (Daryl Sabara), the yo...
The School of Rock
Richard Linklater
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
The School of Rock uses Hollywood’s tried and true formula of the loveable but down-and-out adult redeemed by his involvement with a...
The Fog of War
Errol Morris
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Errol Morris's (The Thin Blue Line, Mr. Death) latest documentary centres on a series of interviews with former U.S. Secretary of Defense R...
The Republic of Love
Deepa Mehta
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Canadian director Deepa Mehta's latest offering adapts Carol Shields' novel of the same name about lonely late night radio disc jockey Tom...
The Human Stain
Robert Benton
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
The Human Stain adapts Phillip Roth's outstanding novel of the same title about ageing professor Coleman Silk (Anthony Hopkins), whose life...