In Matchstick Men, a father meets daughter and sets a paper moon ablaze
By Robert Wilonsky,
September 11, 2003
When Nicolas Cage plays still and sullen--a man possessed by self-loathing and melancholy in Adaptation, say, or the landlocked angel in City of... More>>
Cabin Fever revisits the gore flick, with obvious results
By Gregory Weinkauf,
September 11, 2003
Once upon a time there was a guy named Sam Raimi. He grew up in Michigan and made amateur horror movies. He stuck with his hobby, and now he's a... More>>
Most will deny it, but inside every grown man lurks a hypersensitive adolescent girl. Allow me to tell you all about mine and to share some of my... More>>
The 1990-'95 run of Saturday Night Live, when the show was a playground populated by, among others, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Dana Carvey,... More>>
Don't Tempt Me with this teasing battle for one man's soul
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August 21, 2003
Sin Noticias de Dios, retitled Don't Tempt Me for U.S. release, didn't fare too well in Spain upon its release there in December 2001, despite... More>>
Mondays in the Sun takes a whimsical look at unemployment on the coast of Spain
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August 21, 2003
Those who remember Javier Bardem as the heartthrob poet from Before Night Falls, or the distinguished detective in The Dancer Upstairs, may be... More>>
Campcharms, but it needs less talking and more singing
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August 14, 2003
The praising of Hollywood summertime cinema is the pastime of pale critics who, come late July, start to wonder what the strange yellow orb is... More>>
Ah, Paris--City of Light, of Love, of Liver Damage and Lung Cancer. C'est formidable, non? Who in need of a posh vacation would turn down the... More>>
In the dark, brilliant Buffalo Soldiers, men of war beat boredom by attacking each other
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August 07, 2003
Military clerk Ray Elwood (Joaquin Phoenix) is something of a modern-day Sergeant Bilko. Anything you need, he can get. Any scam that's possible,... More>>
Stephen Frears delivers accidental tourists caught up in Dirty Pretty Things
By Gregory Weinkauf,
July 31, 2003
It's a great pleasure to behold a chunk of art that's both dank and fresh at the same time, and this appraisal perfectly fits the superb Dirty... More>>
Jen and Ben get Gigli with it, and--lucky us!--we get to watch
By Luke Y. Thompson,
July 31, 2003
For a few minutes, at least, things don't look so bad. Watching Ben Affleck swagger around as the thuggish title character of Gigli ("Rhymes with... More>>
In Mexico's Lucía, Lucía, Cecilia Roth goes adventuring for her soul
By Bill Gallo,
July 31, 2003
From the lofty American vantage point, Mexico's New Wave filmmakers have materialized like magic, the unexpected fruit of a renaissance that even... More>>
Seabiscuit is a different breed of summer "ride" movie
By Jean Oppenheimer,
July 24, 2003
Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald asserted that "there are no second acts in American lives." But a horse named Seabiscuit and the three disparate men... More>>
It's the Spy Kids in 3-D, but where are Mom and Dad?
By Robert Wilonsky,
July 24, 2003
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over continues a fine tradition of turning third installments of film series into three-dimensional efforts; Amityville 3-D... More>>
