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>>
The Hard Word is like most other heist films, only less so
By Robert Wilonsky,
July 17, 2003
The heist-film genre, especially in recent years, practices the most blatant brand of cinematic swindle. It's built on little more than pilfered... More>>
Mandy Moore's going to be around for a while--but that doesn't mean you should see her movies
By Bill Gallo,
July 17, 2003
So much for those crackpot theories about flighty teen-agers and their short attention spans. For four long years now the bland pop star Mandy... More>>
In the slick and handsome Pirates of the Caribbean, more is somehow less
By Gregory Weinkauf,
July 10, 2003
To prepare for reviewing Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, I did the obvious research: I watched Yellowbeard again. Yes,... More>>
Swimming Pool is many things at once, all of them good
By Jean Oppenheimer,
July 10, 2003
French director Francois Ozon doesn't like to repeat himself. His last film, 8 Women, was a theatrical, rather campy piece of fluff starring la... More>>
The Legend of Suriyothai gives 16th-century Thailand an epic identity
By Gregory Weinkauf,
July 10, 2003
If, in keeping with current fads, you seek movies featuring females kicking a bunch of ass, your appetite will be tended (and cultivated) at the... More>>
Much like "hilarious Islamic comedy" or "sublime Affleck picture," the term "terrific second sequel" isn't bandied about too much. Name one. Took... More>>
ABC-TV has penciled into its 2004 schedule a series based on the 2001 film Legally Blonde, for which a pilot has been shot starring someone named... More>>
Brad Pitt gets animated in a movie that's not--not really
By Robert Wilonsky,
July 03, 2003
DreamWorks' Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas pulls into port but a week before Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black... More>>
In Whale Rider, a Maori lass confronts her heritage and destiny
By Gregory Weinkauf,
July 03, 2003
Once in a while a film comes along that is as sound, smart, sweet and significant as can be, and Whale Rider is such a film. Fault the project on... More>>
Charlie's high-flying heroines kick ass, but not the sequel syndrome
By Luke Y. Thompson,
June 26, 2003
As the Columbia Pictures logo looms large in frame till its torch becomes the focal point, we find ourselves in what appears to be a tent full of... More>>
The Pang brothers want to feed your horror hunger, but some of their smorgasbord's stale
By Luke Y. Thompson,
June 26, 2003
There is one truly striking shock in the new made-in-Hong-Kong-by-Thai-directors horror flick The Eye, but unfortunately, directors Danny and... More>>
Stripped of pretention, Danny Boyle gets his mojo back in the zombie flick 28 Days Later
By Luke Y. Thompson,
June 26, 2003
It's the end of the world as we know it, and it's all PETA's fault.
Oh, we humored those wacky vegan extremists when they threw paint at rich... More>>
In Whale Rider, a Maori lass confronts her heritage and destiny
By Gregory Weinkauf,
June 26, 2003
Once in a while a film comes along that is as sound, smart, sweet and significant as can be, and Whale Rider is such a film. Fault the project on... More>>
Ang Lee's Hulk will eat up summer cash, but it's still an uneasy mix of brains and brawn
By Bill Gallo,
June 19, 2003
He's 12 feet tall. He's ripped. He's quick as a tiger and fierce as a dragon. Lit by his fury to a dull green glow, the guy is sheer, boundless... More>>
