When bad things happen to good kids, their Luck always holds
By Robert Wilonsky,
April 17, 2003
Better Luck Tomorrow, about Asian-American high-schoolers making good grades but up to no good, arrives with the furor (albeit minor--a rumpus,... More>>
In these Holes lives a wry, thrilling kids film (for adults, too)
By Bill Gallo,
April 17, 2003
The Harry Potter phenomenon--on the page, in the movies, at the bank--has aroused in publishers and studio heads alike a sudden new appreciation... More>>
Robert Duvall's vanity project Assassination Tango wastes his time and ours
By Luke Y. Thompson,
April 10, 2003
In 1997's The Apostle, Robert Duvall took on a subject near and dear to his heart: Southern Pentecostal preachers. No one would make the film for... More>>
Neil Jordan and Nick Nolte pull off a twitchy Gallic heist
By Gregory Weinkauf,
April 10, 2003
Imagine a large, dead Saint Bernard with its bones removed. Then visualize a hefty bellows inserted into it from behind, with a gorilla hopping... More>>
When the boyfriend passes away, Morvern Callar may play
By Andy Klein,
April 10, 2003
The title Morvern Callar may sound like an Edward Gorey book or a job designation for telephone solicitors, but it's actually a name--pronounced... More>>
A writer helps a New York City fireman mourn his Guys
By Robert Wilonsky,
April 03, 2003
The Guys is a simple movie about an overwhelming thing: grief suffered in the shadow of September 11. It has a small cast, but the camera stares... More>>
Colin Farrell's stuck in a Phone Booth. Shoot, already.
By Robert Wilonsky,
April 03, 2003
A man, peering through the scope of a sniper's rifle muffled by a silencer, holds hostage someone he considers an evildoer. They communicate via... More>>
Oh, look--another bad John Travolta movie. How original.
By Robert Wilonsky,
March 27, 2003
Couldn't believe they were going to release Basic before bombs started falling over Baghdad; if it isn't the worst movie of 2003 I've watched,... More>>
In Laurel Canyon, a little erotic temptation proves good for the soul
By Luke Y. Thompson,
March 27, 2003
When you see a glamorous movie star like Kate Beckinsale tying her hair back and wearing glasses, it's surefire shorthand that she's an uptight... More>>
Gurinder Chadha scores with a sporty crowd-pleaser
By Gregory Weinkauf,
March 27, 2003
It was only in 1967 that Great Britain struck from its jurisprudence the "common scold," essentially a crime of catty insolence for which the... More>>
Would-be auteur Mars Callahan stumbles on a Rocky road
By Andy Klein,
March 20, 2003
Once upon a time, a scuffling actor named Sylvester Stallone decided that the key to stardom was to write a screenplay as a perfect vehicle for... More>>
There's more to Stephen King's Dreamcatcher than will fit in its confusing adaptation
By Andy Klein,
March 20, 2003
Lawrence Kasdan directs and co-writes (with William Goldman) Dreamcatcher, the latest addition to the Stephen King adaptation genre, currently at... More>>
Apartheid didn't stand a chance against so many songs
By Robert Wilonsky,
March 13, 2003
Perhaps the most incomprehensible image from Lee Hirsch's documentary Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony is that of the smiling faces... More>>
Rose Troche uses the Altman method to reveal more suburban discomfort
By Bill Gallo,
March 13, 2003
What more can go wrong in suburbia? Director Rose Troche (Go Fish) wants us to know, and to that end she has recruited another army of wounded... More>>
Irréversible desperately attempts to turn the world upside down
By Gregory Weinkauf,
March 13, 2003
In nature, living things prey upon each other all the time. Humanity, on the other hand, has a choice. It's flouting this choice that turns on... More>>
Against all odds--and several plot implausibilities--director William Friedkin stages a comeback
By Andy Klein,
March 13, 2003
The Hunted pits Tommy Lee Jones against Benicio Del Toro in a battle of hand-to-hand, wit-to-wit fighting skills. Frankly my money would be on... More>>
Antoine Fuqua and Bruce Willis lend nobility to brutes
By Gregory Weinkauf,
March 06, 2003
John Shaft went to Africa, so why shouldn't Die Hard's John McClane? In the new action romp Tears of the Sun, Bruce Willis undertakes a jungle... More>>
Steve Martin almost gets Down with Queen Latifah, but they mostly strike out
By Luke Y. Thompson,
March 06, 2003
You know Internet dating has become totally mainstream when Disney cranks out a bland comedy featuring a randomly selected pair of mismatched... More>>
Michael Petroni explores where we go Till Human Voices Wake Us
By Gregory Weinkauf,
March 06, 2003
Emerging from Till Human Voices Wake Us, it was easy to overhear some male viewers striving to put the film's metaphysical themes in their place,... More>>
