James Mangold's latest looks scary, plays funny and might be genius for it
By Robert Wilonsky,
April 24, 2003
You can't be sure what to make of Identity for its first hour: Director James Mangold's initial foray into the horror genre plays so much like a... More>>
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>>
With Holes, Disney serves up more than the usual kiddie fare
By Bill Gallo,
April 17, 2003
The Harry Potter phenomenon has aroused in publishers and studio heads alike a sudden new appreciation for our children's needs. These people... More>>
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 minor furor attendant a Sundance... More>>
In Laurel Canyon, a little erotic temptation proves good for the soul
By Luke Y. Thompson,
April 10, 2003
Then 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>>
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>>
Colin Farrell is 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>>
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>>
It's hard to believe they were originally going to release Basic before bombs started falling over Baghdad; if it isn't the worst movie of 2003... More>>
Michael Petroni explores where we go Till Human Voices Wake Us
By Gregory Weinkauf,
March 27, 2003
Emerging from Till Human Voices Wake Us, it was easy to overhear some male viewers striving adamantly to put the film's metaphysical themes in... More>>
Friedkin tries -- and fails -- to make a French Connection with The Hunted
By Andy Klein,
March 20, 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>>