Northern Ireland's troubles explode in a new depiction of Bloody Sunday
By Gregory Weinkauf,
October 24, 2002
Listen up, retards: Killing time is over. Melt down your weapons, now, forever.
Wouldn't it be nice if that sentiment echoed around the world?... More>>
Gore Verbinski and Naomi Watts throw their hats into The Ring
By Gregory Weinkauf,
October 17, 2002
Much like a psychic, a cinema critic must look throug h a movie and see the other side. In the case of the new thriller The Ring -- a remake of... More>>
Buckeye brothers Joe and Anthony Russo plot a zany scam in Welcome to Collinwood
By Gregory Weinkauf,
October 17, 2002
Honestly, I've never been much into schmaltzy movies about the old neighborhood. The whole scene seems pretty hellish; all that cutesy talk about... More>>
Samuel L. Jackson makes light work of a familiar Formula
By Luke Y. Thompson,
October 17, 2002
As pharmacologist Elmo McElroy in Formula 51, Samuel L. Jackson initially sports a seriously silly fake Afro along with hippy-dippy threads that... More>>
"If the public's not interested, they don't have to buy!" sneers aging spoiled brat Amber (Madonna) to her uber-wealthy, idiotic friends in Swept... More>>
Good Lord, there hasn't been this much blond hair on screen since the Von Trapp children sang and danced their way across the Alps in The Sound... More>>
Brad Silberling's instincts are right about half the time, which means that, depending upon your point of view, his films are either half-empty... More>>
In Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki soars through the looking glass
By Luke Y. Thompson,
October 03, 2002
I might as well just come out and say it: Spirited Away is the best movie I've seen all year. Though it would be a masterpiece in any language,... More>>
Reese Witherspoon goes home to Alabama, and it ain't sweet
By Robert Wilonsky,
September 26, 2002
So there's no confusion, the star of Sweet Home Alabama is Reese Witherspoon, who graces the film's poster in full-body pout and appears on the... More>>
The boy-to-man adventure of The Four Feathers returns for a new generation
By Gregory Weinkauf,
September 26, 2002
Although his name sounds like an inventory notebook for candy bars, Heath Ledger is presently overcoming this confusion -- as well as the plight... More>>
Penny Lane grows up and looks kind of like her mom
By Robert Wilonsky,
September 19, 2002
In The Banger Sisters, Goldie Hawn plays Suzette, an aging groupie too stuck in a gloriously seedy past to move into the future. It's 2002, yet... More>>
The intentions outweigh the execution in Ice Cube's Barbershop
By Luke Y. Thompson,
September 12, 2002
For those with any kind of pop cultural memory, it's more than a little surprising to see Ice Cube in a movie like Barbershop. Not because it's a... More>>
In dreary Manchester, a revolution spawned heroes, martyrs and, most of all, myths
By Robert Wilonsky,
September 05, 2002
To misappropriate a choice comment from TV journalist turned music-biz impresario Tony Wilson, I'll just say, "Ian Curtis." If you know what I... More>>
When Robin Williams was America's favorite funnyman in films like Mrs. Doubtfire, it always felt a little strange admitting that the guy seemed... More>>
Feardotcom's thrills are all cheap, but they mostly work
By Luke Y. Thompson,
August 29, 2002
If you're looking for a horror film to revitalize the genre, keep looking. If you're looking for a horror movie with believable characters . . .... More>>
Simone pairs Pacino and Niccol in metaphorical mishap
By Robert Wilonsky,
August 22, 2002
Andrew Niccol keeps making the same movie over and over again, dressing it in slightly different clothes: the sleek charcoal Hugo Boss grays of... More>>
Our male and female pundits attend the press junket and then ponder the subtext of surfer girls
By Amy Freeman and Luke Y. Thompson,
August 15, 2002
LYT: Don't you find it interesting that Blue Crush director John Stockwell is on this whole girl-power kick, going off on the "sexist" guys who'd... More>>
The Scarlet Isle 
Tapeheads 
Ohio Players 
Tickle Me Elmo 
La Isla Bonita 
Crazy Taxi 
Steely Magnolias 
That '70s Movie 
Women Behaving Badly 
Alice Unchained 
Type Caste 
The South Falls, Again 
Coward's Quest 
Burr, Not Chilly 
Almost? Not Even. 
Cut Rate 
Deaf and Dope 
Bobby Love 
New Order World 
Photo Opportunity 
Fear the Creeper 
Team G-Attica 
Good Will Stunting 
Short Shrift 
Crush Groovin' 
