Talking smack wreaks high school havoc in Mean Girls
By Gregory Weinkauf,
April 29, 2004
One thing few may mention about Mean Girls is that it could have been unrelentingly terrible. It isn't -- it's actually pretty fabulous on its... More>>
The brothers behind Heathers and Mean Girls discuss the evolution of wicked-chick flicks
By Gregory Weinkauf,
April 29, 2004
"Thirteen is The Big Lie!" declares Daniel Waters, about midway through a dual interview with him and his brother, Mark. He's referring to the... More>>
A well-meaning ode to golf's first legend ends up in the bunker
By Bill Gallo,
April 29, 2004
Pour a couple of old-fashioneds into the average golf historian, and it won't be long until he gets misty-eyed over Robert Tyre Jones Jr.
Jones... More>>
Laws of Attraction is so generic, it oughta be illegal
By Robert Wilonsky,
April 29, 2004
Laws of Attraction is the kind of film you might mistake for "cute" or "charming" at first glance. Maybe you will open the paper and spot the ad... More>>
This may sound an eensy bit hyperbolic, but dig: Mayor of the Sunset Strip is the greatest rock 'n' roll movie of all time.
Of course, as with... More>>
I am going to give 13 Going on 30 too much credit, though it's hardly worth the effort; Lord knows the filmmakers didn't put much into it. It's a... More>>
A sweet German film pokes fun at East Berlin life after communism
By Melissa Levine,
April 22, 2004
If you were a college-aged East Berliner in October of 1989, chances are that your time was occupied by one of several things. Protesting comes... More>>
The Bride's back for blood, this time without the mess
By Robert Wilonsky,
April 15, 2004
The six-month intermission is over; those of you left in the lobby, wondering if Uma Thurman ever did kill Bill, may now return to your seats and... More>>
Even cast as an aging Elvis, Bruce Campbell must do battle with the evil, undead Bubba Ho-tep
By Luke Y. Thompson,
April 08, 2004
In the beginning, there was The Evil Dead, and Stephen King looked down upon it and saw that it was good. Then God said, "Let there be Evil Dead... More>>
The Girl Next Door looks familiar, but at least her admirers are new
By Luke Y. Thompson,
April 08, 2004
It's a measure of continual cultural desensitization that The Girl Next Door plays like a remake of 1983's Risky Business, yet very little of it... More>>
The Rock tries on Joe Don Baker's shoes for size, and they don't quite fit
By Luke Y. Thompson,
April 01, 2004
Before Star Wars and Indiana Jones, audiences thrilled to an epic big-screen trilogy of a different sort: the tale of one righteous lawman and... More>>
Intermission kicks through the debris of modern Ireland
By Gregory Weinkauf,
April 01, 2004
As a proud sponsor of the Colin Farrell media blitz, Intermission opens on the lad's salable mug, basically sporting the same buzz-cut 'n' tats... More>>
Tom Hanks steals the Coens' latest by playing -- get this -- funny
By Robert Wilonsky,
March 25, 2004
The Ladykillers is the second film in as many years made by Joel and Ethan Coen to fill space between pet projects that seem to run off leash;... More>>
Family man Smith goes soft in a story about a Girl
By Robert Wilonsky,
March 25, 2004
Jersey Girl, the sixth film by writer-director Kevin Smith, is the least Kevin Smith-y film he's ever made, which will be welcome news to those... More>>
Inside the Spotless Mind is a big and beating heart
By Robert Wilonsky,
March 18, 2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, in which a man has recollections of a soured relationship erased from his brain, may be the most romantic... More>>
An Afghan girl faces the terror of life under the Taliban
By Melissa Levine,
March 11, 2004
If you were expecting the first film to emerge from Afghanistan since the defeat of the Taliban to be even remotely celebratory, you'll have to... More>>
Based on Spartan, it would seem the master of macho dialogue has lost his touch
By Luke Y. Thompson,
March 11, 2004
The problem with Spartan isn't so much that it's mediocre, but that it could be a whole lot better. Unlike writer-director David Mamet's last... More>>
Like America's current leaders, Viggo and Hidalgo try to "enlighten" the Arabs with Western justice
By Bill Gallo,
March 04, 2004
At first glance, Hidalgo seems to be nothing more than an old-fashioned, flat-footed adventure epic plunked down on a vast stretch of desert and... More>>
Mel Gibson's Passion is more torture-test than devotional
By Robert Wilonsky,
February 26, 2004
This Jew has spent several hours in the past week reading all four Gospels, as well as various supplementary (and often inflammatory) texts, upon... More>>
