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When the boyfriend passes away, Morvern Callar may play

By Andy Klein
Jul 17, 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 (roughly) "Mawvin Calla" (like the lily). Although some sources claim that "morvern callar" is Scots for "quieter silence," the words don't show up in online...
Hollow Man

Billy Bob comes close to nothingness in the curiously titled Levity

By Andy Klein
Jun 19, 2003

Nobody can convey more, doing nothing, than Billy Bob Thornton. His minimalist style is appropriate for the ironically named Levity, but what is conveyed never quite generates the emotional charge of Sling Blade or Monster's Ball. Writer-director Ed Solomon is best known as the screenwriter of the two Bill &...
Neo Sparrin'

Keanu Reeves and the Wachowski brothers deliver a fresh helping of May tricks

By Andy Klein
May 15, 2003

Talk about tough acts to follow: The original 1999 Matrix, a critical and commercial smash, came almost as a revelation out of nowhere -- if the combination of Joel Silver, Warner Bros., and roughly 60 million bucks qualifies as "nowhere." After more than four years, The Matrix Reloaded -- the...
Chow Time

It's no art movie, but Bulletproof Monk finally gives American audiences the real Chow Yun-Fat

By Andy Klein
Apr 17, 2003

Bulletproof Monk may not be high art, but at least it has the distinction of being the first Hollywood production that gives an inkling of why Chow Yun-Fat became Hong Kong's greatest leading man some 17 years ago, after his irresistible supporting performance in John Woo's breakthrough, A Better Tomorrow...
The King Is Dense

There's more to Stephen King's Dreamcatcher than will fit in its confusing cinematic adaptation

By Andy Klein
Mar 20, 2003

Lawrence Kasdan directs and co-writes (with William Goldman) Dreamcatcher, the latest addition to the Stephen King adaptation genre, currently at 74, including film and TV, and counting. Taking the Internet Movie Database as a source, this puts King handily ahead of Michael Crichton (23) and Bram Stoker (38), closing in...

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