ReviewsOct 25, 2003
FINDING NEMO - DVD review
Pixar Studios, using 3-D computer graphics, have had an amazing succession of animated hits in the last few years with "Toy Story," "A Bug's Life," "Toy Story 2," "Monster's Inc.," and 2003's "Finding
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ReviewsOct 15, 2003
CITY OF GHOSTS - DVD review
"City of Ghosts," the 2003 dramatic thriller from star, cowriter, and first-time director Matt Dillon was a huge, huge box-office bomb. It looks to have been seen by more film critics than regular mov
ReviewsOct 04, 2003
LIPSTICK - DVD review
Movies about rape are almost always losing propositions. If you depict a rape onscreen, then you run the risk of sensationalizing the act and titillating the audience. However, if the rape occurs offs
ReviewsAug 25, 2003
LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW - DVD review
One of the best-known literary pieces of American horror is the Washington Irving tale The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Everybody knows the story of Ichabod Crane and his fateful encounter with the legend
ReviewsAug 13, 2003
SONNY - DVD review
Charlie Chaplin paved the way. Clint Eastwood and Robert Redford made a successful transition. So did Mel Gibson, Kevin Costner and most recently, George Clooney and Ethan Hawke. Successful actors are
ReviewsJul 31, 2003
CHICAGO - DVD review
It's good to see the Hollywood musical finally rising from the dead, where the genre lay moribund for close to thirty years until the advent of "Moulin Rouge" in 2001. It's ironic, though, that one of
ReviewsJul 21, 2003
CURLY SUE - DVD review
This is a mood movie. Not the movie's mood. Your mood while you're watching it. If you've got the itch for a syrupy, sentimental, blatantly manipulative film experience, then "Curly Sue" is just your
ReviewsJul 15, 2003
PINOCCHIO - DVD review
In Italian writer Carlo Collodi's 1882 fairy tale, Pinocchio is a puppet, a wooden marionette in the form of a child. In Roberto Benigni's 2002 remake of the tale in which Benigni stars as the puppet,
ReviewsJun 22, 2003
POPEYE - DVD review
In the documentary film "A Decade Under the Influence," Robert Altman remarks, "I'm not interested in stories. " Presumably, he meant he is more interested in characters and their relationships than i
ReviewsMar 16, 2003
WEST SIDE STORY - DVD review
"West Side Story" won everything in sight when it was released in 1961, including Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director (Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins), Best Supporting Actor (George Chakiri
ReviewsMar 16, 2003
WEST WING: THE COMPLETE 2ND SEASON - DVD review
Physically, the West Wing is an office building located within the White House compound that holds the President's Oval Office and the offices of the President's support staff. Historically, it was bu
ReviewsMar 07, 2003
SORDID LIVES - DVD review
There are probably better things a person could do with his time than spend it watching the boorish comedy, "Sordid Lives. " You could, for instance, sit cross-legged in the middle of your living room