Kill Bill: Vol. 2 Sword-Swinging Sequel Segues Into Surprising Storytelling For all his flaws, Quentin Tarantino is—let's face it—a genius. His positively giddy enthusiasm for the film medium has created some of the [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 15, 2004 Read More “Say what one more time
Tokyo Godfathers Realistic, Romantic Mix In Offbeat Urban Fantasy Here in America, the Disney Corporation, the greatest stronghold of animation in the western world, continues to hemorrhage profits and forebode the end [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 08, 2004 Read More “If Angelina Jolie can adopt
Johnson Family Vacation Poor Timing And Familiar Plot Have Audiences Whining, “Are We There Yet?” Amazingly enough, Johnson Family Vacation was not produced by the UPN network. Had the film premiered on the network that gave us "The [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 08, 2004 Read More Alibi Publisher Christopher Johnson eatin’ right!
Postmen In The Mountains Less Is More In This Very Special Delivery From Asia Sometimes less is more. The new film Postmen in the Mountains, shot in 1998 but only recently delivered to America from China, is [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 01, 2004 Read More “Stupid capitalist mailmen are carrying Christmas catalogues right about now.”
Jersey Girl Making Lemonade Out Of Unwanted Lemons Ben Affleck has had an amazing career, nailing roles in hit films such as Good Will Hunting, Armageddon, Dogma and Changing Lanes. He's [...] Rachel Heisler \ Mar 25, 2004 Read More “It was the gambling and the whoring
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind Bittersweet Mixture Of Modern Love And The Mind'S Eye Proves Unforgettable With its unwieldy title taken from a poem by Enlightenment essayist Alexander Pope, it's clear that Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 18, 2004 Read More Yes
Japanese Story Getting To Know You, Getting To Know Myself She's a professional Australian geologist who lives life on her own terms. He's a Japanese businessman who isn't used to loud, take-charge, aggressive [...] Rachel Heisler \ Mar 11, 2004 Read More Toni Collette stars as David Bowie starring as Ziggy Stardust.
What Alice Found Teen Queen Hitchhikes To Heck In Intriguing Indie With its title liberally lifted from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass; and What Alice Found There, the sophomore outing by writer/director A. [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 11, 2004 Read More “I know what you’re thinking: Did she use five bullets or six ?”
The Dreamers Bertolucci Takes Us On A Historical Tour Of Sex And The Cinema At age 64, Bernardo Bertolucci (Stealing Beauty, The Sheltering Sky, The Last Emperor, 1900) is one of the last surviving members of the [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 04, 2004 Read More Inexplicably
My Architect Son'S Quest To Understand Father'S Love Is Built To Last Last Sunday, My Architect lost out to Fog of War at the Academy Awards in the Best Documentary Feature category. Their inclusion in [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 04, 2004 Read More “Mmmm. … Bricks.”