Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights Havana Nights Has It All—Revolution, Deceit, Love—But Most Of All It Has Dancing Dirty Dancing, the original, is a movie that sticks out in many girls' minds as one of the most amazing love stories of [...] Rachel Heisler \ Feb 26, 2004 Read More
Touching The Void Harrowing High-Altitude Doc Is As Easy As Falling Off A Mountain You know when you're watching a horror movie and you want to scream out to the people on screen, “No! You freakin' idiots! [...] Alibi \ Feb 19, 2004 Read More The hills are alive with the sound of music!
Monster Sympathy For The Devil The list of honorees at this year's Academy Awards is certainly one of the most depressing in years. It's not the quality of [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 19, 2004 Read More “I don’t know—what do you want to do?”
The Fog Of War Robert Mcnamara Answers The Question, “War: What Is It Good For?” In The Fog of War, the riveting new documentary by Errol Morris (Gates of Heaven, The Thin Blue Line, A Brief History of [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 12, 2004 Read More “I could crush you with this mighty hand.”
Miracle In The Arena It'S A Winner; Out Of The Arena It'S On Thin Ice The pleasantly sentimental sports drama Miracle begins with an under-the-credit montage of news footage spanning the decade 1970-79: Vietnam ends, Nixon quits, disco [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 05, 2004 Read More “ … And this is where the CIA periphery chip attaches to the main circuit board. Any questions?”
The Statement Nazi Thriller Not So Thrilling The controversial new thriller The Statement requires a certain suspension of disbelief from viewers. It's not the film's central conceit that the Catholic [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 05, 2004 Read More “Oi
The Triplets Of Belleville This Wordless Wonder Is A Weird, Witty Winner With all the hoopla surrounding the release of Pixar's Finding Nemo and with all of Disney's dour predictions about the end of “traditional” [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 29, 2004 Read More Madame Souza in the Land of the Fat People (a.k.a. America).
Girl With A Pearl Earring Painterly Picture Looks Pretty, Feels Pretty Slow Based on writer Tracy Chevalier's best-selling academic potboiler, Girl with a Pearl Earring is a slow, stoic but achingly beautiful glimpse into the [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 29, 2004 Read More “I would give thee this sack of cats for a kiss.”
The Company Altman Keeps Ensemble On Its Toes In Intimate Dance Drama As filmgoers—as film lovers—we can never truly forgive director Robert Altman for at least half of Kansas City, most all of Dr. T [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 22, 2004 Read More While filled with dance
Along Came Polly Familiar New Romcom Is A Case Of “Ben There, Done That” Seeing movies in January is a little like going to a hotel in the Third World: It's not necessarily going to be a [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 22, 2004 Read More “What do you mean you didn’t sleep with Cameron Diaz when you had the chance—I did!”
