Collateral Cruise Finds Himself Outfoxxed In Director Michael Mann'S New “Hack” Job After several years of panning for Oscar gold (Ali, The Insider, The Last of the Mohicans), director Michael Mann returns to his crime [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Aug 12, 2004 Read More Is that Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles? Stop the car!
The Village Shyamalan'S Twisty New Fairy Tale Is Guaranteed To Disappoint Director M. Knight Shyamalan is a talented filmmaker. Make no mistake: He's got intriguing ideas, he's good with a camera, he's a master [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Aug 05, 2004 Read More Damn it
The Manchurian Candidate Agenda-Driven Thriller Makes Politics One Scary Business Back in 1962, the politically charged film The Manchurian Candidate was not your average thriller. Based on Richard Condon's equally cynical book, the [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Aug 05, 2004 Read More “I would go out with you
The Bourne Supremacy Damon Puts The Thrill In Thriller With Another Amped-Up Outing In the summer of 2002, The Bourne Identity was an iffy moviegoing prospect. It was based on a pulpy page turner by Robert [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jul 29, 2004 Read More “Ben Affleck’s coming. Step on it and pretend you didn’t see him.”
Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle A movie succeeds or fails based on its own merits. If a film is trying to be a dumb movie, and it undoubtedly [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jul 29, 2004 Read More Cho and Penn spread the racially sensitive message
The Story Of The Weeping Camel Beautiful Cultural Documentary Highlights Hearty Herders And Lachrymose Livestock The Story of the Weeping Camel is a terrible title for a movie. It sounds like a parody of an art house title—the [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jul 22, 2004 Read More A popular Mongolian pastime: sitting and staring at nothing.
The Corporation Damning Doc Proves Companies Are People Too—And Not Very Nice Ones Objectivity, once considered a virtue in the world of documentary filmmaking, has all but vanished from theaters, becoming a distant, if sorely lamented, [...] Ari Aster \ Jul 22, 2004 Read More Silence = High Prices
Napoleon Dynamite Nerdy High-Schooler Makes For Hilarious Hero In Hometown Farce Who is Napoleon Dynamite? Well, fans of Elvis Costello might know him as a one-time pseudonym of the British rocker. But that's not [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jul 15, 2004 Read More Star Jon Heder shows off some sweet fashion sense.
The Saddest Music In The World Hallucinatory Musical Comedy Is Pure Maddin-Ess During the Great Depression, a contest is held in Winnipeg to determine who makes the saddest music in the world. The prize is [...] Tomasina Huntress \ Jul 15, 2004 Read More Cello music is so sad.
The Clearing Intense Kidnap Drama Makes For Smart Summer Fare Summertime is not noted for its wealth of adult-oriented movie entertainment. In fact, sophisticated adults tend to flee theaters in droves when the [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jul 08, 2004 Read More “This is for Indecent Proposal
