Movie Reviews
Panic Perfection
Published on Apr 11th, 2002
0 comments By Cole Smithey Director David Fincher's Panic Room opens with a sumptuous credit sequence so captivating that you're drawn into the movie before a single word is spoken. Fincher, like Hitchcock and...
He's back
Published on Mar 28th, 2002
0 comments By Rachel Deahl Some films remain forever in our collective conscious not simply as films, but as milestones of the past. These are films that we see at a particular moment in time and are forever...
Icy humor
Published on Mar 21st, 2002
0 comments Alongside its immaculate blending of captivating vocal characterizations by a group of superbly talented actors, Ice Age triumphs by eschewing the inside adult humor that infiltrates so many other...
Time goes slowly
Published on Mar 14th, 2002
0 comments The remake of The Time Machine has two "based-on credits," one at the beginning and one at the end so you don't connect them. The first is the original novel by H.G. Wells, the second the screenplay...
We were... bored
Published on Mar 7th, 2002
0 comments What's that smell? Could it be...words? A lot of critics are going to be eating their words and some may want to cook them first. I'm talking about those of us who found fault with Black Hawk Down...
Quick, get the Raid!
Published on Feb 28th, 2002
0 comments   When Kevin Costner loves, no one has ever loved so much. When he loses his love, no one has ever lost so much. And when he wants something, no one had better stand in his way because no one...
Ball's a belle
Published on Feb 21st, 2002
0 comments Halle Berry has received a fair amount of critical acclaim and awards consideration for her lead performance in Monster's Ball, and it's definitely an attention-grabbing turn. As Georgia cocktail...
MOVIE REVIEW- OFFBeat: Film Society and OFFScreen offer reel gems
Published on Feb 7th, 2002
0 comments Charlottesville may not be New York, but this town does better than many in snagging the most talked about independent and cutting-edge films... even if they sometimes arrive a few months after they'...
MOVIE REVIEW- <i>Serious</i>ly funny: Coen brothers do it again
Published on Jan 1st, 2013
0 comments PUBLICITY PHOTO G-d forbid I should tell you how to spend your money, but A Serious Man? You could do worse. The Coen Brothers return to their cultural and geographical roots with one of the year's...
MOVIE REVIEW- Magical <i>Inception: </i>Nolan's latest a true original
Published on Jan 1st, 2013
0 comments PUBLICITY PHOTO It's said that Christopher Nolan spent 10 years writing his screenplay for Inception. That must have involved prodigious concentration, like playing blindfold chess while walking a...