THE LADYKILLERS (2004) Starring Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans, J.K. Simmons, Tzi Ma, Ryan Hurst, Diane Delano, George Wallace, John McConnell, Jason Weaver, Stephen Root, Baadja-Lyne Odums, Walter Jordan, George Anthony Bell, Greg Grunberg and Hallie Singleton. Screenplay by William Rose, Joel and Ethan Coen. Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Distributed by … Continue reading
Five for FIGHTING It’s not EASY by Jay S. JACOBS Remember when popular music could actually say something? A tune was a mirror that we held up to our world. The lyrics were humorous or tragic or whimsical or heartbreakingly sincere. Songs spoke of love, war, relationships, politics, lust, and death. They would climb the heights or plunge the depths. John Ondrasik, the lead singer and songwriter of Five for … Continue reading
SCOOBY-DOO 2 – MONSTERS UNLEASHED (2004) Starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Geller, Matthew Lillard, Seth Green, Alicia Silverstone, Peter Boyle, Tim Blake Nelson, Pat O’Brien, Bill Meilen, Zahf Paroo, Andrew McIlroy, Ruben Studdard and the voice of Neil Fanning. Screenplay by James Gunn. Directed by Raja Gosnell. Distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures. 93 minutes. … Continue reading
SPARTAN (2004) Starring Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, Tia Texada, Kristen Bell, William H. Macy, Ed O’Neill, Jeremie Campbell, Bob Jennings, Lionel Mark Smith, Johnny Messner, Chris LaCentra, Renato Magno, Mark Fitzgerald, Tony Mamet, Clark Gregg, Ron Butler, Stephen Culp, Lauren Bowles and David Paymer. Screenplay by David Mamet. Directed by David Mamet. Distributed by Warner … Continue reading
Jonatha Brooke – Back in the Circus (Bad Dog/Verve) Jonatha Brooke has been out in the folk-pop trenches for almost twenty years, working up a great reputation in music circles, first as half of the acoustic duo The Story and then as a solo artist. Her music has mostly been released independently; only two Story albums and one solo were … Continue reading
SECRET WINDOW (2004) Starring Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Maria Bello, Timothy Hutton, Charles S. Dutton, Len Cariou, Joan Heney, John Dunn-Hill. Vlasta Vrana, Matt Holland, Gillian Ferrabee, Bronwen Mantel, Elizabeth Marleau, Kyle Allatt, Richard Jutras, Kevin Woodhouse, Vito DeFilippo and Sarah Allen. Screenplay by David Koepp. Directed by David Koepp. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 97 … Continue reading
EUROTRIP (2004) Starring Scott Mechlowicz, Jacob Pitts, Kristin Kreuk, Cathy Meils, Nial Ishakov, Michelle Trachtenberg, Travis Wester, Fred Arnisen, Matt Damon, Molly Schade, Jakki Degg, Lenka Vomocilova, Jessica Boehrs, Andrea Stuart, Vinnie Jones, Jeffrey Tambor, Lucy Lawless, Jana Palaske, Steven Hytner, Joanna Lumley and Diedrich Bader. Screenplay by Alex Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer. … Continue reading
MY ARCHITECT – A SON’S JOURNEY (2004) Featuring Louis I. Kahn, Nathaniel Kahn, Sue Ann Kahn, Harriet Pattison, Anne Tyng, Alexandra Tyng, I.M. Pei, Moshe Safdie, Robert A.M. Stern, Edmund Bacon, Shamsul Wares, Philip Johnson and Frank O. Gehry. Written by Nathaniel Kahn. Directed by Nathaniel Kahn. Distributed by New Yorker Films. 116 minutes. Not … Continue reading
ALONG CAME POLLY (2004) Starring Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Debra Messing, Alec Baldwin, Hank Azaria, Bryan Brown, Jsu Garcia, Michele Lee, Bob Dishy, Missy Pyle, Judah Friedlander, Kevin Hart, Masi Oka, Kym Whitley and Cheryl Hines. Screenplay by John Hamburg. Directed by John Hamburg. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 90 minutes. Rated PG-13. … Continue reading
STARSKY & HUTCH (2004) Starring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Snoop Dogg, Fred Williamson, Juliette Lewis, Jason Bateman, Amy Smart, Carmen Electra, George Kee Cheung, Chris Penn, Brande Roderick, Molly Sims, Matt Walsh, Patton Oswalt, Will Ferrell, David Soul and Paul Michael Glaser. Screenplay by John O’Brien and Todd Phillips & Scot Armstrong. Directed … Continue reading
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