DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002) Starring Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens, Rosamund Pike, Rick Yune, John Cleese, Judi Dench, Michael Madsen, Will Yun Lee, Samantha Bond and Madonna. Screenplay by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. Directed by Lee Tamahori. Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. 132 minutes. Rated PG-13. After forty years of James Bond films, the … Continue reading
BALLISTIC: ECKS vs. SEVER (2002) Starring Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu, Gregg Henry and Ray Park. Screenplay by Alan B. McElroy. Directed by Kaos. Distributed by Warner Brothers. 91 minutes. Rated R. Ten reasons I hated Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever: It has replaced Tori Spelling’s Mother May I Sleep With Danger? as the worst movie title ever. No matter … Continue reading
SPIDER-MAN (2002) Starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Willem Dafoe, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons, Bill Nunn, Elizabeth Banks and Joe Manganiello. Screenplay by David Koepp. Directed by Sam Raimi. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. Rated PG-13. 121 Minutes. Going back to my young comic-book geek days, Spider-Man was always my favorite superhero. Unlike … Continue reading
PANIC ROOM (2002) Starring Jodie Foster, Forest Whittaker, Dwight Yoakam, Jared Leto, Kristen Stewart, Ann Magnuson, Ian Buchanan, Andrew Kevin Walker and Patrick Bauchau. Screenplay by David Koepp. Directed by David Fincher. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 112 minutes. Rated R. In a college fiction class, my professor said that the most difficult stories to write … Continue reading
THE LORD OF THE RINGS – THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001) Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellan, Ian Holm, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Bean, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, John Rhys-Davies, Cate Blanchett, Dominic Monaghan, Hugo Weaving, Andy Serkis, Orlando Bloom, Liv Tyler and Christopher Lee. Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Phillippa Boyens and Peter Jackson. Directed by … Continue reading
HEIST (2001) Starring Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay, Jim Frangione and Patti Lupone. Screenplay by David Mamet. Directed by David Mamet. Distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures. 109 minutes. Rated R. Have you ever wondered what it would be like if David Mamet made a Quentin Tarantino film? No, neither … Continue reading
RUSH HOUR 2 (2001) Starring Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone, Ziyi Zhang, Roselyn Sanchez, Harris Yulin, Alan King, Kenneth Tsang, Maggie Q, Lucy Lin, Jeremy Piven, Saul Rubinek and Don Cheadle. Screenplay by Jeff Nathanson. Directed by Brett Ratner. Distributed by New Line Pictures. 91 minutes. Rated PG-13. The first Rush Hour movie was nothing special. … Continue reading
CHARLIE’S ANGELS (2000) Starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray, Tim Curry, Kelly Lynch, Crispin Glover, Tom Green, LL Cool J and Matt LeBlanc. Screenplay by Ryan Rowe, Ed Solomon and John August. Directed by McG. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 99 minutes. Rated PG-13. You aren’t going to expect high art going into … Continue reading
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2 (2000) Starring Tom Cruise, Thandie Newton, Dougray Scott, Ving Rhames, Anthony Hopkins, Richard Roxburgh, John Polson, Brendan Gleason, William Mapother and Nicholas Bell. Screenplay by Robert Towne. Directed by John Woo. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 123 minutes. Rated PG-13. Mission: Impossible 2 has the same franchise name as Brian DePalma’s techno-thriller, and … Continue reading
U-571 (2000) Starring Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi, David Keith, Thomas Kretschmann, Jake Weber, Jack Noseworthy, Tom Guiry, Will Estes, Terrence “T.C.” Carson, Erik Palladino and Dave Power. Screenplay by Jonathan Mostow, Sam Montgomery and David Ayer. Directed by Jonathan Mostow. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 116 minutes. Rated PG-13. I’m not … Continue reading
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