CHANGING LANES (2002) Starring Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Toni Collette, Sydney Pollack, Amanda Peet, William Hurt, Kim Staunton, Dylan Baker and Matt Malloy. Screenplay by Michael Tolkan and Chap Taylor. Directed by Roger Michell. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 98 minutes. Rated R. Changing Lanes is a good film, though it all too often does feel … Continue reading
CROSSROADS (2002) Starring Britney Spears, Anson Mount, Zöe Saldana, Taryn Manning, Justin Long, Jamie Lynn Spears, Kool Moe Dee, Dan Aykroyd and Kim Cattrall. Screenplay by Shonda Rhimes. Directed by Tamra Davis. Distributed by Zomba Films/Paramount Pictures. 93minutes. Rated PG-13. There are some people out there, more cynical than me, who would say that Crossroads is a … Continue reading
GOSFORD PARK (2001) Starring Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emily Watson, Alan Bates, Derek Jacobi, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Richard E. Grant, Jeremy Northam, Bob Balaban and Ryan Phillippe. Screenplay by Julian Fellowes. Directed by Robert Altman. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 138 minutes. Rated R. Gosford Park has been promoted as the return of the British … Continue reading
BEAUTY & THE BEAST (1992) Starring the voices of Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, David Ogden Stiers and Richard White. Screenplay by Linda Woolverton. Directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. 84 minutes. Rated G. How do you take a nearly perfect piece of entertainment and make … Continue reading
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001) Starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg, Christopher Plummer, Judd Hirsch, Joshua Lucas, Anthony Rapp, Austin Pendleton, Jason Gray-Stanford and Vivien Cardone. Screenplay by Akiva Goldsman. Directed by Ron Howard. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 134 minutes. Rated PG-13. A Beautiful Mind springs from a fascinating, but seemingly uncinematic … Continue reading
PANIC (2000) Starring William H. Macy, Neve Campbell, John Ritter, Donald Sutherland, Tracey Ullman, Barbara Bain, David Dorfman, Tina Lifford, Bix Barnaba and Nicholle Tom. Screenplay by Henry Brommell. Directed by Henry Brommell. Distributed by Artisan Entertainment. 93 minutes. Rated R. Flick lovers – if you’re looking for a video rental to stimulate, excite and … Continue reading
HARRY POTTER & THE SORCERER’S STONE (2001) Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Griffiths, Richard Harris, Ian Hart, John Hurt, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith and Julie Waters. Screenplay by Steve Kloves. Directed by Chris Columbus. Distributed by Warner Brothers. 152 minutes. Rated PG. I am … Continue reading
MY FIRST MISTER (2001) Starring: Albert Brooks, Leelee Sobieski, Carol Kane, John Goodman, Michael McKean, Mary Kay Place, Matthew St. Clair, Rutanya Alda, Natasha Braisewell, Henry Brown, Gene Simmons and Christine Lahti. Screenplay by Jill Franklyn. Directed by Christine Lahti. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 109 minutes. Rated R. I would have enjoyed My First Mister a lot … Continue reading
HEARTS IN ATLANTIS (2001) Starring Anthony Hopkins, Anton Yelchin, David Morse, Hope Davis, Mika Boorem, Alan Tudyk, Tom Bower and Celia Weston. Screenplay by William Goldman. Directed by Scott Hicks. Distributed by Castle Rock Entertainment. 101 minutes. Rated PG-13. There are two kinds of Stephen King stories. There are the horror films full of supernatural … Continue reading
DON’T SAY A WORD (2001) Starring Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy, Guy Torry, Jennifer Esposito, Famke Janssen and Oliver Platt. Screenplay by Anthony Peckham and Patrick Smith Kelly. Directed by Gary Fleder. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 96 minutes. Rated R. There is almost a foolproof recipe for Michael Douglas films. He starts out … Continue reading
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