Shania Twain – Up! (Mercury) Never in my life have I seen so many exclamation points as there are in the song listing for Shania Twain’s latest. There are nineteen song titles on Up! and ten exclamation points. It’s almost like a teenaged girl’s diary. Now Shania has a long history of unwieldy titles anyway, and this album’s … Continue reading
Axelle Red – Alive (Virgin-France) I might have never heard of Axelle Red if I weren’t channel surfing one August night last year in the Sofitel Méditerranée in Cannes. With my admittedly rudimentary skills in the French language, I was looking for something, frankly, which I could understand. That’s when I stumbled upon an hour-long interview … Continue reading
Rod Stewart – It Had To Be You: The Great American Songbook (J Records) With this album, Rod Stewart gives up any pretense of trying to hold onto his rock and soul following. And that’s fine, he’s well into his late 50s now and rock and roll is supposed to be a young man’s game. He really … Continue reading
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING (2002) Starring Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Gia Carides, Louis Mandylor, Andrea Martin, Joey Fatone, Gerry Mendicino, Stavroula Logothettis, Constantine Tsapralis, Jayne Eastwood and Ian Gomez. Screenplay by Nia Vardalos. Directed by Joel Zwick. Distributed by Gold Circle Films. 95 minutes. Rated PG. I have a pet … Continue reading
HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS (2003) Starring Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Adam Goldberg, Michael Michele, Shalom Harlow, Kathryn Hahn, Rebecca Harris, Robert Klein, Bill Kotsatos, Thomas Lennon, David Macniven, Bebe Neuwirth, Annie Parisse and Justin Peroff. Screenplay by Kristen Buckley, Brian Regan and Burr Steers. Directed by Donald Petrie. Distributed by Paramount … Continue reading
ADAPTATION. (2002) Starring Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, Jay Tavare, G. Paul Davis, Cara Seymour, Stephen Tobolowsky, Gary Farmer, Curtis Hanson, David O. Russell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Judy Greer, Ron Livingston, Brian Cox, Catherine Keener, John Cusack and John Malkovich. Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman. Directed by Spike Jonze. Distributed by … Continue reading
CHICAGO (2002) Starring Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C. Reilly, Lucy Liu, Taye Diggs, Colm Feore, Christine Baranski, Domenic West, Susan Misner, Deidre Goodwin, Denise Faye, Ekaterina Chtchelkanova, Chita Rivera and Mýa Harrison. Screenplay by Bill Condon. Directed by Rob Marshall. Distributed by Mirimax Pictures. 113 minutes. Rated PG-13. A film … Continue reading
TWO WEEKS NOTICE (2002) Starring Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, David Haig, Alicia Witt, Robert Klein, Dana Ivey, Heather Burns, Dorian Missick, Marc Feuerstein, Donald Trump, Mike Piazza and Norah Jones. Screenplay by Marc Lawrence. Directed by Marc Lawrence. Distributed by Castle Rock Entertainment. 100 minutes. Rated PG-13. It seems only natural. In fact, I’m shocked … Continue reading
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
MAID IN MANHATTAN (2002) Starring Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, Natasha Richardson, Bob Hoskins, Amy Sedaris, Tyler Posey, Frances Conroy, Maddie Corman and Chris Eigeman. Screenplay by Kevin Wade. Directed by Wayne Wang. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 103 minutes. Rated PG-13. While on her mission to become the greatest multi-talented hyphenate in show business … Continue reading
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