Raphael Saadiq – Instant Vintage (Universal) Raphael Saadiq has logged well over a decade in the music biz as one of the brains behind Tony! Toni! Toné! and last year’s supergroup Lucy Pearl. But other than a few solo soundtrack singles over the years like “Ask Of You” (from Higher Learning) and “Get Involved” (from The PJ’s), he … Continue reading
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (2002) Starring Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Frances O’Connor, Reese Witherspoon, Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Anna Massey, Edward Fox and Charles Kay. Screenplay by Oliver Parker. Directed by Oliver Parker. Distributed by Miramax Pictures. 97 minutes. Rated PG. In my opinion, Oscar Wilde’s 1895 play The Importance of Being Earnest is the greatest stage … Continue reading
SCOOBY-DOO (2002) Starring Freddie Prinze Jr, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini, Matthew Lillard & Rowan Atkinson. Screenplay by James Gunn & Craig Titley. Directed by Raja Gosnelll. Distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures. 86 minutes. Rated PG. My childhood is flashing before my eyes. First the Spider-Man movie, now a live action Scooby-Doo. All my Saturday morning favorites are … Continue reading
STAR WARS EPISODE II-ATTACK OF THE CLONES (2002) Starring Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Christopher Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Temeura Morrison and Ian McDiarmid. Screenplay by George Lucas & Jonathan Hales. Directed by George Lucas. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 142 minutes. Rated PG. Twenty-five years and five movies into … 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
MURDER BY NUMBERS (2002) Starring: Sandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling, Michael Pitt, Agnes Bruckner, Chris Penn, R.D. Call and Tom Verica. Screenplay by Tony Gayton. Directed by Barbet Schroeder. Distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures. 120 minutes. Rated R. The 1924 Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb murder case… in which two well-to-do college students committed … Continue reading
Norah Jones – Come Away With Me (Blue Note) This is just about the best debut album I’ve heard in years. Jones’ sultry vocals and extraordinary musical taste have led to stunning synthesis of jazz, pop folk and country. The album starts off with the truly astounding “Don’t Know Why” which is simultaneously insanely cool and … Continue reading
Kylie Minogue – Fever (Capitol) Kylie Minogue is a goddess in Europe and her native Australia, rating on the same level as Madonna (in fact, the Material Girl was known to wear Kylie t-shirts on her last tour.) But in the United States, she has just made a few blips on the pop culture radar since … 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
Robbie Williams – Swing When Your Winning (Chrysalis UK) It should be no total surprise that British pop phenomenon Robbie Williams would end up doing an album of all covers (okay, there is one original here, but it is written to be a piece with the other songs chosen). After all, Williams’ old band Take That … Continue reading
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