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
THE TIME MACHINE (2002) Starring Guy Pearce, Mark Addy, Samantha Mumba, Omero Mumba, Orlando Jones, Sienna Guillory, Phyllida Law, Yancey Arias, Laura Kirk, Josh Stamberg, Alan Young, John W. Momrow, Max Baker, Jeffrey M. Meyer, Myndy Crist and Jeremy Irons. Screenplay by John Logan. Directed by Simon Wells. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 96 minutes. Rated … 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
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
SHALLOW HAL (2001) Starring Jack Black, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jason Alexander, Joe Viterelli, Susan Ward, Rene Kirby, Bruce McGill, Brooke Burns, Kyle Gass, Laura Kightlinger, Nan Martin, Steve Tyler, Darius Rucker, Molly Shannon, Nikki Cox and Anthony Robbins. Screenplay by Sean Moynihan, Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly. Directed by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly. Distributed 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
SERENDIPITY (2001) Starring John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Molly Shannon, Jeremy Piven, John Corbett, Bridget Moynahan, Eugene Levy, Jessica Kelly, Kate Blumberg, Ann Talman, Stephen Bruce, David Sparrow, Ron Payne, Marcia Bennett and Buck Henry. Screenplay by Marc Klein. Directed by Peter Chelsom. Distributed by Miramax Pictures. 91 minutes. Rated PG-13. Okay, first things first. I … 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
