Bad Company (2002)
I’ve heard that Bad Company was originally made before the events of 9/11 and has been postponed because the plot involves terrorists setting up a nuclear bomb in the heart of New York City. Although...
Author: Vincent Leo
Frida (2002)
Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter in the first half of the 20th Century, known primarily for her sometimes unsettling images in her work, many of them featuring self-portraits. In her youth, she was...
The Emperor’s Club (2002)
I’m a little saddened to learn that the study of Classics hasn’t led me to become a leader of industry, politics or a corporation like so many of the fine students at the young...
People I Know (2002)
I would be intrigued to be hooked up to all sorts of monitors and brainwave scanners while watching PEOPLE I KNOW to see what reactions and emotions went through me. I suspect that if I were...
Working Girl (1988)
It’s the little touches that makes an ordinary story better, and Working Girl‘s director Mike Nichols provides plenty of them. Subtle character touches, a few asides, and several moments of realistic drama goes a long...
Extreme Ops (2002)
“EXTREME CRAP” is a far more appropriate title. After suffering through the mindless trash that was XXX, I should have known better than to attempt to sit through yet another extreme sports noise-fest. As bad...
Solaris (2002)
First off, I have to say that if you aren’t prepared to see a pure science fiction film, with all of the maturity and complexity that the term implies, you probably are better off...
Spider (2002)
Thankfully, this isn’t another David Cronenberg barf-a-thon or an exploration into every sordid taboo subject matter put on film. Rather, it’s a subdued, and often quiet film about one man’s recollection of a childhood...
Below (2002)
Although I found this submarine thriller to be ultimately lacking in its story, as a horror flick it’s still a cut above many in the genre in the last few years. Much of the...
Far from Heaven (2002)
In 1955, Douglas Sirk directed another of his sudsy romances, the now classic, ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS. As of this writing, I haven’t seen this film, but have read that it provided much of the...