Bad Santa (2003)
First, let me get out of the way that I’m not giving Bad Santa a bad review because I found it morally repugnant or that I’m upset at yet another desecration of a beloved icon. It’s...
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Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
More Rambo than Saving Private Ryan, Behind Enemy Lines hearkens back to the war flicks of the Eighties, with its highly patriotic tone, its glamorization of the fight, and the resolve and diligence of the one-man Army, or in...
The Punisher (1989)
Back in the day, Marvel-licensed superhero flicks weren’t so hot, and The Punisher‘s only real claim to success was that it was at least better than Captain America. 2004 will see another attempt at telling the...
The Piano Teacher (2001)
Many of you will think I am not giving THE PIANO TEACHER a high enough rating, and many others will think I am far too generous. It’s that kind of movie. With such controversial subject matter,...
Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
Prelude to a Kiss is a film that is difficult to recommend, for the very simple reason that it contains a surprise in the story that you’ll either love or you’ll hate, depending on...
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
Although some see Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner as a dated film, I think it’s unfair to regard it as such. Perhaps it carries more weight during the time of its release, where bigotry was much...
Elf (2003)
Comedian Will Ferrell and director Jon Favreau have done funny work in comedies that are more adult, mean-spirited, and on many occasions, vulgar. Expectations for their Christmas comedy, Elf, would lead you to think this might...
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
The Matrix Revolutions was filmed back-to-back with its predecessor, The Matrix Reloaded, as part of a combined 250-day production schedule during 2001-02. The simultaneous shoot was to avoid having to retrain the actors in martial...
Love Actually (2003)
Richard Curtis, writer of the successful romantic comedies, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Bridget Jones’s Diary, takes the director’s chair for the first time with impressive results. After watching many other directors do justice to...
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Although it will probably be seen as the least “Coen” of the Coen brothers’ films, Intolerable Cruelty is still unmistakably theirs. Like many of their previous films (Hudsucker Proxy, Miller’s Crossing, Barton Fink, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The...