25th Hour (2002)
After watching Spike Lee’s latest joint, 25th Hour, one might begin to suspect Spike has a lot of ideas and an inability to stick with any one of them for very long. Every scene is just...
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Spun (2002)
If you’ve seen Trainspotting, Requiem for a Dream, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, then you’ve already seen Spun, even if you’ve never bothered to watch it. Even if you haven’t seen those others, unless you like...
Formula 51 / The 51st State (2001)
I’m uncertain as to the reasons why the producers of this film looked to Hong Kong director Ronny Yu to make this Tarantino-esque screenplay fly, but the results are less than impressive. The 51st State (changed to Formula...
Novocaine (2001)
After his memorable turn in Little Shop of Horrors playing a dentist, Steve Martin plays another one in Novocaine, an oddly interesting yet ultimately unsatisfying comic-thriller. While the Hitchcockian plot and meandering storyline are too familiar...
Almost Famous (2000)
It’s hard to believe the budget for ALMOST FAMOUS was $60 million when you consider the fact that the film has no big name stars or special effects like SPACE COWBOYS, which had about the same budget....
Traffic (2000)
It should be abundantly clear after the year 2000 that Steven Soderbergh is the best director no one’s ever heard of working in Hollywood today. Arguably his two films (Traffic and Erin Brockovich) could legitimately claim...
The Last Days of Disco (1998)
In the early 80s, a discotheque breaths it’s last breaths as the coming of the yuppie 80s emerges. Drugs, sex and individualism make way for “just say no”, STDs, and conforming to get ahead....