Jumanji (1995)
Based on Chris Van Allsburg’s 1981 children’s book of the same name, Jumanji, the film, fleshes out the short book to include a story about Alan Parrish (Hann-Byrd, Little Man Tate), who, as a young boy...
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Spider-Man 3 (2007)
In this third installment of the popular superhero franchise, Peter Parker (Maguire, Seabiscuit) is all set to pop the question to the love of his life, Mary Jane Watson (Dunst, Marie Antoinette). Unfortunately, every time he gets...
Marie Antoinette (2006)
Sofia Coppola writes and directs this very revisionist piece on one of France’s most famous of queens, Marie-Antoinette. Interestingly, for such a popular historical figure, there is a dearth of biographical films about her life...
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind proves that Hollywood can actually deliver romantic films that aren’t saddled with formula antics and schmaltzy resolutions. I suppose at its core, it is the old tale of...
The Virgin Suicides (1999)
Based on the book by Jeffrey Eugenides, the setting is the 1970s, where a suburban family — mom, dad, and five sisters — come to an untimely demise. The details aren’t spelled out. although...
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Spider-Man 2 is a bit of an oddity for an action-packed superhero summer blockbuster. Perhaps no other in the genre has ever bothered devoting so much effort into character development, which is quite the gamble...
Spider-Man (2002)
Initially, it was somewhat of a disappointment to hear that what once was supposed to be a James Cameron project would eventually digress into the hands of Sam “Evil Dead” Raimi. Raimi was the...
Little Women (1994)
I’ve never read Louisa May Alcott’s classic book nor have I seen any of the multitudinous other film adaptations of it so I can’t honestly say if the film does the book justice or...
Get Over It (2001)
The unfortunate thing about most teen comedies is that 99% of them are content to stick to a tried and true formula rather than tell a compelling tale of teen angst and heartbroken romance....
Bring It On (2000)
Bring It On is the sort of mindless fluff I would expect on the Disney channel to pass for “quality entertainment”, but I doubt they would let the multitudinous cheesecake shots and phallic symbolism...