Month: June 2004 | FilmBuffOnline

Review: SPIDER-MAN 2

June 30, 2004 Rich Drees

The two years since Peter Parker (Tobey McGuire) has become Spider-Man have been rather rough for the young hero. The photos that he takes of his alter ego in action are used by newspaper publisher [click for more]

Review: FAHRENHEIT 9/11

June 26, 2004 Rich Drees

Reviewing a documentary from controversial director Michael Moore can be a tricky thing. Even at this time when the country seems to be growing more politically divided every day, Moore stands out as a polarizing [click for more]

Lorre’s Legacy: A Look Back At Peter Lorre

June 26, 2004 John Gibbon

He was as good a character actor as Hollywood has ever seen, his image onscreen eliciting many a shudder or laughs. Famed horror actor Boris Karloff once referred to him as “Master of the Unusual” [click for more]

Review: AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS

June 16, 2004 Rich Drees

Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan) is an inventor whose rather unorthodox methods have not endeared him to the rather staid members of the Royal Academy of Science. When Lord Kelvin (Jim Broadbent) mocks Foggs’ theories, a [click for more]

Review: GARFIELD: THE MOVIE

June 13, 2004 John Gibbon

I was feeling all choked up inside after watching Garfield: The Movie, until the bothersome hairball finally dislodged. One would think that with 25 years of Garfield, the rotund feline smart-aleck of the Jim Davis [click for more]

Review: THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK

June 11, 2004 Rich Drees

When we first met Riddick (Vin Diesel), the stone cold anti-hero of the eponymously named The Chronicles Of Riddick, he was part of a group of space travelers trying to escape from the hostile natives [click for more]

Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN

June 4, 2004 Rich Drees

A good story is a good story no matter what medium it is told in. As probably one of the last people in the English-speaking world who has not read any of the successful Harry [click for more]

Johnny Weissmuller: Lord of the Jungle Films

June 2, 2004 John Gibbon

Hollywood has seen its share of memorable actors and characters come and go, such as Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy and Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. However most folks will probably tell you the character [click for more]