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Review: THE INCREDIBLES

November 5, 2004 Rich Drees

Normally when writing reviews, I try to avoid using “punny” or any other type of “clever” writing. It’s too easy a writing tactic and more often than not comes off as more than a little [click for more]

Review: THE GRUDGE

October 23, 2004 Rich Drees

The Grudge joins Wicker Park, Taxi, and Shall We Dance? as yet another entry in the recent cycle of foreign films and older Hollywood fare currently being remade for modern audiences. (Ironically, the poster art [click for more]

Greer Garson- Grace Under Fire

September 29, 2004 Rich Drees

The epitome of a star, this dignified redheaded actress knew how to add spice to a movie when it needed it most. She was perhaps the one of most popular of MGM’s leading ladies in [click for more]

Review: THE FORGOTTEN

September 25, 2004 Rich Drees

Although 14 months have passed, Telly (Julianne Moore) still deeply mourns the loss of her nine-year old son Sam who was killed in a plane crash with several other children. Every day she spends time [click for more]

Review: NAPOLEON DYNAMITE

August 26, 2004 Rich Drees

It’s no stretch to say that the improbably named Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) is not the most socially adept student in his rural Idaho high school. He spends most of his school day drawing wizards [click for more]

Review: EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING

August 21, 2004 Rich Drees

One of the worst things to do when reviewing a film is to take the movie to task for being something it’s not. A poorly written review would rake a film like The Passion Of [click for more]

Review: AVP: ALIEN VS PREDATOR

August 13, 2004 Rich Drees

Alien Versus Predator is a film that attempts to address the question, “What happens when the unstoppable forces from two different film franchises collide?” As it turns out, the answer isn’t as exciting or interesting [click for more]

Review: HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE

July 31, 2004 Rich Drees

The new stoner comedy Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle, is a bit like a meal at the titular restaurant- quick bite-sized bits of comedy that add up to a satisfying guilty pleasure meal. [click for more]

Review: JU-ON: THE GRUDGE

July 25, 2004 Rich Drees

“Ju-On: The curse of one who dies in the grip of powerful rage. It gathers and takes effect in the places that person was alive. Those who encounter it die and a new curse is [click for more]

Review: CATWOMAN

July 24, 2004 Rich Drees

It’s perhaps a bit ironic, and more than a little disheartening, that within the space of a few weeks two comic book inspired movies can be released that are so diametrically opposite each other. One, [click for more]