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Review: FANTASTIC FOUR

July 9, 2005 Rich Drees

When a comic book film fails, it is sometimes because the filmmakers stray too far from the source material (see last summer’s Catwoman), losing what gave the characters their appeal and alienating the already built-in [click for more]

Review: HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE

June 12, 2005 Rich Drees

Sophie is a timid young woman who spends her day in a small shop making hats and watching the trains that roll past her window. However, after a marketplace encounter with a mysterious and magical [click for more]

Review: HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY

April 30, 2005 Rich Drees

There’s no way I can write an objective review about this movie. I first read British writer Douglas Adams’s comic science-fiction novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – an adaptation of his radio series [click for more]

review: KUNG FU HUSTLE

April 22, 2005 Rich Drees

Judging from box office history, American audiences seem to be ethnocentric to a point to where they are adverse to films with subtitles. That’s a shame, because these people will probably pass right by the [click for more]

Review: FEVER PITCH

April 10, 2005 John Gibbon

When is a baseball movie not really about baseball? And when is a Farrelly Brothers movie not really a Farrelly Brothers movie? The answer can be found in the new romantic comedy Fever Pitch – [click for more]

Review: BE COOL

March 4, 2005 Rich Drees

“Sequels,” former loan shark turned movie producer Chili Palmer (John Travolta) ruefully muses in the opening moments of Be Cool, a sequel to the 1995 comedy Get Shorty. “The only time I ever gave into [click for more]

Review: CONSTANTINE

February 18, 2005 Rich Drees

John Constantine (Keanu Reeves) is a damned man and he knows it. Cursed with the ability to see the agents of heaven and hell who walk our world trying to influence mortals to good or [click for more]

Review: ELEKTRA

January 15, 2005 Rich Drees

It is perhaps inevitable that some will compare Elektra with last year’s Daredevil since the former is a spin-off from the latter comic book adaptation. It would be a fair comparison too, as both films [click for more]

Review: COACH CARTER

January 15, 2005 John Gibbon

There is one verb that athletic coaches employ more than kick, run, hit or dive. It refers to stirring emotions, encouraging greatness, or motivating success. That one simple word that gets the blood pumping and [click for more]

Review: BEYOND THE SEA

December 30, 2004 Rich Drees

Beyond The Sea, the life story of 1950s and 60s singing sensation Bobby Darin adapted for the big screen by actor turned writer and director Kevin Spacey, is definitely a labor of love. Unfortunately, one [click for more]