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Review: THE AVIATOR

December 25, 2004 Rich Drees

There are few, if any figures of the twentieth century who can claim to have influenced and changed not one but two American industries the way Howard Hughes did. Hughes’ airline concerns helped advance the [click for more]

Review: HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS

December 5, 2004 Rich Drees

After having let Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s Hero sit on a shelf for nearly two years before releasing it to American theatres this past fall, distrbutor Miramax films must have been pleasantly surprised when it [click for more]

Review: AFTER THE SUNSET

November 12, 2004 Rich Drees

Max (Pierce Brosnan) and Lola (Salma Hayek) are two of the best jewel thieves in the world, adroitly dodging the apprehension attempts of FBI agent Stan Lloyd (Woody Harrelson). After successfully pulling off one final [click for more]

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]

Review: FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

October 10, 2004 John Gibbon

Fall. The time of year when school buses first make their rounds, we gawk at the fiery splendor of autumn leaves, and catch a whiff of a delicious apple pie. Ah, fall. The time for… [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]