Thursday, February 17 2005
Donnie Darko: Director’s Cut (2001)
The problem embodied by Donnie is at once mundane and painfully special, the dilemma of fate vs. free will, laced though with unanswered questions of identity and responsibility.
Friday, October 18 2002
The Ring (2002)
Gore Verbinski's The Ring is relentlessly disquieting and incoherent, and sometimes trite in ways it doesn't need to be.
Thursday, October 3 2002
Spirited Away (2001/2002)
America is better off with Miyazaki playing in the malls and the multiplexes than Monsters, Inc.
Thursday, June 20 2002
Lilo & Stitch (2002)
Lovably unconventional, Lilo & Stitch have some trouble fitting in with their peer groups -- regular kids in Lilo's case, multi-limbed aliens in Stitch's.
