Monday, August 4 2008
Eureka
Eureka presents a different world, one that creates the technology that allows most other sci-fi worlds to exist.
Tuesday, July 25 2006
Eureka
Named for the town that houses this community -- a kind of Epcot for savants -- the pilot episode began with a bang, dragged a bit, then finished with events pilfered from the Roland Emmerich School of Specious Apocalypse.
Friday, July 29 2005
Stealth (2005)
Kara's a lovely, leggy, perfectly made-up figure whose primary purpose is to provide moral framing for the boys' brilliant strikes and calculations.
Monday, May 17 2004
Paycheck (2003)
'A true hero,' says John Woo on the commentary track for the Paycheck DVD, 'always reaches out a helping hand to others.'"
Thursday, January 8 2004
Paycheck (2003)
Michael (Ben Affleck) doesn't set out to control anything: he just wants to get paid.
Thursday, February 21 2002
Dragonfly (2002)
Belief is a big deal in 'Dragonfly', the latest entry in 2002's February Film Dump Sweepstakes.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Bounce (2000)
Bounce is straight in the sense that it stars Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow, and does not include Opposite of Sex-style bitchiness, much less wily jokes about masturbation, Hollywood morality, and the Planet Maturia.
