Monday, June 26 2006
Waist Deep (2006)
"Save our streets! Save our streets!" So pronounce the earnest demonstrators who appear at the start of Waist Deep, their placards raised high, their faces showing frustration.
Tuesday, January 24 2006
Love Monkey
A hip, sophisticated look at the music business and the love lives of four 30-something New York guys is not what you expect from CBS.
Friday, May 6 2005
Crash (2004)
The lesson seems geared toward those viewers who were surprised by the Rodney King video, that is, people who don't regularly deal with cultural collisions.
Friday, October 29 2004
Ray (2004)
Repeatedly, Ray collapses lore and desire into metaphorical, emotional, and narrative economy, occasioned by a groundbreaking song.
Thursday, April 3 2003
A Man Apart (2002)
It's sad that the wife is dead, of course. More painful is the death scene per se, as Vin Diesel has to play something approximating tragedy.
Friday, January 31 2003
Biker Boyz (2003)
Amid all the conventional movie dazzle, Biker Boyz's most important idea is the bike.
