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Monday, September 24 2007

Perfect Stranger

It’s not so much the endless heavy-handed clues, outmoded dialogue, or totally untrustworthy traits of the main characters that make the movie so unforgivable; it’s the purposeless ending that eschews all previous traits, dialogue, and clues.


Friday, April 13 2007

Perfect Stranger (2007)

While it begins dully enough for an investigative thriller, Perfect Stranger quickly skids off into abject foolishness.


Wednesday, April 11 2007

Halle Berry’s Academy Award has made all the difference

"There was a time, before Oscar, when I could not have even got in the room with certain directors."


Monday, March 20 2006

Over There: The Complete Series

By series' end, Smoke ('Sticky' Jones) comes to understand himself as a function of TV, revealing the complex interrelatedness of media and war, stateside and abroad.


Wednesday, July 27 2005

Over There

In exploring the dilemmas posed by TV and technology, Over There just about keeps pace with the war it's depicting.


Monday, January 26 2004

Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)

He's a monster, but he's taken completely seriously"


Thursday, August 28 2003

Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)

The bus breaks down and the adults are one by one grabbed up and whisked into the sky, screaming.


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