Monthly Archives: September 2001

Space Cowboys

Posted on September 17, 2001

Looking for a distraction and maybe a few laughs, tuned in this Clint Eastwood-directed flick. Very few laughs indeed in Space Cowboys, where Eastwood and three buddies try to get into space 40 years after they blew their chance to … Continue reading →

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American Pie 2

Posted on September 6, 2001

After reading and writing up yesterday’s anti-movie rant by Sacramento Bee movie reviewer Joe Baltake, I decided I had to go out and see American Pie 2 for myself. Short answer: he was wrong. The movie is funny and I … Continue reading →

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Masterminds

Posted on September 4, 2001

Think of Home Alone except (a) the bad guy is Englishman Patrick Stewart (b) the Macaully Culkin character is a 16 year old hacker (c) the setting is a ritzy private school (d) Stewart and a surprisingly large crew of … Continue reading →

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Beautiful

Posted on September 1, 2001

I wonder if I watched the same move as James Berardinelli, who called the film “a wretchedly insipid effort that makes a mockery of its name.” How can any film with both Minnie Driver and Joey Lauren Adams be that … Continue reading →

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Shane

Posted on September 1, 2001

In this 1953 Academcy Award nominated film, Alan Ladd plays the loner who walks in and saves the day. George Steven’s Shane is considered one of the quintessential movie westerns pitting ranchers against homesteaders in 1880s Wyoming. This could be … Continue reading →

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