Monthly Archives: February 2003

Leon (aka The Professional)

Posted on February 28, 2003

Fresh off the amazing original movie version of La Femme Nikita, Luc Besson wrote and directed Leon (released in America in 1994 as The Professional), a film about a naive but effective Mafia killer and the 12 year old girl … Continue reading →

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Lord of the Ring: The Two Towers

Posted on February 23, 2003

This movie was incredible but there was something that held me up from writing it up until after seeing it a second time–you don’t really think I waited two months to see The Two Towers, did you? Of course you … Continue reading →

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The Recruit

Posted on February 16, 2003

You know The Recruit was on my list. Pacino, spies, even Colin Farrell. Took a few weeks to make time for it but finally got to a matinee this afternoon. Although the experience at the AMC Mercado 20 in Santa … Continue reading →

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Le Fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain

Posted on February 15, 2003

From 2001: Le Fabuleux destin d’Amelie Poulain, or as it was released in America, Amelie. I would write a review but Statto pretty much wrote exactly what I would have. So why bother? Definitely recommended

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Sense and Sensibility

Posted on February 13, 2003

For there is nothing lostThat may not be foundIf it is but sought. A gem of a movie, written by star Emma Thompson and directed by Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Hulk), based on the classic 1795 novel … Continue reading →

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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Posted on February 12, 2003

This movie is an excellent example of absurdity; possibly one of the best movie examples of the genre in many years. I greatly enjoyed Confessions of a Dangerous Mind though in order to be complete I should say that the … Continue reading →

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K-PAX

Posted on February 8, 2003

Kevin Spacey: Alien or not, you decide. The people behind the movie (director Iain Softley, screenwriter Charles Leavitt, original novel by Gene Brewer) leave it ambiguous right up to the end. And by that I mean the closing credits, they … Continue reading →

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Life as a House

Posted on February 1, 2003

I had reservations about watching Life as a House (2001) but Tivo recorded it and I wanted a distraction this afternoon. Not much to the story and it’s all very obvious, especially the connections between the physical and the spiritual/emotional. … Continue reading →

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The Majestic

Posted on February 1, 2003

You could look at The Majestic in two very different ways. The easy way is a a straightforward dramatic piece where the protagonist starts high, has a tough break, starts to recover, seems to recover, has it taken away, and … Continue reading →

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