Monthly Archives: September 2003

Under the Tuscan Sun

Posted on September 27, 2003

Diane Lane, heartbreak, and the beauty of Tuscany combine for a decent, but not great, movie. Under the Tuscan Sun is inspired by the book of the same name and Lane does play a character with the name Frances Mayes … Continue reading →

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Matchstick Men

Posted on September 20, 2003

Nicholas Cage and Sam Rockwell are con artists–Matchstick Men being a little-used alternative name for the profession–and all of a sudden Cage hooks up with the 14 year old daughter (Allison Lohman) he knew was a possibility but had never … Continue reading →

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Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Posted on September 18, 2003

Robert Rodriguez puts aside his spy kiddies and gets back to his adult film series with the third film featuring his guitar playing, gun-toting El Mariachi, Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Antonio Banderas stars, along with Johnny Depp, Willem … Continue reading →

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The Shipment

Posted on September 13, 2003

Somehow I’m not surprised that there is no scriptwriter credit (which would actually belong to Richard Steen) in the IMDB database; makes me wonder what name’s the writer equivalent of Alan Smithee and why it wasn’t used for this piece … Continue reading →

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Ripley's Game

Posted on September 5, 2003

Some movies take a novel and make something completely unrelated from it, save perhaps a few character names and a basic idea, while others slavishly attend to the author’s word as stone tablets; either way the movie may be good … Continue reading →

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