Monthly Archives: February 2005

Lackawanna Blues

Posted on February 27, 2005

HBO Films consistently makes terrific films yet I often look at the trailers and discount them only to finally watch and realize how good their productions are. The latest, an adaptation of Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s stage play Lackawanna Blues, is yet … Continue reading →

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Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life

Posted on February 26, 2005

Angelina Jolie in extremely flattering tight outfits? Check. Whacked out phantasmagorical plot? Check. Diabolical villain racing our heroine to an ancient artifact that could doom millions? Check. Sure enough everything’s in place for the 2003 sequel Lara Croft Tomb Raider: … Continue reading →

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Bad Boys II

Posted on February 22, 2005

This time around Will Smith and Martin Lawrence (does anyone call him Marty to his face?) get a much bigger budget for their Miami drug cop action comedy. That means lots more big booms, crashes and massive quantities of bullets … Continue reading →

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Ray

Posted on February 20, 2005

Far too often a Hollywood studio movie “based upon true events” would be better off not having been made. I’m not talking about documentaries, I’m talking about lightly dramatized real events like French Connection, Silkwood or Erin Brockovich. Except the … Continue reading →

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Win a Date with Tad Hamilton

Posted on February 13, 2005

I didn’t protest too much when TS1 brought this DVD home from the library. Looked harmlessly cute and offered two young actors that I think will be big stars in the near future in Topher Grace and Josh Duhamel. Kate … Continue reading →

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Kill Bill (Vol. 1 and 2)

Posted on February 12, 2005

True, this was released as Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 but even the chapter numbering shows that Kill Bill is really one film that Miramax for commercial reasons chopped in half. Starz was considerate enough to run them consecutively tonight … Continue reading →

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Matrix Revolutions

Posted on February 6, 2005

Not being at all interested in the unending blah blah blah of the Super Bowl pre-game whatever, I finally saw the last of the Wachowski Brothers’ Matrix Trilogy. The second film, Reloaded, was a terrible disappointment to me and this … Continue reading →

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Hellboy

Posted on February 6, 2005

Part of the current wave of comic books taking advantage of modern computer effects and makeup, Hellboy is a visually exciting movie, with really good pacing and decent acting. But if you’re hoping for a complete story and a plot … Continue reading →

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Pieces of April

Posted on February 1, 2005

Not Andy Warhol’s Bad. Just three movies that are uninteresting, incomprehensible and simply unwatchable. I couldn’t sit through more than the first 20 minutes or so of the first two, nor more than 10 of the third, and I’ll often … Continue reading →

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Barbershop

Posted on February 1, 2005

Not Andy Warhol’s Bad. Just three movies that are uninteresting, incomprehensible and simply unwatchable. I couldn’t sit through more than the first 20 minutes or so of the first two, nor more than 10 of the third, and I’ll often … Continue reading →

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