Archive for July, 2002

Films Review July

THE TIME MACHINE (PG-13)

How ironic that a film dealing with a man who literally has nothing but time on his hand end up feeling abridged. That’s just one of the problems with the update of H.G. Wells “The Time Machine,” a grin and bear it remake of George Pal’s far superior 1960 film. Read the rest of this entry »

Friday the 13th

Little did director Sean S. Cunningham and co-producer Steve Miner realize that their little excursion into horror would become a cult success and spawn a franchise that still lives to this day. Working from a tight, economical script by Victor Miller, Cunningham set out to create what would become the first in a series of horror films where the hero seldom wins. Read the rest of this entry »

State and Main DVD

There is a scene halfway through David Mamet’s lighthearted “State and Main” where a screenwriter tries to explain to the woman he likes why a nude starlet is standing in his hotel room. As strange as his explanation sounds, the woman seems to understand. He questions her sincerity, saying that even he knows it sounds absurd. Read the rest of this entry »

Antz

For an ant, life is no picnic. As part of a colony, there’s a lot of work to be done. Food has to be gathered. Tunnels have to be dug. The queen has to be tended to. There’s no room for individuality. Try telling that to Z, a worker drone who dreams of a better life.
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Swimming Pool

Looks can be deceiving. Take popular crime novelist Sarah Morton (Charlotte Rampling), who on the surface seems to have it all. Her series of Agatha Christie-light crime novels have made her popular with middle class and middle-aged readers, providing Sarah with a comfortable nest egg and a certain degree of fame. Read the rest of this entry »