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FILM REVIEWS



15 Minutes 03.20.01
STARRING: Edward Burns, Robert De Niro
DIRECTOR: John Herzfeld
GRADE: C

3000 miles to Graceland 01.04.00
STARRING: Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell
DIRECTOR: Demian Lichtenstein
GRADE: B

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence 07.03.01
STARRING: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law
DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg
GRADE: C


All About My Mother 01.04.00
STARRING: Cecilia Roth, Penelope Cruz
DIRECTOR: Pedro Almodovar


Almost Famous 10.03.00
STARRING: Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson
DIRECTOR: Cameron Crowe
GRADE: A


American Movie 01.25.00
STARRING: Mark Borchardt, Mike Schank
DIRECTOR: Chris Smith


Angela's Ashes 02.08.00
STARRING: Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle
DIRECTOR: Alan Parker


Angel Eyes 05.29.01
STARRING: Jennifer Lopez, James Caviezel
DIRECTOR: Luis Mandoki
GRADE: B


Baby Boy 07.10.01
STARRING: Tyrese Gibson, Ving Rhames
DIRECTOR: John Singleton
GRADE: B+


Bait 10.17.00
STARRING: Jamie Foxx, David Morse
DIRECTOR: Antoine Fuqua
GRADE: B


Battlefield Earth 05.30.00
STARRING: John Travolta, Barry Pepper
DIRECTOR: Roger Christian
GRADE: F-


Before Night Falls 03.13.01
STARRING: Javier Bardem, Hector Babenco
DIRECTOR: Julian Schnabel
GRADE: A-


Black and White 04.18.00
STARRING: Brooke Shields, Oli 'Power' Grant
DIRECTOR: James Toback


Blow 04.24.01
STARRING: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz
DIRECTOR: Ted Demme
GRADE: C+


Blow Dry 03.20.01
STARRING: Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson
DIRECTOR: Paddy Breathnach
GRADE: C+


Boys Don't Cry 02.22.00
STARRING: Hilary Swank, Chloe Sevigny
DIRECTOR: Kimberly Peirce


Bread and Roses 06.19.01
STARRING: Adrien Brody, Pilar Padilla
DIRECTOR: Ken Loach
GRADE: A-


Bring it On 09.05.00
STARRING: Kirsten Dunst
DIRECTOR: Peyton Reed
GRADE: D


But I'm a Cheerleader 08.08.00
STARRING: Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall
DIRECTOR: Jamie Babbit
GRADE: C+

Butterfly 09.12.00
STARRING: Manuel Lozano, Gonzalo Uriarte
DIRECTOR: Jose Luis Cuerda
GRADE: A-


Castaway 01.30.01
STARRING: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt
DIRECTOR: Robert Zemekis
GRADE: A-


Cats and Dogs 07.10.01
STARRING: voices of Tobey Maguire, Alec Baldwin
DIRECTOR: Larry Guterman
GRADE: C+


The Cell 09.19.00
STARRING: Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn
DIRECTOR: Tarsem Singh
GRADE: C+


The Center of the World 05.29.01
STARRING: Peter Sarsgaard, Molly Parker
DIRECTOR: Wayne Wang
GRADE: B+


Center Stage 06.13.00
STARRING: Amanda Schull, Sascha Radetsky
DIRECTOR: Nicholas Hynter
GRADE: B+


The Cider House Rules 01.04.00
STARRING: Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron
DIRECTOR: Lasse Hallstrom


The Color of Paradise 06.13.00
STARRING: Mohsen Ramezani, Hossein Majub
DIRECTOR: Majid Majidi
GRADE: A-


Confessions of a Sexist Pig 02.15.00
STARRING: Edward Kerr, Traylor Howard
DIRECTOR: Sandy Tung


Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 02.06.01
STARRING: Ang Lee, Chow-Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh
DIRECTOR: Chow-Yun Fat


The Cup 03.28.00
STARRING: Lama Chonjor, Orgyen Tobgyal
DIRECTOR: Khyentse Norbu


Dancer in the Dark 10.10.00
STARRING: Bjork, Catherine Deneuve
DIRECTOR: Lars Von Trier
GRADE: B


Deterrence 08.15.00
STARRING: Kevin Pollack, Timothy Hutton
DIRECTOR: Rod Lurie
GRADE: B


Divided We Fall 07.17.01
STARRING: Anna Siskova, Csongor Kassai
DIRECTOR: Jan Hrebejk
GRADE: A+


Dreaming of Joseph Lees 04.04.00
STARRING: Samantha Morton, Rupert Graves
DIRECTOR: Eric Styles


Driven 05.08.00
STARRING: Kip Pardue, Sylvester Stallone
DIRECTOR: Renny Harlin
GRADE: D


East Is East 05.23.00
STARRING: Om Puri, Linda Bassett
DIRECTOR: Udayan Prasad
WHERE: Canal Place
GRADE: C


East-West 06.06.00
STARRING: Oleg Menchikov, Sandrine Bonnaire
DIRECTOR: Regis Wargnier
GRADE: B


The Emperor and the Assassin 03.21.00
STARRING: Li Xuejian, Gong Li
DIRECTOR: Chen Kaige


The End of the Affair 02.01.00
STARRING: Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore
DIRECTOR: Neil Jordan


Erin Brockovich 04.03.01
STARRING: Jude Law, Ed Harris
DIRECTOR: Jean-Jacques Annaud


Erin Brockovich 03.28.00
STARRING: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney
DIRECTOR: Steven Soderbergh


Evolution 06.12.01
STARRING: David Duchovny, Orlando Jones
DIRECTOR: Ivan Reitman


The Eyes of Tammy Faye 08.29.00
STARRING: Tammy Faye Bakker Messner, RuPaul Charles
DIRECTORS: Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey
GRADE: A-


The Five Senses 08.22.00
STARRING: Mary-Louise Parker, Gabrielle Rose
DIRECTOR: Jeremy Podeswa
GRADE: C


George Washington 04.03.00
STARRING: Donald Holden, Candace Evanofski
DIRECTOR: David Gordon Green
GRADE: B+


Getting to Know You 09.19.00
STARRING: Heather Matarazzo, Bebe Neuwirth
DIRECTOR: Lisanne Skyler
GRADE: B


Ghost Dog 04.04.00
STARRING: Forest Whitaker
DIRECTOR: Jim Jarmusch


Girl, Interrupted 02.22.00
STARRING: Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie
DIRECTOR: James Mangold


The Girl Next Door 08.01.00
STARRING: Stacy Valentine
DIRECTOR: Christine Fugate
GRADE: B+


Hamlet 07.25.00
STARRING: Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan
DIRECTOR: Michael Almereyda
GRADE: A-


Hannibal 02.20.01
STARRING: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore
DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott


Heartbreakers 02.20.01
STARRING: Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt
GRADE: B-

Hi-Fidelity 04.11.00
STARRING: John Cusack, Lili Taylor
DIRECTOR: Stephen Frears


The House of Mirth 02.20.01
STARRING: Gillian Anderson, Eric Stoltz
DIRECTOR:Terence Davies


The Hurricane 02.01.00
STARRING: Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber
DIRECTOR:Norman Jewison


I Dreamed of Africa 05.16.00
STARRING: Kim Basinger, Vincent Perez
DIRECTOR: Hugh Hudson


The In Crowd 08.08.00
STARRING: Lori Heuring, Susan Ward
DIRECTOR: Mary Lambert
GRADE: D+

Into the Arms of Strangers 06.12.01
STARRING: Robert Sugar, Lore Segal
DIRECTOR: Mark Jonathan Harris
GRADE: A

Jurassic Park III 07.23.01
STARRING: Sam Neill, William H. Macy
DIRECTOR: Joe Johnston
GRADE: B

A Knight's Tale 05.22.01
STARRING: Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell
DIRECTOR: Brian Helgeland
GRADE: C

The Last September 06.06.00
STARRING: Keeley Hawes, Maggie Smith
DIRECTOR: Deborah Warner
GRADE: A


Legally Blonde 07.23.01
STARRING: Reese Witherspoon, Matthew Davis
DIRECTOR: Robert Luketic
GRADE: C-

Louis Prima: The Wildest 06.20.00
STARRING: Louis Prima, Keely Smith
DIRECTOR: Don McGlynn
GRADE: B


Love and Basketball 05.09.00
STARRING: Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps
DIRECTOR: Gina Prince-Bythewood


Love and Sex 10.10.00
STARRING: Famke Janssen, Jon Favreau
DIRECTOR: Valerie Breiman
GRADE: C-


Magnolia 01.18.00
STARRING: Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore
DIRECTOR: Paul Thomas Anderson


Malena 02.13.01
STARRING: Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro
DIRECTOR: Giuseppe Tornatore


Me Myself I 05.01.01
STARRING: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss
DIRECTOR: Christopher Nolan
GRADE: B+

Me Myself I 05.09.00
STARRING: Rachel Griffiths, David Roberts
DIRECTOR: Pip Karmel


The Mexican 03.20.01
STARRING: Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts
DIRECTOR: Gore Verbinski


Mission: Impossible 2 06.20.00
STARRING: Tom Cruise, Thandie Newton
DIRECTOR: John Woo
GRADE: C


Moulin Rouge 06.05.01
STARRING: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor
DIRECTOR: Baz Luhrman
GRADE: B-


Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. 02.29.00
STARRING: Fred Leuchter
DIRECTOR: Errol Morris


The Mummy Returns 05.22.01
STARRING: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz
DIRECTOR: Stephen Sommers


Nico and Dani 04.10.00
STARRING: Jordi Vilches, Fernando Ramallo
DIRECTOR: David Mirkin
GRADE: B-


Nurse Betty 09.26.00
STARRING: Renee Zellweger, Morgan Freeman
DIRECTOR: Neil LaBute
GRADE: B+


O Brother, Where Art Thou 01.30.01
STARRING: George Clooney, John Turturro
DIRECTOR: Joel Coen


One Day in September 03.20.01
DIRECTOR: Kevin McDonald


Onegin 04.11.00
STARRING: Ralph Fiennes, Liv Tyler
DIRECTOR: Martha Fiennes


One Night at McCool’s 04.11.00
STARRING: Matt Dillon, Liv Tyler
DIRECTOR: Harold Zwart
GRADE: B


Pearl Harbor 05.29.01
STARRING: Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale
DIRECTOR: Michael Bay
GRADE: C+


The Pledge 02.06.01
STARRING: Jack Nicholson, Aaron Eckhart
DIRECTOR: Sean Penn


Pollock 03.27.01
STARRING: Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden
DIRECTOR: Ed Harris


Price of Glory 4.11.00
STARRING: Jimmy Smits, Jon Seda
DIRECTOR: Carlos Avila


The Replacements 08.22.00
STARRING: Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman
DIRECTOR: Howard Deutch
GRADE: B-


Remember the Titans 10.17.00
STARRING: Denzel Washington, Will Patton
DIRECTOR: Boaz Yakin
GRADE: B-


Return To Me 04.18.00
STARRING: David Duchovny, Minnie Driver
DIRECTOR: Bonnie Hunt


Rock, Roll and Screw 03.28.00
STARRING: Rosanna Arquette, Ally Sheedy
DIRECTOR: Allison Anders, Kurt Voss


Saving Grace 09.05.00
STARRING: Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson
DIRECTOR: Nigel Cole
GRADE: B


Sexy Beast 07.03.00
STARRING: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Glazer
GRADE: B+


Shadow of the Vampire 01.30.01
STARRING: John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe
DIRECTOR: E. Elias Merhige


Shadow Magic 06.26.01
STARRING: Jared Harris, Xia Yu
DIRECTOR: Ann Hu
GRADE: B


Shrek 06.05.01
STARRING: the voices of Mike Meyers, Eddie Murphy
DIRECTOR: Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson
GRADE: B


Space Cowboys 08.15.00
STARRING: Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones
DIRECTOR: Clint Eastwood
GRADE: B-


Startup.com 06.26.01
STARRING: Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, Tom Herman
DIRECTOR: Jehane Noujaim and & Chris Hegedus
GRADE: B


State and Main 01.16.01
STARRING: William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman
DIRECTOR: David Mamet
GRADE: B+


The Straight Story 03.21.00
STARRING: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek
DIRECTOR: David Lynch


Sunshine 07.25.00
STARRING: Ralph Fiennes, Jennifer Ehle
DIRECTOR: Istvan Szabo
GRADE: B+


Sweet & Lowdown 01.25.00
STARRING: Sean Penn, Samantha Morton
DIRECTOR: Woody Allen


The Tailor of Panama 05.01.01
STARRING: Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush
DIRECTOR: John Boorman


The Talented Mr. Ripley 01.11.00
STARRING: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow


The Tao of Steve 10.03.00
STARRING: Donal Logue, Greer Goodman
DIRECTOR: Jenniphr Goodman
GRADE: C+


Topsy-Turvy 02.15.00
STARRING: Allan Corduner, Jim Broadbent
DIRECTOR: Mike Leigh


Traffic 01.30.01
STARRING: Michael Douglas, Benicio del Toro
DIRECTOR: Steven Soderbergh


Trixie 08.15.00 STARRING: Emily Watson, Nick Nolte
DIRECTOR: Alan Rudolph
WHERE: Canal Place
GRADE: C-


Up at the Villa 05.30.00
STARRING: Kristin Scott Thomas,
Sean Penn
DIRECTOR: Philip Haas
GRADE: B-


The Virgin Suicides 05.16.00
STARRING: James Woods, Kathleen Turner
DIRECTOR: Sofia Coppola
GRADE: C


What Lies Beneath 08.01.00
STARRING: Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer
DIRECTOR: Robert Zemeckis
GRADE: C


Where the Heart Is 05.23.00
STARRING: Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd
DIRECTOR: Matt Williams
GRADE: C


The Whole Nine Yards 03.07.00
STARRING: Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Lynn


The Widow of St. Pierre 04.24.01
STARRING: Juliet Binoche, Daniel Auteuil
DIRECTOR: Patrice Leconte


With a Friend Like Harry … 06.19.01
STARRING: Laurent Lucas, Sergio Lopez
DIRECTOR: Dominik Moll


Wonder Boys 03.07.00
STARRING: Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire
DIRECTOR: Curtis Hanson





   

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