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(09/04/03 4:00am)
A droning, monotonous waltz of the silent--of those who remain unseen in their dance of misery--Dirty Pretty Things tells the story of life's undesirable elements and the people compelled to suffer in them. It's the story of illegal immigrants--those who are exiled or running from their own country and culture, and the greedy business owners who relish in their ability to draw from an ocean of desperate aliens willing to work for mere pennies. British Director Stephen Frears (High Fidelity, Mary Reilly) takes us on a dark journey though the sordid London underbelly of filth and corruption.
(03/27/03 5:00am)
In a world of crumbling curbs and muddied gravel lots, nestled among gray trees yet to show the greening buds of April, lay bright bursts of color where one would only expect the wear and tear of several decades of neglect.
(02/13/03 5:00am)
The ranting, the raving - it seems endless. Duke sucks, Durham suck...Duke is no fun...The administration wants us to study all the time...They're kicking off all the greeks...We want kegs, the Hideaway, unregulated bonfires....
(01/30/03 5:00am)
"Art flick" culture has long been in the hands of Hollywood, and the trendy "art" movies often showcase big stars and large budgets.
(01/09/03 5:00am)
The fly-over zone-the gray expanse of corn and nothingness polluting commuters with jet-lag. It's north of Texas and lacking any Southern Charm: it's white bread, iceberg lettuce, bologna and Miracle Whip-a tasteless concoction of nothing.
(11/21/02 5:00am)
No mere skeptic am I: I've reread all four novels AND visited filming locations at Oxford's Christ Church College. Slowly but surely, the world I created in my head is being eroded away by the ingeniously unimaginative picture of Hollywood hack Chris Columbus. The mental picture I drew of Harry Potter is now one that oddly resembles Daniel Radcliffe. Must. avoid. Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets.
(11/21/02 5:00am)
Science/Fantasy
(11/07/02 5:00am)
Why does someone who seems to care so little have so much to say?
(10/10/02 4:00am)
Is your idea of a beach weekend making the trek down to Wilmington, spending a few hours at the public access beach and hitting the parties at UNC-Wilmington? Are you tired of a beach trip ending up as a whole lotta-Duke with a little bit-o'-beach? Well, if you have a few extra hours or so, take a left off of I-40 and take Highway 24 East for something a bit different'Äîthe white beaches and hurricane scarred charm of the southern Outer Banks.
(10/10/02 4:00am)
The artistic rift that divides literature from that of the visual arts is a gaping, uneven, ragged canyon that is rarely spanned and often poorly crossed. This estranged relationship is rarely ever mended and more often than not, authors clash with directors and one gets a J.K. Rollins/Chris Columbus Harry Potter-esque disaster.
(10/03/02 4:00am)
This isn't a new movie. Red Dragon has been done before, except they called it Manhunter, and for the most part, it sucked. And of course it did: They forgot the perennial frightener of small children, Anthony Hopkins.
(09/26/02 4:00am)
You can only criticize bad filmmaking so many times; you can only cite shallow, undeveloped characters, weak plot lines and general theatrical nuisance until one movie review starts to run into the next.
(09/19/02 4:00am)
When first-time director Sam Jones set out to document the making of Wilco's YankeeHotelFoxtrot a couple years ago, he never could have guessed the drama that was to ensue: Accused of producing something "too creative," Wilco's record company, Reprise Records, dropped the band's contract and refused to release the record. After struggling to find a new label, Wilco eventually hooked up with Nonesuch, and Foxtrot was released to wide critical acclaim. Film Editor Tom Roller caught up with Jones, whose I am Trying to Break Your Heart captured this journey.
(09/05/02 4:00am)
It's that time--when your mind recedes into a pool of slack, stagnant, foul water, disturbed only by the most remote stimuli. The waters may ripple, but they quickly settle. It is choked with algae, over-fertilized by a summer of sunshine. Someone has poisoned the water. But who?
(07/31/02 4:00am)
I remember so many early mornings spent in front of the television, Pop-Tart and bowl of Cookie Crisp in hand... Voltron, Transformers, Rainbow Brite and best of all, Scooby-Doo. But this is much deeper than the cliché of childhood memories.This is about tragedy. This is about loss of innocence. This is about Scooby-Doo... the movie.
(07/24/02 4:00am)
I remember so many early mornings spent in front of the television, Pop-Tart and bowl of Cookie Crisp in handS Voltron, Transformers, Rainbow Brite and best of all, Scooby-Doo. But this is much deeper than the cliché of childhood memories.This is about tragedy. This is about loss of innocence. This is about Scooby-Doo... the movie.
(06/20/02 4:00am)
A paper doll. With every cut, every unfolding revealing a clone of identical proportion, each doll discloses the error of the original, the superficiality of the image. Blending generics and originality, a singular paper doll does the impossible and comes out looking nothing like its proverbial brothers.
(06/13/02 4:00am)
Windtalkers crosses a thin red line in an attempt to expose the audience to the underappreciated efforts of American soldiers and the harrows of wartime. Oh bother, I've seen this movie before--and not just once. Flashbacks new and old, good and bad flash before my eyes. With Tom Hanks as a role-model, Windtalkers does its contemporaries no justice: It kicks Ryan in the privates, and destroys any band those brothers ever had.
(04/11/02 4:00am)
Panic Room is a simple movie with a simple plot and characters with simple motivations. It is a damsel in distress (Jodie Foster) and monetarily motivated criminals. It should be a game of Candyland--from square one to the Kandy Kastle. However, someone tries to play with monopoly rules. The result? Plumpy Plum eats the gingerbread man and chokes. The catch? Everyone loses.
(03/07/02 5:00am)
Devoid of the imagination, the rich historical portrayal and the intrinsic design of Anne Rice's novel, The Queen of the Damned offers the audience nothing (minus the beauty of Aaliyah). The destruction of a cult novel, the mutilation of imagination: It is a high school Goth's nightmare.
