Back Issues
May 23, 2002 - Issue 71
| • | Attack of the blockbusters (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, About a Boy) |
| • | Relationships in N.Y.C., a good performance by Hayden Christensen and a troubled high schooler (Sidewalks of New York, Life as a House, Donnie Darko) |
May 16, 2002 - Issue 70
| • | A couple of smaller films to check out before the onsluaght of blockbusters engulf the theatres. (Kissing Jessica Stein, Frailty) |
| • | Three dark tension filled films. (The Others, From Hell, Blood Simple) |
May 9, 2002 - Issue 69
| • | Big Hollywood Blockbuster and little indie dramedy. (Kissing Jessica Stein, Spiderman) |
| • | Big stars in Vegas, breakthrough animation and another side of Spiderman's Tobey Maguire. (Wonder Boys, Waking Life, Ocean's Eleven) |
April 18, 2002 - Issue 68
| • | Two films driven by thought provoking stories. (Frailty, Changing Lanes) |
| • | A barber, an actor, and singles looking for meaning in life. (The Man Who Wasn't There, Lisa Picard is Famous, Living Out Loud) |
April 11, 2002 - Issue 67
| • | Refreshing indie and good looking studio pic. (Kissing Jessica Stein, Panic Room) |
| • | Pitt and Redford, Lynch or Ruth your pick. (Spy Game, Mulholland Drive, Citizen Ruth) |
April 4, 2002 - Issue 66
| • | Finally, a current reviewable film. (Panic Room, The Royal Tenenbaums) |
| • | Three films with running themes of love trouble. (Bandits, Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch), Waking the Dead) |
March 28, 2002 - Issue 65
| • | And the Oscar goes to. (A Beautiful Mind, Monster's Ball, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) |
| • | A space cadet, a troubled dad and an Oscar for best actor. (K-PAX, Life as a House, Training Day) |
March 21, 2002 - Issue 64
| • | Oscar Bait (A Beautiful Mind, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) |
| • | Troubled youth, middle age crisis and a senior's closure. (Donnie Darko, Training Day, The Straight Story) |
March 14, 2002 - Issue 63
| • | March and February are the dumping months and the new releases relflect this. I guess it's to ensure we see the Oscar contenders. (Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, A Beautiful Mind, Monster's Ball) |
| • | Two new films with an indy feel and a great documentary to consisder in a dry theatre season. (Sexy Beast, Heist, Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills) |
March 7, 2002 - Issue 62
| • | Let's hope there are some more solid releases coming soon so I can stop repeating the Oscar contenders. (In the Bedroom, A Beautiful Mind) |
| • | A "boy" in a troubled future, a man with a troubled past and sisters with a troubled present. (A.I., Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Virgin Suicides) |
February 28, 2002 - Issue 61
| • | A double dose of Billy Bob - Cohen style and relative newcomer Marc Forster style. (The Man Who Wasn't There, Monster's Ball) |
| • | It's a numbers thing really. (Session 9, Series 7, 20 Dates) |
February 21, 2002 - Issue 60
| • | What will it be frighteningly scary, tear jerking or funny bone ticklin'- pick your mood then your film. (The Mothman Prophecies, I am Sam, The Royal Tenenbaums) |
| • | Three completely different family ensemble pieces. (House of Yes, Playing by Heart, Panic) |
February 14, 2002 - Issue 59
| • | The Oscar Contenders. (A Beautiful Mind, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Black Hawk Down) |
| • | A walk down rememberance lane, an odd Cartoonist and a bunch of unlikely heros. (Hearts in Atlantis, Crumb, The Dish) |
February 7, 2002 - Issue 58
| • | Two films about main characters whose minds are working at opposite ends of the spectrum. (I am Sam, A Beautiful Mind) |
| • | People whose lives are just getting started, going up their noses and standing still. (Ghost World, Blow, Office Space) |
January 31, 2002 - Issue 57
| • | Big Hollywood and little indie (The Mothman Prophecies, Monster's Ball) |
| • | Sillyness, seriousness, crazyness (Rat Race, Miller's Crossing, Beyond Suspicion) |
January 24, 2002 - Issue 56
| • | Mentally challenged Dad and Dysfunctionally challenged family. (I am Sam, The Royal Tenenbaums) |
| • | Difficulty with high school, retirement and the court system. (Welcome to the Dollhouse, The Pledge, Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills) |
January 17, 2002 - Issue 55
| • | Take your pick from monstrous acting or monstrous action. (Monster's Ball, Black Hawk Down) |
| • | Three smaller films make their way to video. (Following, Wet Hot American Summer, The Anniversary Party) |
January 10, 2002 - Issue 54
| • | An insane family, an insane genius and an insane adventure. (The Royal Tenenbaums, A Beautiful Mind, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) |
| • | Three small films with much to offer. (Bottle Rocket, With A Friend Like Harry, Requiem for a Dream) |
January 3, 2002 - Issue 53
| • | Heavy little indie or fun big Hollywood. (Monster's Ball, Ocean's Eleven) |
| • | Small films about a brother and sister, a blocked writer or an ex-con. (You Can Count On Me, Barton Fink, Buffalo '66) |
December 27, 2001 - Issue 52
| • | Mystical epic or Mental tribulation (Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, A Beautiful Mind) |
| • | A heart felt family film, a dysfunctional family comedy or a parody of reality TV. (The Straight Story, Flirting with Disaster, Series 7) |
December 20, 2001 - Issue 51
| • | Heavy on the relationships or light, your pick (In the Bedroom, Sidewalks of New York, The Royal Tenenbaums) |
| • | A big musical number, a medium sized thriller or small genre specific indie. (Moulin Rouge, The Tailor of Panama, Lisa Picard is Famous) |
December 13, 2001 - Issue 50
| • | Let's take out three casinos, explore a young boys inner psyche or watch as the man with a low profile stumbles through life. (Ocean's Eleven, Donnie Darko, The Man Who Wasn't There) |
| • | Party with a throw-back prog rock band, snag some high priced jewels or watch some dino-chasing. (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Score, Jurassic Park III) |
December 6, 2001 - Issue 49
| • | A verbal thriller and a visual dreamscape. (Heist, Mulholland Drive) |
| • | Three dramas of varying weight set in Australia, Cuba and New Zealand. (The Dish, Before Night Falls, Heavenly Creatures) |
November 29, 2001 - Issue 48
| • | We're serving up an indie restaurant flick and a Coen brothers noir . (Dinner Rush, The Man Who Wasn't There) |
| • | One guy attempts to write his first book, two guys bumble into organized crime and a three part story about tough love. (Croupier, Made, Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch)) |
November 22, 2001 - Issue 47
| • | This Thanksgiving weekend we're serving a plateful - a family film an adult film and a cool indie. (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Spy Game, Donnie Darko) |
| • | A love story, a father and son film and an ape flick. (Girl on the Bridge, Frequency, Planet of the Apes) |
November 15, 2001 - Issue 46
| • | Traditional Mamet, Farrelly light and heavy Life (Life as a House, Shallow Hal, Heist) |
| • | Three films with casts of characters that are odd, sick and sad. (Hard Eight, Happiness, Fast Cheap and Out of Control) |
November 8, 2001 - Issue 45
| • | One black and white noir and two vivid animated flicks this week. (The Man Who Wasn't There, Waking Life, Monsters Inc.) |
| • | Light fluffy fun, heavy lost love and mix bag coming-of-age. (Legally Blonde, Waking the Dead, The Adventures of Sebastian Cole) |
November 1, 2001 - Issue 44
| • | Polar oppisites - a dark and twisted and feel-good (Donnie Darko, K-PAX) |
| • | A twisted family noir, a twisted family comedy and a fun cartoon (Panic, Flirting with Disaster, Shrek) |
October 25, 2001 - Issue 43
| • | Dark themes appropriate with Halloween - David Lynch and Jack the Ripper. (Mulholland Drive, From Hell) |
| • | An unwanted friend, a light hearted romance and those zany Englishmen (With A Friend Like Harry, About Adam, Monty Python and the Holy Grail) |
October 18, 2001 - Issue 42
| • | Crazy bank robbers and a sentimental summer with a clairvoyant. (Bandits, Hearts in Atlantis) |
| • | Two buddies trying to kick a habit, a shy lady realizes her latent talent and an unlikely couple hit the road to Canada. (Gridlock'd, Little Voice, Niagara, Niagara) |
October 11, 2001 - Issue 41
| • | Good cop, bad cop and two long lost lovers. (Happy Accidents, Training Day) |
| • | Romance British style, action adventure Ang Lee style and a mad capped ensemble piece. (Go, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Bridget Jones's Diary) |
October 4, 2001 - Issue 40
| • | Great scary times and fun glam rock. (The Others, Hedwig and the Angry Inch) |
| • | Two comedies and an uplifting drama, good for a weekend of escape. (Raising Arizona, High Fidelity, The Straight Story) |
September 27, 2001 - Issue 39
| • | Two films reminiscing about of times gone by. (Hearts in Atlantis, Together) |
| • | Three films making a statement about the human condition. (Dark Days, Series 7, Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch)) |
September 20, 2001 - Issue 38
| • | Two films in limited release to be on the look out for. (Happy Accidents, Lisa Picard is Famous) |
| • | A noir thriller, indie thinker and an oddball mystery/comedy (Blood Simple, Henry Fool, Zero Effect) |
September 13, 2001 - Issue 37
| • | Hippy life and a silly quest for cash. (Together, Rat Race) |
| • | Cocaine smuggling, espionage in Panama and a cooking drama. (Blow, The Tailor of Panama, Big Night) |
September 6, 2001 - Issue 36
| • | An 80's camp spoof and a 70'sish glam rock musical comedy. (Wet Hot American Summer, Hedwig and the Angry Inch) |
| • | A mental week. One guy without short-term memory, one with writers block and one who's brain is numb from banal corporate life. (Memento, Barton Fink, Office Space) |
August 30, 2001 - Issue 35
| • | Two films about dimwits pursuing money. (Rat Race, Made) |
| • | Humor: Good wholesome, odd indie and children's (The Dish, Bottle Rocket, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) |
August 23, 2001 - Issue 34
| • | It's horror week. (The Others, Session 9) |
| • | Hannibal is on the loose, changing identity and small-time community theatre. (Hannibal, Beyond Suspicion, Waiting for Guffman) |
August 16, 2001 - Issue 33
| • | Two tales of removal: one from a life of crime and another from an arranged marraige. (Sexy Beast, Jump Tomorrow) |
| • | A dealer of cards, a dealer of assassination and a young kid just learning to deal. (Croupier, Enemy at the Gates, Rushmore) |
August 9, 2001 - Issue 32
| • | Two misfits finding their way in the world fresh out of high school an a misfit singing his trials and tribulations to the world. (Ghost World, Hedwig and the Angry Inch) |
| • | Three stories of love. (Girl on the Bridge, The Mexican, Chocolat) |
August 2, 2001 - Issue 31
| • | As the Worlds turn - Tim Burton's world, two guys try as they might can't survive the .com world and one guys backward world. (Planet of the Apes, Startup.com, Memento) |
| • | A sad commentary on the court system, sad Texans doing nothing and Sean Penn doing a lot while seemingly looking like nothing. (Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, Slacker, The Pledge) |
July 26, 2001 - Issue 30
| • | Recent eccentric high school grads, dinosaurs, and a punk rock sex change musical - how's that for variety. (Ghost World, Jurassic Park III, Hedwig and the Angry Inch) |
| • | A hit man comes home, a puzzling mystery and a tragic artist. (Little Odessa, House of Games, Pollock) |
July 19, 2001 - Issue 29
| • | Three films about organized crime. (Made, The Score, Sexy Beast) |
| • | Artsy girlfriend stealing, lowbrow girlfriend saving and jaded music scene explaining. (Buffalo '66, Saving Silverman, Hype!) |
July 12, 2001 - Issue 28
| • | Two light comedies with completely different approaches. (Legally Blonde, Jump Tomorrow) |
| • | A close call in history, love life ensemble piece, and a mess of a life Hollywood piece round this week out. (Thirteen Days, Playing by Heart, Hurlyburly) |
July 5, 2001 - Issue 27
| • | A futuristic boy and a past tense .com. (A.I., Startup.com) |
| • | Four odd gentleman, an insane family and demented young girls - an uplifting week? (Fast Cheap and Out of Control, House of Yes, Heavenly Creatures) |
June 28, 2001 - Issue 26
| • | A bunch of merry idiots search for the Grail and an Ogre in search of a princess. (Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Shrek) |
| • | A slow moving mood piece, a fast moving testosterone piece, and an evenly paced great story piece. (Unbreakable, Snatch, You Can Count On Me) |
June 21, 2001 - Issue 25
| • | Two indies: one set in Spain and one in France. (Sexy Beast, With A Friend Like Harry) |
| • | An intense look at one mans downfall, an intense stab at Hollywood or an intense look at characters unlucky lives in love and romance - your choice. (The Pledge, State and Main, Happiness) |
June 14, 2001 - Issue 24
| • | It's a festive week, when it is always a party at the Moulin Rouge and a bunch of Hollywoodites gather in celebration of a marriage that has actually lasted six years. (Moulin Rouge, The Anniversary Party) |
| • | This week: stuck in the house, stuck on an island, or stuck with some dim witted fellow convicts. (The Virgin Suicides, Cast Away, O Brother, Where Art Thou?) |
June 7, 2001 - Issue 23
| • | Crazy psychodrama French style and great American digital fun. (With A Friend Like Harry, Shrek) |
| • | Moral dilemmas, picturesque martial arts, and interesting characters telling stories. (Crimes and Misdemeanors, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Smoke) |
May 31, 2001 - Issue 22
| • | Two films of tragic love. (Moulin Rouge, Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch)) |
| • | Drugs on an international scale, drugs on a small town scale and a vampire. (Traffic, Go, Shadow of the Vampire) |
May 24, 2001 - Issue 21
| • | Tecnology is the theme with a suberb digital creation and trip through the life of a .com. (Startup.com, Shrek) |
| • | Three smaller solid films this week dealing with: Three people looking for a conection, drug addiction, and an exiled novelist. (Living Out Loud, Requiem for a Dream, Before Night Falls) |
May 17, 2001 - Issue 20
| • | Young Irish love and middle aged English love. (About Adam, Bridget Jones's Diary) |
| • | A realistic look at high school, documentary about murder and a mocumentary about dogs. (Welcome to the Dollhouse, Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, Best in Show) |
May 10, 2001 - Issue 19
| • | With nothing new tripping my trigger these two indies are sound selections (Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch), Memento) |
| • | Dark tales abound on video this week: an insane writer, immoral roomates and loathsome friends. (Quills, Shallow Grave, Your Friends and Neighbors) |
May 3, 2001 - Issue 18
| • | A covert political drama and an eerie French psychodrama. (The Tailor of Panama, With A Friend Like Harry) |
| • | A psycho boss, crazy relatives and questionable friends round out this weeks video section. (Swimming with Sharks, Flirting with Disaster, The Spanish Prisoner) |
April 26, 2001 - Issue 17
| • | Two solid imports: one is light family fun, another is not. (The Dish, Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch)) |
| • | Father and Son, four crazy geezers, and a whole bunch of nutty Englishman. (Frequency, Space Cowboys, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) |
April 19, 2001 - Issue 16
| • | Cocaine and no short term memory. (Blow, Memento) |
| • | Two about organized crime and one about disorganized crime. (The Sopranos, The Yards, Niagara, Niagara) |
April 12, 2001 - Issue 15
| • | Accents 'o plenty from Brits and Aussies. (The Dish, Bridget Jones's Diary) |
| • | This week: buddy story, love story and everyone's story. (Slacker, Waking the Dead, Gridlock'd) |
April 5, 2001 - Issue 14
| • | Big drug running and big espionage. (Blow, The Tailor of Panama) |
| • | Double crossing, beautiful singing and ugly dating. (Blood Simple, Little Voice, 20 Dates) |
March 29, 2001 - Issue 13
| • | A fairy tale and a backward tale. (The Price of Milk, Memento) |
| • | Three levels of humor: dark with a delusional nurse, light with a hitman, and odd with a cartoonist. (Nurse Betty, Grosse Point Blank, Crumb) |
March 22, 2001 - Issue 12
| • | The Oscar nominees special reminder: Drugs, Martial Arts and Brother and Sister. (You Can Count On Me, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Traffic) |
| • | The Oscar nominees special reminder: a potential V.P. , a gladiator and a rock and roll journalist. (Gladiator, The Contender, Almost Famous) |
March 15, 2001 - Issue 11
| • | Two that are set in the past about getting your man and working together. (Enemy at the Gates, The Dish) |
| • | Arrested development, arrested relationships and arrested restaurants. (Chuck and Buck, High Fidelity, Big Night) |
March 8, 2001 - Issue 10
| • | Two unique indies about the mentally askew. (Memento, Series 7) |
| • | This week is dogged determination for family and identity. (The Straight Story, Indian Runner, The Adventures of Sebastian Cole) |
March 1, 2001 - Issue 9
| • | Two about craftsmenship; a gun and painting. (Pollock, The Mexican) |
| • | Whether you should keep them, enjoy making them or just steal them; the theme is babies. (Raising Arizona, Ice Storm, Citizen Ruth) |
February 22, 2001 - Issue 8
| • | A feel good and a feel bad. (Billy Elliot, Before Night Falls) |
| • | Three indies - two lesser known and a classic. (Clockwatchers, Hard Eight, Miller's Crossing) |
February 15, 2001 - Issue 7
| • | Smart humor, dumb humor. (Wonder Boys, Saving Silverman) |
| • | Somthing for everyone - mad funny, mad science, mad family. (Bottle Rocket, Pi, Marvin's Room) |
February 8, 2001 - Issue 6
| • | Big Hollywood and big indie; both delicious. (Hannibal, Spring Forward) |
| • | This week - disturbing, funny and graceful. (The Celebration, Election, The Sweet Hereafter) |
February 1, 2001 - Issue 5
| • | Nosferatu and Sean Penn: nice couple... of movies. (Shadow of the Vampire, The Pledge) |
| • | Three rentals of protagonists struggling to maintain. (Jesus' Son, Albino Alligator, American Movie) |
January 25, 2001 - Issue 4
| • | This week a history lesson, with varying degrees of accuracy. (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Thirteen Days) |
| • | Mental strife in the work place, on the road, and in life in general. (Office Space, Breakdown, Henry Fool) |
January 18, 2001 - Issue 3
| • | Two levels of insanity and a side of dysfunctionality (Quills, State and Main, You Can Count On Me) |
| • | Sci. Fi./Humor/Action (Cube, Out of Sight, Waiting for Guffman) |
January 11, 2001 - Issue 2
| • | Pursuit of big drugs, an ancient sword or a fat diamond; your pick. (Traffic, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Snatch) |
| • | This indie week we are stuck - in high school, saving our boyfriend or in the middle of nowhere. (Rushmore, Run Lola Run, Limbo) |
January 4, 2001 - Issue 1
| • | This Christmas season we are stranded on an island, hooked on heroin and eating homemade chocolate. (Cast Away, Requiem for a Dream, Chocolat) |
| • | A writer and a president unable to execute their jobs and a detective that makes up for both. (Barton Fink, Dick, Zero Effect) |
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