Archive for January, 2000
THE SKINNY
Professional voyeur falls for murderous damsel in distress.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Skip it in the theatres. May be worth renting if the only other video in the store is Bicentennial Man.
THE FULL REVIEW
Let me start by saying that nothing you read in this review should be taken to be even the slightest hint of a recommendation […]
THE SKINNY
A computer programmer who has created a virtual-reality game that taps into people’s nervous systems is on the run from anti-game assassins.
THE BOTTOM LINE
This game is worth playing.
THE FULL REVIEW
Released without assistance from the Hollywood hype-machine in the spring of 1999 (a typical slow period for films), eXistenZ spent little if any time in […]
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THE SKINNY
Uplifting and touching film based on the true story of a boxer imprisoned for murders he didn’t commit.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Entertaining drama with a performance by Denzel that shouldn’t be missed.
THE FULL REVIEW
It should come as no surprise that Denzel Washington gives one of his best performances to date in Norman Jewison’s stirring new […]
If you live in the northeast, some woman close to you, be it your wife, girlfriend, or some other relative, likely received a Pashmina scarf for the holidays. Oh, I’m sorry, I meant they received a Pashmina. Unlike other articles of clothing, like leather gloves, or silk pajamas, the Pashmina is only referred to by […]
Movie critics are everywhere and it takes a lot to get noticed. That’s why for every Janet Maslin of the New York Times and Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, there’s Peter Keough of the Providence Phoenix and Lisa Miller of the Little Rock Free Press. And while Ebert’s quotables find their way into movie […]


