• October 15, 2003
• Action, Adventure, At Home

Ah, yes, it was the summer of 1981… I was 11 years old, and all of us neighborhood kids whiled away our time playing Space Invaders, furiously working on...

• July 25, 2003
• Action, Adventure, At Home

Now, I enjoy playing video games as much as the next freak with nerd-like tendencies (“My name is Linda. I’m a recovering DOOM addict.”). But the keyword is “playing”…....

• July 18, 2003
• Action, At Home, Comedy, Crime

Hot women in skimpy clothes? Profanity? More explosions? More gun fights? Lots and lots and lots of initially cool but quickly tiresome and unnecessary slo-mo shots? Then, my friend,...

• July 11, 2003
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Fantasy

I find Sean Connery distracting. I’m not a big fan of his, especially of his work in recent years (Encrapment, anyone?), and he was a big reason why I...

• May 3, 2003
• Action, At Home, Fantasy, Science Fiction

I’ll admit that I walked into the press screening—an experience that was complete with a bag search and metal detectors!—a little skeptical. I’d seen the original X-Men movie and...

• March 28, 2003
• Action, At Home, Drama, Thriller

Thank God for Viggo Mortensen. Without him I would never have watched Crimson Tide, and I would have missed out on a fantastic, edge-of-your-seat, nail-biter of a movie. Any...

• February 6, 2003
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Comedy

Owen Wilson and Jackie Chan reprise their roles from the hit Shanghai Noon, as ladies’ man cowboy Roy O’Bannon and former Chinese Imperial guard, now Old West sheriff, Chon...

• August 16, 2002
• Action, At Home, Drama

A movie about buff girls and the Hawaii surf scene. Sounds like it could be pretty lame, right? Like it might just be some exploitative T&A flick with nothing...

• July 12, 2002
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Fantasy

Could you imagine a species that has been sleeping for millions of years, that is suddenly let loose on the world? Recently, there have been films that have tried...

• June 14, 2002
• Action, At Home

A man (Matt Damon) gets fished out of the stormy Mediterranean off the coast of France, with two bullets lodged in his back and his memory a blank slate....

• May 16, 2002
• Action, At Home, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Before you, dear reader, label me bitter and jaded, let me defend myself by saying that I’m a huge Star Wars fan. When I’m talking Star Wars, I am...

• March 19, 2002
• Action, At Home, Drama, Thriller

Tagline: No castle can have two kings. I’m thinking that there aren’t that many movies out there that are predictable from the onset that are as enjoyable as this...