• October 23, 2003
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Comedy

After the huge popular and critical success of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas cruised on their egos and made the dark, unfunny, and overall...

• October 23, 2003
• Action, Adventure, At Home

Until I rewatched Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom recently, I had forever associated the film with getting my teeth drilled. Literally. You see, the last time I...

• 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 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...

• 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...

• January 3, 2003
• Adventure, At Home, Fantasy

Just when you think director Peter Jackson is in over his head with the extravagant special effects, numerous characters, and the large scope of J.R.R. Tolkein’s book, he proves...

• November 14, 2002
• Adventure, At Home, Family, Fantasy

Before I saw Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, I had asked several people what they had thought of the film, as I tried to decide whether or...

• 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...

• May 10, 2002
• Adventure, At Home, Family

Snow Dogs is Northern Exposure, with the fish-out-of-water being a black man instead of a New York Jew. Ted (Cuba), a cornball Miami dentist with a sparkling toothsome grin,...

• January 3, 2002
• Adventure, At Home, Fantasy

I’ve been reminded of Titanic several times over the last few years while picking up stories here and there about the production of The Lord of the Rings trilogy....

• September 29, 2001
• Action, Adventure, Animation, At Home

When bored, rule number one is to never look at your watch. Time will crawl. But you can’t help it, can you? Even if it feels mentally like ages,...