• July 20, 2004
• At Home, Comedy, Drama, Romance

I have had the biggest crush on Jimi Mistry ever since he starred in The Guru, one of the funniest and most enjoyable movies of 2002. I heart Jimi...

• June 20, 2004
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Comedy

Admittedly, I wasn’t expecting much from this adaptation of the Jules Verne classic, especially since it stars Jackie Chan – whose last two big-screen forays (The Medallion and Shanghai...

• June 14, 2004
• At Home, Comedy, Drama

Contrary to the impression you might get from your average American sex “comedy,” it is not necessary to add vomit, animal feces, superglue, forest creatures, or anything else to...

• April 2, 2004
• At Home, Comedy, Fantasy

It’s not campy or colorful, but gorgeously dark and gothic and shadowy, like a black-and-white technicolor movie. Ron Perlman, who last donned mucho prosthetic make-up as Vincent in the...

• February 20, 2004
• At Home, Comedy

When the press kit for … Drama Queen arrived in my mailbox, it contained a letter to the press from the film’s newbie director, Sara Sugarman, detailing what a...

• January 16, 2004
• At Home, Comedy, Romance

Reuben Feffer (Ben Stiller) is a guy who likes things that are safe and well-planned out. He works at a big insurance company, assessing the risks involved in insuring...

• November 8, 2003
• At Home, Comedy, Romance

The fact that April’s Shower, a tedious, middling “romantic comedy,” not only made the cut for this year’s Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, but was featured as a centerpiece...

• November 7, 2003
• At Home, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Elf is cute. It’s a sweet little movie with some clever jokes, good performances and a nice message. I liked it. But, as my sister so wisely pointed out...

• October 30, 2003
• At Home, Comedy, Drama

Like the Southern home cooking featured so prominently in the film, Fried Green Tomatoes sticks to your ribs. Its characters take up residence in your mind and stay with...

• 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...

• September 29, 2003
• At Home, Comedy, Drama

Who’da thought that they’d be making movies based on underground comics? Following the critical success of movies like Ghost World (based on a “graphic novel”) and Crumb (a documentary...

• September 4, 2003
• At Home, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

The first time I saw Arizona Dream, I was smitten.  I had been waiting to see the movie for three years by the time I stumbled into the video,...