• August 27, 2004
• Action, At Home, Drama

Lost in the shuffle between Steven Spielberg’s acclaimed first movie, the made-for-TV thriller Duel, and his blockbuster shark tale Jaws, was a chase movie called The Sugarland Express. I...

• August 19, 2004
• At Home, Crime, Drama, Mystery

You’d think that if Robert Redford produced a movie and Al Pacino starred in it, the final product would be pretty amazing. People I Know is an intriguing story,...

• August 7, 2004
• At Home, Comedy, Drama, Romance

Kenji (Tadanobu Asano, Twilight Samurai) is a Japanese library clerk in Bangkok. His work environment is as orderly and tidy as it is uninteresting, with fluorescent lights seemingly washing...

• 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 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 21, 2004
• At Home, Drama, Mystery

Equus is a prime example of what happens when creepy, overprotective parents drum a lot of talk about religion into a kid’s head, then give him a room way...

• April 17, 2004
• At Home, Crime, Drama, Romance

A Soldier’s Girl is based on a tragic true story, about the affair between a soldier, Pvt. Barry Winchell, falling for a “local girl” who is a transgender nightclub singer...

• March 9, 2004
• At Home, Drama, Romance, Science Fiction

Charlie Kaufman has earned the somewhat unique honor of being a screenwriter who is a household name, with the creation of such cinematic head trips as Being John Malkovich...

• February 28, 2004
• At Home, Drama

My award for the cutest on-screen family EVER goes to In America‘s Sullivan family. There’s moon-faced mom Sarah (the cherubic Samantha Morton). There’s the scruffy yet sweet dad Johnny...

• February 12, 2004
• Action, At Home, Crime, Drama

I love guy movies. I love onscreen explosions. What’s not to love about Backdraft? I spent the entire movie working on that question, and finally realized that it has...

• February 6, 2004
• At Home, Drama

I may have been only 9 at the time of the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, but I was conscious enough to remember that a certain...

• December 8, 2003
• At Home, Drama, Music

Before we begin, let us first have a moment of silence in honor of the part of my soul that died after seeing this movie. Alright, that’s long enough....