• 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 23, 2003
• At Home, Drama, Romance

Sugar Sweet is not as saucy as the movie summary suggests. In fact, it is a cute comedy and love story, purportedly the first film from Japan by a...

• September 20, 2003
• At Home, Drama

On that note, meet Kira (Stine Stengade), a woman who has just come home from a stay in a mental hospital. Her husband Mans (Lars Mikkelsen) is a great...

• 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,...

• August 13, 2003
• At Home, Mystery, Thriller

In the tradition of Pacific Heights and Single White Female, The 4th Floor plays upon the universal fear of being unsafe in one’s own home, of having neighbors so...

• August 12, 2003
• At Home, Comedy

I don’t know what it is about Seann William Scott, but I find him endlessly entertaining. Movies, talk shows, doesn’t matter. He just makes me laugh. A lot. And...

• August 6, 2003
• At Home, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

That’s what I kept thinking all through this smart, spirited, updated remake of the 1976 Disney classic based on the book by Mary Rodgers. The body-switcheroo story finds stressed-out...

• 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...

• July 10, 2003
• At Home, Comedy, Drama

Maybe the filmmakers have to build up to making a laugh out loud feature, but I have to say that several of the shorts on this DVD collection of...

• June 19, 2003
• At Home, Comedy, Romance

Please ignore the fact this film has an instantly forgettable, cookie-cutter title. Disregard the pleasant but vague poster. Get over the fact that you will not recognize a single...