Retro Reviews

Retro Review: ‘L.I.E.’ (2001)

L.I.E. is an unusually frank and unwaveringly perceptive film in which every character seems to live in line with the… Read More

May 1, 2023

Retro Review: ‘Osmosis Jones’ (2001)

What is it about American audiences that they refuse to see any animated film that doesn't the Disney stamp on… Read More

April 20, 2023

Retro Review: ‘Donnie Darko’ (2001)

It's hard to nail down Donnie Darko as it succeeds on so many levels. It's a science fiction coming-of-age tale,… Read More

April 7, 2023

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – ‘Swept Away’ and ‘Chicago’ (2002)

“More than any other example in recent memory, Chicago shows how much the element of surprise is missing from today's… Read More

February 28, 2021

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – Freddy Got Fingered and A Beautiful Mind (2001)

“This film not only left me with an incredible sense of dread for the 80 minutes of my life wasted… Read More

February 22, 2021

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – Battlefield Earth and Gladiator (2000)

“After returning the video I honestly asked the clerk that even when I'm very drunk to stop me from renting… Read More

August 7, 2020

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – Wild Wild West and American Beauty (1999)

“My biggest regret in seeing this film is that wish I could have warned you earlier not to see it.… Read More

August 3, 2020

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn and Shakespeare in Love (1998)

“In short, "Burn Hollywood Burn" represents just about everything that can possibly be bad about a movie. It should be… Read More

July 31, 2020

Retro Review: ‘Frailty’ (2001)

Bill Paxton's directorial debut is a well-crafted gothic thriller and one of the best films of the year. He does… Read More

April 8, 2020

Retro Review: ‘Lantana’ (2002)

Geoffrey Rush and Barbara Hershey by the dashboard lights in LANTANA lantana (lan-tan-uh) n: a genus of tropical shrub with… Read More

April 1, 2020

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