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Monsters, Inc.
Re-released in 3-D.
"...overload than a funky little tone poem on the nature of friendship and reconciliation, with monsters. Or maybe I'm..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Glitter
"...by Patient and is touted as loosely autobiographical in nature. Alter ego linkage between Patient and film's fictional character..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Shrek
Animated comic gem.
"...computer animation and a subversive spin on the whole nature of those classic Disney fairy tales. It's a smart..."

May 18, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Series 7: The Contenders
"...the look as well as the sound and episodic nature of these now-ubiquitous shows. Director Minahan's uncanny anticipation of..."

May 11, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Forsaken
"...-- is Cardone's downright zany “revelations” about the true nature of the vampire mythos. Like the recent Dracula 2000,..."

May 4, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dish
"...moon, The Dish is also by its very heart-on-sleeve nature utterly charming as well. Would that today's space flights..."

April 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Carman: The Champion
"...steeped in movie conventions, perhaps due to the irreligious nature of so much of our popular entertainment. It's logical..."

March 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shadow of the Vampire
"...eager to make a roundabout statement on the vampiric nature of the filmmaking process (and presumbably Hollywood in general),..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cast Away
"...(by Don Burgess) raise the story from a simple man-vs.-nature battle to a struggle for spiritual survival. This is..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Miss Congeniality
America's Sweetheart plays a detective who goes undercover to vie in a beauty pageant.
"...also penned last year's underrated Bullock vehicle Forces of Nature, clearly knows his way around comedy of this sort..."

Dec. 20, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Unbreakable
"...disbelief, you'll find Unbreakable a rewarding meditation on the nature of heroes, both comic book and otherwise. If not,..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Time for Drunken Horses
Iranian masterpiece of Kurdish life.
"...children. There's very little dramatic momentum of a conventional nature and almost no music or emotional cues, just total..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Godzilla 2000
"...takes a darker bent than recent versions, thick with man-versus-nature themes and musings on how the beast within may..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Autumn in New York
"...we see very little meaningful evolution in Will's basic nature. Even more problematic, Ryder's character seems fully 10 years..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Perfect Storm
"...nearly a perfect film, from its bold and epic man-vs.-nature conflict to the breathless scripting, editing, acting, and direction...."

June 30, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Joe Gould's Secret
"...alignment, then misalignment, with his subject -- aren't by nature cinematic virtues: This movie relies so much on small..."

April 28, 2000 Movie Review

The Tigger Movie
"...only to learn, in the end, that the true nature of family often has little if anything to do..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Beach
"...film is crammed full of hoary ideas on the nature of paradise and mankind's innate ability to fuck up..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Trio
"...Perhaps most unconventional of all is the story's nonjudgmental nature, not just in relation to the sexual arrangements among..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mystery Men
Inept amateur superheroes must save the day in this comedy.
"...from a script by Neil Cuthbert, skewers the ridiculous nature of the superhero genre with savage aplomb -- from..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dr. Akagi
"...townspeople, and only Sonoko seems to understand his true nature, which is akin to some war-torn, earthbound angel. Accordingly,..."

July 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Besieged
"...colonialist bent of the emotional paradigm versus the irrational nature of the sources from whence come love. There is..."

July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Apple
"...genuine sense of raw urgency with a symbolically poetic nature. Like the apple Eve took from the serpent, The..."

June 4, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Winslow Boy
"...drama? A G rating? Heaven forfend. Despite the unusual nature of The Winslow Boy and the shocking absence of..."

June 4, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Like It Is
"...tiffs and nightclub frenzy again and again. However, the nature of the relationship between Matt and Craig is unusual..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Slamnation
"...conscious decision by Devlin to emphasize the surprisingly grueling nature of the multi-round elimination slam “tournament” the story is..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Patch Adams
"...to believe that a few good belly laughs are nature's best medicine. Now, I know that laughter is undeniably..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Down in the Delta
"...gratingly platitudinous self-help tape, sugarcoats the complex one-step-back, two-steps-forward nature of personal and social progress. And like the drugs..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Love Is the Devil
"...unsurprised, then, to learn of Bacon's rather exotic sexual nature -- specifically his fevered S&M enthusiasms which ranged from..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Without Limits
"...into a more traditional runner, it was the dichotomous nature of his protégé that both fascinated and frustrated him...."

Nov. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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