Metro Weekly

Film

  • Short Circuit

    By on June 16, 2004

    Shhhhh. The wives of Stepford have a secret. Actually, they have two secrets. The first is that they're featured in a bland, empty-headed farce that...

  • Festival Occasion

    By on June 2, 2004

    ''The Reel Affirmations Pride Film Festival started six years ago,'' says One In Ten's Joe Bilancio. ''It was done as a way for us to...

  • Box office juggernaut

    By on June 2, 2004

    That box office juggernaut known as Shrek 2 also features a few revelations of its own, notably a new swashbuckling tornado named Puss-in-Boots who disarms...

  • Christian Right

    By on June 2, 2004

    Three revelations arise while watching Saved! The first is that Macaulay Culkin is actually capable of a finely nuanced, genuinely credible performance. The second is...

  • Blockbuster Season

    By on May 26, 2004

    The summer movie season officially launched three weeks ago. The unfortunate among us have already been to dreary Transylvania and a godless Troy, while the...

  • Grecian Formula

    By on May 19, 2004

    ''May the gods be with you, '' says Trojan King Priam (Peter O'Toole) to his eldest son Hector (Eric Bana), as the young, handsome, extremely...

  • Monster Hash

    By on May 12, 2004

    It must have seemed like a good idea to someone, somewhere, in some altered state: Combine Universal's three biggest movie monster properties -- Dracula, Frankenstein...

  • Defanged

    By on May 5, 2004

    When a movie carries a title like Mean Girls, one has every right to expect a satirical maliciousness to underscore its events. But apart from...

  • Future Shock

    By on April 28, 2004

    America, meet your new cinema sweetheart: Jennifer Garner. With her lush, broad radiant smile, delicately chiseled features, and extremely magnetic personality, Garner seems poised to...

  • Pulp Friction

    By on April 21, 2004

    ''There are consequences to breaking the heart of a murdering bastard, '' says Bill (David Carradine) to The Bride (Uma Thurman) during the philosophical calm...

  • Shlock Art

    By on April 7, 2004

    What do we learn while watching Games People Play: New York, director James Ronald Whitney's ''reality series pilot '' cum feature film? That fame whores...

  • Demon Seed

    By on April 7, 2004

    One could easily argue that Ron Perlman's most memorable performances are those in which he's encased under heavy duty, extra-special effects makeup. For proof, witness...

  • Natural Borin' Killers

    By on March 31, 2004

    I can think of no good reason to recommend that you buy a ticket to see the Coen brothers remake of The Ladykillers. Unless, of...

  • Resurrection

    By on March 24, 2004

    It's been almost two decades since I last watched George Romero's 1978 cult classic Dawn of the Dead, a pinnacle achievement for both the hit-and-miss...

  • Missionary Positions

    By on March 17, 2004

    C. Jay Cox's Latter Days is a powerhouse that grabs your heart and wrenches and wrenches away. Who knew that Cox, author of Sweet Home...