Jennifer’s Body
Jennifer’s Body (2009) has been the subject of a remarkable reappraisal since its initial release. In those intervening years critics and audience’s have embraced its feminist message. When Jennifer’s Body… Read more »
Tag: 2000s
Lost In Translation
How perfect is it that a film which so defined a generation should open with a shot of Scarlett Johansson’s buttocks? Sofia Coppola’s Lost In Translation (2003) is one of… Read more »
EuroTrip
Sometimes one hears things about a film dismissed a long, long time ago from a trusted source or friend and one decides to see that movie. This, for me, was… Read more »
Body Drop Asphalt
Junko Wada’s Body Drop Asphalt (2000) is an irreverent post-modernist comedy about identity and creativity. Shot on DV tape, Body Drop Asphalt embraces the kinetic camera movements and manic style… Read more »
CQ
Roman Coppola’s ambitious debut feature CQ (2001) was one of the hot items that year. It’s self-deprecating humor and genuine affection for science fiction films of the sixties like Barbarella… Read more »
Serendipity
Jonathan Trager (John Cusack) has just met Sara Thomas (Kate Beckinsale), each shopping for their significant other’s Christmas present. Instantly they fall in love but it’s happening at the worst… Read more »
Kingdom Of Heaven
When I was young I was really into Terry Jones’ miniseries Crusades (1995) when it came out. It’s a chapter of history that I find endlessly fascinating. I wished and… Read more »
Josie & The Pussycats
Straight out of the panels of Archie Comics comes Josie and the Pussycats (2001); a story about a band (Rachael Leigh Cook as Josie, Tara Reid as Melody, and Rosario… Read more »
Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle
Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (2003), like its predecessor in 2000, takes the campy elements of the hit television show of the seventies and plays that camp ironically. Where the earlier… Read more »
Mummy Raider
That’ll teach you to turn your back on a professor! – Prof. Cleve Somewhere in Berlin, in the garage of a derelict castle, Dr. Humboldt (Ruby LaRocca) is holding Kristen… Read more »
