The strings have gone, but so has much of the charm, in this fab-looking blandfest.
Archives for 2004
The Prince & Me
Just your average farmgirl-to-princess fairytale, with a would-be feminist twist, and a performance from Julia Styles for which she deserves to be crowned.
Before Sunset
— P R E V I E W –When Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) met on a Eurail train, the connection between them was immediate and profound. The 14-hour relationship that followed, as the pair explored the spontaneous and unexpected in Vienna, ended on a train platform where they swore theyd meet again […]
Anchorman
— P R E V I E W –Will Ferrell (Elf, Old School) stars as Ron Burgundy, the top-rated anchorman in San Diego in the 70s. When feminism marches into the newsroom in the form of ambitious newswoman Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate – TVs Married With Children), Ron is willing to play along at firstas […]
Black Hawk Down
A triumph of technique, a failure of storytelling.