washingtonpost.com - Stephen Hunter on MoviesStephen Hunter on MoviesOnly an Illusion- April 23, 2005 Neo, schmeo! In "The Matrix Revolutions," directors Andy and Larry Wachowski give up on character; instead, they try havoc and let slurp the dogs of war. - By Stephen Hunterhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1192-2003Nov4.html?nav=rss_style/movies/ste... 'Looney Tunes': Daffy Genius- April 23, 2005 Th-th-that's not all, folks.Th-th-there's more. "Looney Tunes: Back in Action," the crazed and wonderful continuation of the great Warner Bros. cartoon tradition at feature film budget and length, is delightful, delicious and destructive. It makes one indisputable point, rich in...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38638-2003Nov13.html?nav=rss_style/movies/s... Dances With Swords- April 23, 2005 "The Last Samurai" is wannabe-ism on a multimillion-dollar scale, with an icon of Japanese culture somehow crudely penetrated by an interloper and turned inside out.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37137-2003Dec4.html?nav=rss_style/movies/st... When Glory Begat Lies- April 23, 2005 "Shattered Glass" recounts how an adorable fraud got the staff of one of the world's preeminent political journals to believe in him despite clear warning signs, again and again. - By Stephen Hunterhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10034-2003Nov6.html?nav=rss_style/movies/st... The Tragic Route Of Rio's 'Bus 174'- April 23, 2005 "This ain't no action movie, bro," says the young hostage-taker Sandro Rosa do Nascimento, waving a gun and giving a news conference at the same time. He was wrong, of course; he was in a terrific action movie but he would not live to see it playing at the Rio de Janeiro Cineplex 7. Sandro's only starring role is the highlight of the terrific "Bus 174."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37205-2003Dec4.html?nav=rss_style/movies/st... Out, Out, Damn Spotlight- April 23, 2005 Without Nicole Kidman, "The Human Stain," Robert Benton's film version of the Philip Roth novel, probably couldn't exist. But with her, it shouldn't exist. - By Stephen Hunterhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44952-2003Oct30.html?nav=rss_style/movies/s... '21 Grams': The Chaotic Order of the Universe- April 23, 2005 Under its seemingly chic despair, its celebration of squalor and pain, its violence, its willfully skewed narrative scheme, "21 Grams" turns out to be a powerful relic from a bygone age: It's really a "miracle of faith" movie, as straight-ahead religious as "Song of Bernadette."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14696-2003Nov25.html?nav=rss_style/movies/s... Retooled 'Chainsaw' Cuts to the Chase- April 23, 2005 As evidence that we are in a new barbarian age, here's a remake of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," delivered with almost frightening precision. - By Stephen Hunterhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38885-2003Oct16.html?nav=rss_style/movies/s... 'America': This Film Was Made for You and Me- April 23, 2005 With a title like "In America," Jim Sheridan's new film sounds like one of those generic encomiums to immigrant pluck, luck and guts in which a family of newcomers puts the old ways behind it and makes its way into the melting pot that is Our Great Land, which is your land, and it's my land, from the New York islands to . . .http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14876-2003Nov25.html?nav=rss_style/movies/s... Love Takes Its Time- April 23, 2005 The director Nancy Meyers is like a princess who is poked, many many mattresses beneath her fabulously silken flank, by a pea -- or at least a pea-size problem.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58122-2003Dec11.html?nav=rss_style/movies/s... |