Director Steven Spielberg ("Jurassic Park" 1993) has created an exciting science fiction action film called "Minority Report." It is a futuristic story, set in 2054, where specialized police departments apprehend criminals by use of foreknowledge from psychics. It is well written by screenwriters Scott Frank and [..]
Die Another Day (2002)
Pierce Brosnan bows out gracefully in his fourth and final appearance as James Bond in "Die Another Day." This was the twentieth 007 movie in the series spread over forty years, which began with "Dr. No" in 1962. It has the usual plot where Bond is [..]
Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
It helps to be a fan of association football (soccer) to enjoy the British comedy-drama film "Bend It Like Beckham." Producer-director-screenwriter Gurinder Chadha put together an entertaining and inspiring movie about two young women who pursue careers in professional football against the wishes of their parents. [..]
Adaptation (2002)
"Adaptation" is a story from director Spike Jonze ("Being John Malkovich" 1999) about a writer's effort to adapt a book to screenplay. This unimaginative and myopic film from Jonze and screenwriters Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman is something only art house attendees will enjoy. Also members [..]
Shoot or Be Shot (2002)
"Shoot or Be Shot" is a low-budget independent film starring William Shatner as an escapee from a psychiatric hospital who kidnaps a film crew and forces them at gunpoint to make a movie from his own screenplay. Producer-director-screenwriter J. Randall Argue put together [..]
Left Behind II: Tribulation Force (2002)
The Last Days adventures of the Tribulation Force continue in "Left Behind II: Tribulation Force." This sequel to 2000's "Left Behind: The Movie," which concluded with the Rapture of the Church, picks up the story one week after the Rapture with hundreds of millions of people, who [..]
Antitrust (2001)
"Antitrust" is a techno thriller film about a young computer expert who lands a job at a big tech company headed by a famous Bill Gates type. Everything proceeds smoothly until he begins noticing some cracks in the company's supposedly perfect facade. Director Peter Howitt ("Sliding [..]
Devotion (2022)
"Devotion" is the real-life story of two Navy pilots during the Korean War. Director J. D. Dillard ("Sweetheart" 2019) put together an dramatic film that balanced the friendship between Jesse Brown and Tom Hudner and great airplane action scenes. The excellent screenplay was written by Jake [..]
Star Trek Nemesis (2002)
"Star Trek Nemesis" is the tenth in the film series that began with "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" in 1979, and the fourth featuring "The Next Generation" cast. The story has Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) discovering he has a clone after the Enterprise travels to the [..]
Armageddon Time (2022)
"Armageddon Time" tells the story of a young Jewish-American boy and his childhood experiences growing up in 1980's New York City. This well-written and superbly directed coming-of-age drama was drawn from the personal experiences of director-screenwriter James Gray ("Ad Astra" 2019). The overall tone of the [..]