"Russian Ark" is an unusual film about a "ghost" wandering through a Russian museum encountering various individuals, famous and obscure, from Russia's history. The ghostly narrator is actually the movie's director, Alexander Sokurov, and the museum is the Winter Palace, part of the Hermitage Museum in Saint [..]
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
"Nicholas Nickleby" is the story of a 19-year-old man and his mother and sister who must fend for themselves after the death of their father and husband. The classic tale by Charles Dickens (first published in 1838) was adapted to the big screen by director-screenwriter Douglas McGrath [..]
Time Changer (2002)
"Time Changer" is an exciting science fiction film where Gavin MacLeod plays a college professor in the year 1890 with a time machine who sends a colleague more than one hundred years into the future. Producer-director-screenwriter Rich Christiano ("End of the Harvest" 1998) put together a fast [..]
Minority Report (2002)
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 [..]