Category: 2001 Movie Reviews

Gosford Park

A night in the life of 1932 dinner party that goes from the fancy guests to the help and wait staff. I like some Robert Altman films. I loved The Player and  Short Cuts, but The Gingerbread Man bored me. I love ensemble films so I thought I would...

The Mexican

The Mexican A guy goes to Mexico to pick up a cursed gun to sell it while his girlfriend begs him to quit his criminal activities. I actually like all the actors in the movie but I thought Julia Roberts was just whiny and screechy when she was fighting...

The Others

The Others Starring: Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan Directed by: Alejandro Amenabar Written by: Alejandro Amenabar Rating: PG-13 Length: 1 hour 44 minutes Genre: Horror Release Date: August 10, 2001 A mother already had to deal with her creepy kids being sensitive to sunlight, now also has to deal with her house being haunted.  I...

Training Day

Training Day Directed: Antoine Fuqua Starring: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke Synopsis: A new cop is assigned to a veteran rogue cop who isn’t afraid to cross the line to get what he wants. When it came out in the theaters it didn’t look thrilling but I saw it because...

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence

In the future, a highly advanced robotic boy thinks he is real and wants his “mother” to love him. It was interesting in how they made the machine feel love (or at least neediness) but everyone pretty much kept treating him like a machine. Even when he ended up...