21 Grams

Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

At select theatres 11/26/2003

Easily one of the more harrowing movies you are likely to see this year, 21 Grams is also difficult and depressing. But for those who stick with it, they will be rewarded with a top-notch movie from one of cinema’s rising stars, Mexican filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Amores Perros) (more…)

Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat

Directed by Bo Welch

Opens nationwide 11/21/2003

Having grown up on the writings of Dr. Seuss, I may lack the necessary objectivity to properly judge cinematic adaptations of these beloved books, but this latest assault on the good doctor’s memory is one vile hairball. The first attempt at a blockbuster movie version, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, was a bloated mess providing back-story where none existed previously—simply to get the movie to feature length (“…now don’t ask me why; no one quite knows the reason.”).

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