Posted inMovies Dammit, Mamet! The master of macho dialogue may have lost his touch. Luke Y. ThompsonMarch 10, 2004August 7, 2025
Posted inMovies Island Slop Broken Lizard’s newest spoof is guilty of mediocrity. Luke Y. ThompsonFebruary 25, 2004July 4, 2025
Posted inMovies Caine Unable Catholics are bad, Nazis are bad . . . and so is Michael Caine’s movie. Luke Y. ThompsonFebruary 18, 2004July 5, 2025
Posted inMovies Adam ‘n’ Heave 50 First Dates is a patchy toss-off strictly for Sandler fans. Luke Y. ThompsonFebruary 11, 2004July 15, 2025
Posted inMovies Don’t Kid Yourself Bart Freundlich is the wrong guy to make a big-studio comic caper for children. Luke Y. ThompsonFebruary 4, 2004July 30, 2023
Posted inMovies College Bored The Perfect Score adds a neat twist to the heist movie, then bungles it. Luke Y. ThompsonJanuary 28, 2004July 5, 2023
Posted inMovies Painting by Numbers One picture may speak 1,000 words, but this film about one says considerably less. Luke Y. ThompsonJanuary 28, 2004July 16, 2023
Posted inMovies Pet Sounds Teacher’s Pet offers some snazzy musical numbers and little else. Luke Y. ThompsonJanuary 14, 2004July 12, 2025
Posted inMovies Weepers by the Dozen The critics hail the top 12 films in a year of sorrowful cinema. Bill Gallo, Melissa Levine, Jean Oppenheimer, Luke Y. Thompson, Gregory Weinkauf, and Robert WilonskyDecember 31, 2003June 7, 2025
Posted inMovies A Year That Trembled From the grindhouse to the art house, movies in 2003 made us shake with sadness and fear. Luke Y. ThompsonDecember 31, 2003February 19, 2023
Posted inMovies Victor, Mature Middle-aged Diane Keaton wins Jack Nicholson away from the young ‘uns in Something’s Gotta Give. Luke Y. ThompsonDecember 10, 2003July 14, 2025
Posted inMovies Farrelly Mediocre The idiots what brung you Dumb and Dumber ain’t funny no more. Luke Y. ThompsonDecember 10, 2003January 26, 2025