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A Long, Strange Trip

Matthew Barney's Cremaster cycle concludes with outrageousness and unfamiliarity.

By Andy Klein
Jul 31, 2003

Cremaster 3 is the final installment of Matthew Barney's five-part Cremaster cycle. If that reads like a typo, be informed that, over the last decade, Barney has been filming and releasing the different episodes out of order, if the numbering has any real meaning -- not that viewers are likely...
Neo Sparrin'

Keanu Reeves and the Wachowski brothers deliver a fresh helping of May tricks.

By Andy Klein
May 15, 2003

Talk about tough acts to follow: The original 1999 Matrix, a critical and commercial smash, came almost as a revelation out of nowhere -- if the combination of Joel Silver, Warner Bros. and roughly 60 million bucks qualifies as "nowhere." After more than four years, The Matrix Reloaded -- the...
Lots of Plots

A murky screen adaptation shortchanges Stephen King's Dreamcatcher.

By Andy Klein
Mar 20, 2003

Lawrence Kasdan directs and co-writes (with William Goldman) Dreamcatcher, the latest addition to the Stephen King-adaptation genre, currently at 74 -- including film and TV -- and counting. According to the Internet Movie Database, this puts King handily ahead of Michael Crichton (23) and Bram Stoker (38); he's closing in...
Bearly Necessary

Jungle fever fails to catch hold in this routine sequel.

By Andy Klein
Feb 13, 2003

Anybody who's cracked open a recent Disney G-rated DVD has probably witnessed the ultimate in sequelmania. On the Lilo & Stitch release, for instance, the feature was preceded -- skippably, thank God -- by Inspector Gadget 2, trailers for The Jungle Book 2, Atlantis 2: Milo's Return, 101 Dalmatians II:...
In the Ghetto

Polanski returns to Poland.

By Andy Klein
Jan 2, 2003

There have been a number of films dealing with the Jewish ghettos during the Nazi occupation of Poland -- some very good -- but The Pianist, the latest feature from Roman Polanski, may be the best. Of course, it starts out with a huge advantage: The 69-year-old Polanski is probably...

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