Articles by Erin Oke
40 Days and 40 Nights
Michael Lehmann
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002
This movie is so unrelentingly and unapologetically shallow from start to finish that I could almost admire its consistency if I hadn't had...
Chicago
Rob Marshall
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002
Musicals are making a distinct comeback as a film genre, as evidenced by the success of Moulin Rouge last year, and Chicago is a welcome ad...
Ice Age
Carlos Saldanha and Chris Wedge
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002
"Ice Age" is the newest movie in the very popular animation style that offers adult-friendly children's stories populated by loveable star-...
The Salton Sea
DJ Caruso
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002
"The Salton Sea" has the dubious distinction of embodying nearly everything that is wrong with Hollywood movies today. It features copious...
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Alfonso Cuarón
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002
Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too) takes on a couple of genres that Hollywood has almost entirely killed with puerile mediocrity the...
The Cat's Meow
Peter Bogdanovich
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002
"The Cat's Meow" takes as its base a legendary hushedup scandal of 1920s Hollywood and tries to imagine the series of events that led up t...
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Phillip Noyce
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002
Rabbit-Proof Fence tells the compelling and true story of three "half-caste" girls who are taken away from their Aboriginal community by a...
Strass
Vincent Lannoo
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002
This latest offering from the Dogme school of filmmaking showcases the worst that the movement is capable of because of its strict limitati...