Articles by Peter Knegt

Popular: The Complete Second Season

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

Here's a question: how come 7th Heaven is currently filming its umpteenth season of melodramatic mediocrity and shows like Popular barely l...

The Upside Of Anger

Mike Binder

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

It is always unfortunate when a film with a lot of heart ends up a big mess. Case in point is Mike Binder's The Upside of Anger. Filled wit...

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

John Pasquin

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

It is this simple: the scenario of the first Miss Congeniality didn't warrant a sequel. Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock), an ugly duckling of a...

Beauty Shop

Billie Woodruff

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

Though popular in television for decades, the "spin-off" has not demonstrated itself in filmmaking until recently. And in an era of movie-m...

Ice Princess

Tim Fywell

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

There was a time when the Disney brand name meant something. Children's classics like Mary Poppins were packed with prevalent messages and...

The Crying Game

Neil Jordan

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2005

Anyone over the age of 25 can remember the hysteria that came with the "secret" of The Crying Game. In 1992, the small Irish film directed...

The Notebook

Nick Cassavetes

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2005

A "sleeper hit" is a film that opens under the radar but then holds up strongly, making a decent pile of cash by its finale. There's usuall...

Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom Of The Opera

Joel Schumacher

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2004

It was bound to happen sooner or later. Since the resurgence of the movie musical began a few years back, we have witnessed a trio of innov...