Articles by Peter Knegt

9 to 5: The Sexist, Egotistical, Lying Hypocritical Bigot Edition

Colin Higgins

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2006

As the DVD reads, this edition of the 1980 classic celebrates "25 years of working for the man.” Coming at the end of a period of mainstrea...

Brokeback Mountain

Ang Lee

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2006

Almost one month to the day of its surprise loss to the unforgivably manipulative Crash at this year’s Academy Awards, Brokeback Mountain r...

16 Blocks

Richard Donner

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

High concept action is tricky territory. For example, what if there's a bomb on a bus and if that bus goes under 55 MPH the bus explodes? W...

Red Eye

Wes Craven

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

Scream and Nightmare On Elm Street helmer Wes Craven returns for his first true directorial effort in a few years (forgetting the forgettab...

Match Point

Woody Allen

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

The criticism surrounding the four or five mediocre films that Woody Allen has churned out in recent years is somewhat debatable. To expect...

Cinderella Man

Ron Howard

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

One of the biggest examples of 2005's hyped year as a box-office failure, Ron Howard's critically successful yet financially handicapped fi...

In Her Shoes

Curtis Hanson

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

Despite the promising and unlikely collaboration of director Curtis Hanson, writer Susannah Grant and actresses both hot (Cameron Diaz), go...

The Golden Girls: The Complete Fourth Season

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

The fourth season of The Golden Girls encapsulates a time in American television that is not as far a deviation from today's standards as o...