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2003 ARCHIVES
2003 ARCHIVES
2003 ARCHIVES

2003 YEAR-END

BEST FILMS OF 2003
WORST FILMS OF 2003
SF CRITICS AWARDS
GOLDEN GLOBE WINS
OSCAR NOM PREDIX
OSCAR NOMINEES
OSCAR PREDIX
OSCAR WINS

BEST of '03

"LOST IN TRANSLATION"
"GIRL WITH A PEARL E..."
"PIRATES OF THE CAR..."
"TRIPLETS OF BELLEV..."
"THIRTEEN"
"MONSTER"
"THE ITALIAN JOB"
The one that got away
(technically 2002)
"RUSSIAN ARK"
Honorable Mentions
"THE LORD OF THE RI..."
"AMERICAN SPLENDOR"
"FINDING NEMO"
"THE GOOD THIEF"
"MASTER & COMMAN..."
"DOWN WITH LOVE"
"FREAKY FRIDAY"
"SEABISCUIT"
"THE COOLER"
"BAD SANTA"
"BIG FISH"
"GERRY"

WORST of '03

"Cat in the Hat"
"How to Lose A Guy..."
"Alex & Emma"
"Old School"
"Grind"
"Boat Trip"
"Legally Blonde 2"
"Dumb & Dumberer"
"The Core"
"Anger Management"
"Gigli"
"Final Destination 2"
"National Security"
"Honey"
"Teknolust"
"Dark Blue"
"The Hunted"
"Sinbad: Legend of the S..."
"View From the Top"
Dishonorable Mentions
"American Wedding"
"Cold Creek Manor"
"Demonlover"
"Dickie Roberts..."
"S.W.A.T."
"Underworld"

Rating translation:

****
WOW

***
Solidly recommended

**1/2
"It was OK"

**
Coulda been but isn't

*
Don't say I didn't warn you

Recommended films IN CAPITALS

2003 INTERVIEWS

Laetitia Colombani
writer-director of
"He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not"

David Cronenberg
director of
"Spider"

Will Ferrell
& Jon Favreau
star & director of
"Elf"

Keith Gordon
director of
"The Singing Detective"

Patty Jenkins
writer-director
"Monster"

Chris Rock
director/star of
"Head of State"

Joel Schumacher
director
"Phone Booth"

Charlize Theron
actress
"Monster"

Gus Van Sant
director of
"Gerry"

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2003 REVIEWS (Recommended films in CAPITALS)

Released in DECEMBER

***1/2	"THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS"
***	"BIG FISH"
**1/2	"Calendar Girls"
**	"Cheaper by the Dozen"
**	"Cold Mountain"
**1/2	"The Company"
***	"THE COOLER"
****	"GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING"
1/2*	"Honey"
**1/2	"House of Sand & Fog"
**1/2	"THE LAST SAMURAI"
***	"THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN..."
*	"Mona Lisa Smile"
***1/2	"MONSTER"
**1/2	"Paycheck"
***	"PETER PAN"
**1/2	"Something's Gotta Give"
**	"The Statement"
**1/2	"Stuck On You"
***1/2	"THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE"
	Saw it, rated it, never wrote review...
**1/2	"THE HEBREW HAMMER"

Released in NOVEMBER

***	"BAD SANTA"
0	"Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat"
**	"Elephant"
**1/2	"ELF"
**	"Gothika"
**	"The Haunted Mansion"
***	"IN AMERICA"
***	"LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION"
**1/2	"LOVE ACTUALLY"
***	"MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE..."
**1/2	"THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS"
**1/2	"THE MISSING"
***	"SHATTERED GLASS"
***	"THE SINGING DETECTIVE"
**1/2	"TIMELINE"
***	"21 GRAMS"
	Saw it, rated it, never wrote review...
**	"In My Skin"

Released in OCTOBER

***	"ALIEN: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT"
**	"Brother Bear"
**	"Good Boy!"
***	"THE HUMAN STAIN"
**	"In the Cut"
**	"Intolerable Cruelty"
**	"Kill Bill: Volume 1"
***	"MYSTIC RIVER"
***	"OUT OF TIME"
**1/2	"Pieces of April"
**1/2	"Radio"
**1/2	"RUNAWAY JURY"
***	"SCARY MOVIE 3"
**	"School of Rock"
**	"Sylvia"
***	"VERONICA GUERIN"
***	"WONDERLAND"
	Saw it, rated it, never wrote review...
***	"BUBBA HO-TEP"
***	"MY LIFE WITHOUT ME"

Released in SEPTEMBER

**	"Anything Else"
*	"Cold Creek Manor"
*1/2	"Demonlover"
*	"Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star"
****	"LOST IN TRANSLATION"
***	"MATCHSTICK MEN"
**	"Once Upon a Time in Mexico"
**	"The Order"
**1/2	"THE RUNDOWN"
**	"Under the Tuscan Sun"
*	"Underworld"

Released in AUGUST

***	"AMERICAN SPLENDOR"
*1/2	"American Wedding"
**	"Buffalo Soldiers"
*1/2	"Le Divorce"
***1/2	"FREAKY FRIDAY"
**1/2	"Freddy vs. Jason"
*	"Gigli"
0	"Grind"
**1/2	"The Medallion"
***	"OPEN RANGE"
*	"S.W.A.T."
*	"Teknolust"
***1/2	"THIRTEEN"
**	"Uptown Girls"
	Saw it, rated it, never wrote review...
***	"AND NOW, LADIES & GENTLEMEN"

Released in JULY

**1/2	"Bad Boys II"
**1/2	"How to Deal"
**1/2	"Johnny English"
**	"Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life"
*1/2	"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"
1/2*	"Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde"
**1/2	"Mondays in the Sun"
***1/2	"PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE..."
***1/2	"SEABISCUIT"
*1/2	"Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas"
**1/2	"Spy Kids 3D: Game Over"
***	"SWIMMING POOL"
**1/2	"TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES"
	Saw it, rated it, never wrote review...
**1/2	"The Cuckoo"
***	"DIRTY PRETTY THINGS"
***	"NORTHFORK"

Released in JUNE

0	"Alex & Emma"
**	"Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle"
***1/2	"DRACULA: PAGES FROM A VIRGIN'S DIARY"
1/2*	"Dumb & Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd"
**1/2	"THE EYE"
***	"THE HARD WORD"
***	"HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE"
**1/2	"The Hulk"
***	"ON_LINE"
***	"28 DAYS LATER"
**	"2 Fast 2 Furious"
	Saw it, rated it, never wrote review...
**1/2	"THE HEART OF ME"
***	"JET LAG"
***	"WHALE RIDER"

Released in MAY

***	"BRUCE ALMIGHTY"
**1/2	"DADDY DAY CARE"
***	"DOWN WITH LOVE"
***	"FINDING NEMO"
**1/2	"THE IN-LAWS"
***1/2	"THE ITALIAN JOB"
**	"The Lizzie Maguire Movie"
**	"The Matrix Reloaded"
**1/2	"RESPIRO"
**	"The Shape of Things"
***	"X2: X-MEN UNITED"
	Saw it, rated it, never wrote review...
***	"CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES"
***	"THE DANCER UPSTAIRS"

Released in APRIL

1/2*	"Anger Management"
**	"Bulletproof Monk"
***	"THE GOOD THIEF"
***	"HOLES"
**	"Identity"
**	"Malibu's Most Wanted"
**	"A Man Apart"
**1/2	"A MIGHTY WIND"
**1/2	"PHONE BOOTH"
**	"The Real Cancun"
**	"What a Girl Wants"
	Saw it, rated it, never wrote review...
**1/2	"BLUE CAR"
**1/2	"CONFIDENCE"
**1/2	"DYSFUNKTIONAL FAMILY"
***	"LEVITY"

Released in MARCH

**1/2	"AGENT CODY BANKS"
**1/2	"Amen"
**	"Basic"
***	"BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM"
1/2*	"Boat Trip"
**	"Bringing Down the House"
1/2*	"The Core"
**	"Dreamcatcher"
**1/2	"HEAD OF STATE"
*1/2	"The Hunted"
**1/2	"Laurel Canyon"
***	"OPEN HEARTS"
**1/2	"Spun"
**	"Tears of the Sun"
*1/2	"View From the Top"
***	"WILLARD"

Released in FEBRUARY

**1/2	"All the Real Girls"
**	"Cradle 2 the Grave"
**	"Daredevil"
*	"Dark Blue"
**	"Deliver Us From Eva"
***	"GERRY"
**	"Gods & Generals"
**	"He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not"
0	"How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days"
**	"The Life of David Gale"
0	"Old School"
***1/2	"THE QUIET AMERICAN" ('02 in NY/LA)
****	"RUSSIAN ARK"
***1/2	"SHANGHAI KNIGHTS"
***	"SPIDER"
**	"Till Human Voices Wake Us"

Released in JANUARY

***1/2	"ABOUT SCHMIDT" ('02 in NY/LA)
****	"ADAPTATION" ('02 in NY/LA)
***1/2	"ANTWONE FISHER" ('02 in NY/LA)
**1/2	"Biker Boyz"
**1/2	"Big Shot's Funeral"
****	"CHICAGO" ('02 in NY/LA)
**	"Darkness Falls"
*	"Final Destination 2"
**1/2	"The Guru"
**	"A Guy Thing"
***1/2	"THE HOURS" ('02 in NY/LA)
**1/2	"JUST MARRIED"
**	"Kangaroo Jack"
**	"Max" ('02 in NY/LA)
**1/2	"Morvern Callar" ('02 in NY/LA)
***	"NARC" ('02 in NY/LA)
*	"National Security"
**	"Nicholas Nickleby" ('02 in NY/LA)
***1/2	"THE PIANIST" ('02 in NY/LA)
**	"The Recruit"
***	"25TH HOUR" ('02 in NY/LA)
	Saw it, rated it, never wrote review...
***1/2	"CITY OF GOD"

UNDATED & NON-THEATRICAL

***	"AND STARRING PANCHO VILLA AS HIMSELF" (HBO - DVD)
**1/2	"Ultrachrist!"

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