October 2004 – The American Mag

Man on Fire

By Marcia Yarrow| 2018-03-21T18:31:00+01:00 October 28th, 2004|Reviews|

Creasy and Pita make a nice duo. But the violence is vicious and vulgar.

By Marcia Yarrow| 2018-03-21T18:31:23+01:00 October 25th, 2004|Reviews|

Trivial save for Hanks' Viktor Navorski, who singlehandedly grows on you.

By Christopher P. Winner| 2018-03-21T18:18:00+01:00 October 22nd, 2004|Area 51|

When my father returns to Rome it's all about the past. Until the present pulls the curtain.

By Marcia Yarrow| 2018-03-21T18:29:59+01:00 October 22nd, 2004|Reviews|

Split-personality film-making, with the first half winning all the prizes.

By Book Staff| 2018-03-21T18:27:30+01:00 October 21st, 2004|Recent Reviews|

Caryl Phillips does novel-writing a great favor with this painful tale of cultural collapse in suburban Britain.

By David Trask| 2018-03-21T18:29:41+01:00 October 20th, 2004|Reviews|

Next time you think about Guantanamo, check out Zwick from '98.

By Christopher P. Winner| 2018-03-21T18:17:58+01:00 October 15th, 2004|Area 51|

The Bush Fight Club is all about spreading the seed, but not the Clinton way.

By David Trask| 2018-03-21T18:30:10+01:00 October 15th, 2004|Reviews|

Terence Stamp, Luis Guzman, Peter Fonda: All you need to know.

By David Trask| 2018-03-21T18:31:37+01:00 October 10th, 2004|Reviews|

Shocking then and alarming now — deftly-delivered nuclear bad news.

By Christopher P. Winner| 2018-03-21T18:17:57+01:00 October 9th, 2004|Area 51|

Hey, approximation is bad policy except when it's the policy.

By David Trask| 2018-03-21T18:30:55+01:00 October 8th, 2004|Reviews|

Bad parody inevitably too clever for its own good. Catastrophic.