by Cliff Vaughn | Aug 4, 2004 | Opinion
M. Night Shyamalan’s new film, “The Village,” had a lot to live up to. After the writer-director’s successes with supernatural thrillers like “The Sixth Sense,” “Unbreakable” and “Signs,” audiences were...
by Cliff Vaughn | Jul 30, 2004 | Opinion
Paramount has been trying to minimize its movie-making risk by remaking older films. To that end, we’ve had 21-century versions of “The Italian Job” and “The Stepford Wives,” and we’re about to get “The Longest Yard.”...
by Cliff Vaughn | Jul 28, 2004 | News
While Teresa Heinz Kerry was on the platform at the Democratic Convention Tuesday night, somebody somewhere was lining a hot dog with ketchup. Maybe it was Heinz. Or maybe it was W Ketchup, a new kid on the political block of condiments, where one’s squeeze...
by Cliff Vaughn | Jul 26, 2004 | Opinion
As the 2004 presidential election heats up, so do the urban legends about the candidates. One of the latest features a photo of John Kerry with the Church of Satan founder. An alleged newspaper photo from the San Francisco Chronicle shows Kerry cordially greeting...
by Cliff Vaughn | Jul 20, 2004 | News
Today’s PG-13 movies approximate R movies from 1992, according to recent findings. Violence, sex and profanity increased in movies of the same rating from 1992 to 2003, effectively creating a “ratings creep,” according to a study by the Kids Risk...
