by Mike Parnell | Mar 14, 2002 | Opinion
On Feb. 12, many in the movie community awoke with stars in their eyes. Others awoke with stunned looks on their faces. The Oscar race had begun. Some were glad, some sad, others had to be downright mad. You know who made the list. Now let’s see who didn’t...
by Mike Parnell | Jan 31, 2002 | Opinion
“I Am Sam” tells the story of Sam Dawson, a man who has not developed mentally past the age of seven. He fathers a child with a homeless woman who used his apartment as a flophouse. After the birth of their daughter, the mother disappears into the urban...
by Mike Parnell | Jan 22, 2002 | Opinion
“The Majestic” tells the story of an unwitting Moses who comes to a town in grief and leads it back from the banks of the river of denial. “You seem an odd bit familiar to me. Do I know you?” –Stan Keller “The Majestic” tells...
by Mike Parnell | Dec 3, 2001 | Opinion
Director: Chris Columbus Cast: Daniel Radcliff (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid), Richard Harris (Professor Dumbledore), Maggie Smith (Professor McGonagall), Alan Rickman (Professor Snape). “Mr....
by Mike Parnell | Jan 4, 2001 | Opinion
“Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” introduces us to an alternate reality called Middle Earth, a place where “history becomes legend and legend becomes myth,” according to the movie’s opening voice-over. “Lord of the...
