by Roger Thomas | Sep 12, 2002 | Opinion
It is doubtful that “Possession” will make much of a splash at the box office, even as the summer winds down. But if you are looking for something written for adults—say, a different sort of mystery, one involving history and art rather than violence and...
by Roger Thomas | Aug 8, 2002 | Opinion
From “It’s a Wonderful Life” to “Mr. Holland’s Opus,” film characters have yearned for another life, only to discover that the life they are living is better than anything they could have imagined. This seems to be a universally...
by Roger Thomas | Jul 25, 2002 | Opinion
A tradition seems to have developed in the summer movie season: The big films are released in May or June, and July is for the “second string.” Last year, no one in Hollywood thought “Jurassic Park 3” or even the remake of “Planet of the...
by Roger Thomas | Jul 11, 2002 | Opinion
A number of topics may come to mind when one reads the title of this film. Americans converse about everything from politics to religion to sex, sometimes finding a reason to combine all three. “13 Conversations” is not really about any of those things,...
by Roger Thomas | Jul 8, 2002 | Opinion
Though it is far too early to start speculating on the Oscar race, the calendar year is half over, and by this time a year ago, several of the best films of 2001 (“Shrek,” “Memento,” “Moulin Rouge,” “A.I.: Artificial...
