Jonathan Foreman
The Archive
MUMBAI'S LESSONS FOR NEW YORK
December 9, 2008 | 6:49amMUMBAI IF you were a clever terrorist and wanted to paralyze Manhattan in the way that Mumbai was paralyzed last month, you wouldn't send a boatload of men armed with...
BLITZING BAGHDAD
May 6, 2007 | 9:00amTAKEDOWN: THE THIRD INFANTRY DIVISION'S 21 DAY ASSAULT ON BAGHDADBY JIM LACEYNAVAL INSTITUTE PRESS, 288 PAGES, $29.95 DO you know the name of the brilliant American commander who actually won...
ONE TO WATCH
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amCRIMSON GOLD [] (Three stars) Another powerful, deeply humane film from one of Iran's cadre of brilliant filmmakers, Jafir Panahi's latest begins and ends with a tragic act of criminal...
ALL THE WAVE
July 9, 2004 | 4:00amRIDING GIANTS[ 1/2] (Three and one-half stars) Spectacular but overlong surfing doc. Running time: 101 minutes. Rated PG-13 (language). At the Landmark Sunshine Cinema and the AMC Empire 25. SURFING...
IT HAS 'HEART' BUT IS NOT ART
July 2, 2004 | 4:00amAMERICA'S HEART AND SOUL[] (Two stars) As corny as the title. Running time: 88 minutes. Rated PG (nothing offensive). At the Empire, the Loews 84th, the Angelika. 'AMERICA'S Heart and...
CATCH A TIGER BY A TALE
June 25, 2004 | 4:00amTWO BROTHERS ½ (two and one half stars) Animal-lovers' delight. Running time: 109 minutes. Rated PG (mild violence). At the Chelsea, the Union Square, the Kips Bay, others. YOU don't...
ANIMATED SCI-FI TALE HAS FRENCH TWIST
June 25, 2004 | 4:00amKAENA: THE PROPHECY ½ (two and one half stars) Animated sci-fi, French-style. Running Time: 83 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence). At the Village East, Second Avenue and 12th Street. THOUGH France...
MOORE'S THE PITY - FAHRENHEIT'S FICTIONS
June 23, 2004 | 4:00amFor all its clever slickness, Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" does not stack up to such brilliant but evil art as Leni Riefenstahl's propaganda films for Hitler. But it is art...
JUST THE TICKET - EVEN GROUNDED, MAJOR TOM IS IN CONTROL OF 'TERMINAL'
June 18, 2004 | 4:00amTHE TERMINAL (three stars) Charming original, but flawed. Running time: 128 minutes. Rated PG-13 (nothing offensive). At the AMC Empire, the Loews Lincoln Square, the Loews Kips Bay, others. THOUGH...
PRETENDERS PALE BESIDE OLD VETERANS
June 7, 2004 | 4:00amPOINTE DU HOC, France - The strangest thing about the D-Day anniversary was the swarms of military re-enactors and vintage vehicle enthusiasts who tooled around the countryside in World War...
SAVING PVT. RILEY ; HERO PICTURED STORMING BEACH
June 6, 2004 | 4:00amThe stirring emotions I felt watching "Saving Private Ryan" a few years ago were magnified tenfold this weekend as a million visitors flocked to Normandy for the 60th anniversary of...
RAZZING 'HELEN'
May 28, 2004 | 4:00amRAISING HELEN[] (two stars) Mediocre star vehicle. Running time: 114 minutes. Rated PG-13 (nothing offensive). At the AMC Empire 25, Loews Lincoln Square, Clearview Chelsea, others. THE folks who marketed...
'LOVE ME' IS FAR MORE TRYING THAN DARING
May 21, 2004 | 4:00amLOVE ME IF YOU DARE (JEUX D'ENFANTS)[ 1/2] (One and one-half stars) Slick but empty. In French, with English subtitles. Running time: 94 minutes. Not rated (language, sexuality) At the...
'TWIST' NOT WORTH A SHOUT
May 21, 2004 | 4:00amTWIST[] (One star) Twisted "Oliver Twist." Running time: 97 minutes. Not rated (language, sexuality, drugs). At the Quad Cinema, 13th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues. 'TWIST" is a slow-moving,...
FOXX HOLE
May 14, 2004 | 4:00amBREAKIN' ALL THE RULES [] (two stars) Insipid comedy of errors. Running time: 85 minutes. Rated PG-13 (language, sexual themes). At the Empire, the Loews 84th, the Union Square, others....
TROJAN BORE: LESS-THAN-HEROIC PLAYERS ADRIFT IN THE WINDS OF WAR
May 14, 2004 | 4:00amTROY ½ (one and one half stars) Clunky epic. Running time: 163 minutes. Rated R (violence, brief gore). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Kips Bay, others. IT'S perhaps...
THROUGH CHILD'S EYE
May 7, 2004 | 4:00amVALENTIN [ 1/2] (two and one-half stars) Poignant but slight childhood memoir. Running time: 86 minutes. Rated PG-13 (nothing offensive). At the Paris Theater, 58th Street, off Fifth Avenue. -----...
VIEWERS MAY TURN GREEN SITTING THROUGH 'ENVY'
April 30, 2004 | 4:00amENVY [ 1/2] (One and one-half stars) Failed black comedy. Running time: 99 minutes. Rated PG-13 (toilet humor). At the Kips Bay, the Union Square, the Chelsea West, others. ----...
'MISTAKE' THAT WASN'T; DISBANDING SADDAM'S ARMY
April 25, 2004 | 4:00amHERE'S a signal that an analyst knows little or nothing about post-war Iraq: He cites the disbanding of the Iraqi army as one of the greatest mistakes made by the...
FLIRTY 'THIRTY' - 'ALIAS' STAR WILL GARNER MUCH PRAISE FOR THIS CHARMING COMEDY DEBUT; GARNER A CHARMER
April 23, 2004 | 4:00am13 GOING ON 30 [** 1/2] (two and one-half stars) Charming "Big" update. Running time: 98 minutes. Rated PG-13 (adult themes, mild sexual content). At the AMC Empire 25, the...