Megan Turner
The Archive
THEY LOVE (HEART) NEW YORK
October 31, 2002 | 5:00amIt's been hard to cross the street in New York City this year without running into Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant or Jennifer Lopez. "Two Weeks Notice," starring Bullock as a...
BRIT DRAMA FULL OF LIFE
October 25, 2002 | 4:00amALL OR NOTHING [] Sad but true. Running time: 128 minutes. Rated R (pervasive language and some sexuality). At the Lincoln Plaza and the Angelika. ----------- THREE years after the...
'FULL'-TILT DEBUT
October 25, 2002 | 4:00amPAID IN FULL [ 1/2] Hustling in Harlem. Running time: 93 minutes. Rated R (violence, pervasive language, some strong sexuality and drug content.) At the E-Walk, Loews Kips Bay, Magic...
DO THE MATH - BUT DON'T 'BANK' ON IT
October 25, 2002 | 4:00amTHE BANK [ 1/2] Big business brought down. Running time: 103 minutes. Not rated (language.) At the Quad Cinema, 13th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues. -------- THE timing of...
LEAVES YOU STILL HUNGRY
October 25, 2002 | 4:00amFOOD OF LOVE [ 1/2]Running time: 112 minutes. Not rated (nudity, sexual situations, language). At the Cinema Village, 12th Street between University Place and Fifth Avenue. ------- SOME solid performances...
WORLD BEATERS
October 19, 2002 | 4:00amPULSE: A STOMP ODYSSEY 1/2 Pure joy.Running time: 40 minutes. Not rated (nothing objectionable). At the Museum of Natural History's LeFrak Theater, 79th Street at Central Park West. THE unifying...
WHEN EMILY MET ADAM
October 19, 2002 | 4:00am"Punch-Drunk Love," which expanded nationwide yesterday, is not your typical Adam Sandler film. No poo jokes. No silly songs. In fact, if you're looking for cheap laughs this weekend, go...
'ABANDON' ALL HOPE OF A PLOTLINE
October 18, 2002 | 4:00amABANDON [Half a star] A confusing mishmash. Running time: 99 minutes. Rated PG-13 (drug and alcohol content, sexuality, some violence and language). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Battery...
'CURVES' AHEAD ON WELL-TROD ROAD
October 18, 2002 | 4:00amREAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES [ 1/2] Living large and lovely. Running time: 90 minutes. Rated PG-13 (sexual content and some language). In English and Spanish, with English subtitles. At the...
HUMANITY FADES TO 'GREY' SHADE
October 18, 2002 | 4:00amTHE GREY ZONE [] Grim Holocaust drama. Running time: 108 minutes. Rated R (strong Holocaust violence, nudity and language). At the Lincoln Square, the 72nd St. East and the Angelika....
STILTED SONG & DANCE
October 18, 2002 | 4:00amTHE BUSINESS OF FANCYDANCING [ 1/2]Running time: 103 minutes. Not rated (drugs, sexual situations). At the Cinema Village, 12th Street, east of Fifth Avenue. --------- WRITER-director Sherman Alexie fights to...
ASPARAGUS NEVER ACTED BETTER
October 18, 2002 | 4:00amJONAH: A VEGGIETALES MOVIE [ 1/2] A vegetarian's delight. Running time: 83 minutes. Rated G. At the E-Walk, the Village East and Loews 84th St. -------- SPEARS of Afro-topped asparagus...
ATTACK OF THE CLONES - STOP BEFORE WE GET SWEPT AWAY BY REMAKES!
October 15, 2002 | 4:00amTHOSE Madonna fans running screaming for the exits this weekend after subjecting themselves to the abominable "Swept Away" are just the latest victims of Hollywood's obsession with remakes. While Guy...
MISSING IN ACTION
October 11, 2002 | 4:00amTHE TRANSPORTER Shift your brain into neutral.Running time: 90 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violent sequences and some sensuality). At the Village East, the Chelsea West, the Battery Park, others. ANOTHER big,...
THIS LATEST ADVENTURE IS A LOT OF HOKEY-MON
October 11, 2002 | 4:00amPOKEMON 4 EVER 1/2ENOUGH with the Pokemon. Really.The card-collecting craze that fueled the movie franchise has been supplanted many times over, and this fourth installment, a rote exercise in both...
'GUYS' NEEDS
October 11, 2002 | 4:00amKNOCKAROUND GUYS 1/2 Lame as a knee-capped wiseguy. Running time: 93 minutes. Rated R (violence, language and some drug use). At the E Walk, the Loews 84th Street, the Kips...
WASHED UP:NOT EVEN A LIFE RAFT CAN SAVE MADONNA'S LATEST SINKER
October 11, 2002 | 4:00amSWEPT AWAY Zero stars The new "Ishtar" Running time: 93 minutes. Rated R (language and some sexuality/nudity). At the E-Walk, Lincoln Square, Kips Bay, others. MADONNA'S new movie is not...
LOONY FOR CLOONEY IN SLAPSTICK CAPER FLICK
October 4, 2002 | 4:00amWELCOME TO COLLINWOOD [1/2]Running time: 86 minutes. Rated R (language). At Loews Lincoln Square, Broadway & 68th St.; the Angelika, Houston & Mercer streets. -------------- THE first feature from writer-directors...
A SHALLOW LEAD HELPS MAKE A HOLLOW 'PIPE'
October 4, 2002 | 4:00amPIPE DREAM [] A stinker. Running time: 91 minutes. Rated R (language, sexual content). At the Empire, the Quad and the Sutton. --------- IT is a requirement of romantic comedies,...
'MAN': SOME SATISFACTION
October 2, 2002 | 4:00amTHE MAN FROM ELYSIAN FIELDS [1/2] Love and sex dissected. Running time: 106 minutes. Rated R (language and sexual content). At the Lincoln Square, the 19th St. East, and the...