January: The Royal Tenenbaums.
Overrated by the critics, but nice to know there can be families more
screwed up than ours.
February: Collateral Damage.
JJ saw this without me and reports that even for this type of film, the plot
was a bit hard to swallow.
March: The Time Machine.
Nice effects, a few good ideas, but overall shallow and disappointing.
April: Big Trouble.
We laughed. Which was all this film intended to do.
May: Spider-Man. For the first 115
minutes, one of the best superhero films ever made. And for the last 5,
an incredible stinker.
June: The Sum of All Fears. An
entertaining thriller.
July: Road to Perdition. Dark
tale with a can't-miss cast.
August: Signs. They managed
to keep it quite spooky and gripping.
September: One Hour Photo. Robin
Williams can play The Creepy Guy!
October: Red Dragon. Good film,
but maybe a bad choice after September's pick. This made it two in a row
about people knowing you a bit too well.
November: The Ring. As promised, a
surprisingly good member of the scare-em genre. But I really wish I'd brought
a cell phone in with me.
December: Star Trek: Nemesis. A so-so movie --
not nearly as hot as the Earl Grey it inspired JJ to order afterwards.
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