Publications

Bedazzled

James Bowman

Harold Ramis is a fine comic writer-director, and his Groundhog Day will go down in cinematic history as one of…

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Best in Show

James Bowman

Like Waiting for Guffman, which Christopher Guest directed and starred in four years ago, his new movie, Best in Show…

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Billy Elliot

James Bowman

The 12 year-old eponymous hero of Stephen Daldry’s Billy Elliot, played by Jamie Bell, is made to say more than…

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Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2

James Bowman

The iron rule in Hollywood is that if you’ve got a hit, you’ve got to have a sequel. But what…

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Contender, The

James Bowman

The Contender, written and directed by Rod Lurie, is yet another example of Hollywood’s idea of politics and even more…

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Get Carter

James Bowman

Rachel Leigh Cook is not only beautiful but she must be the greatest actress of her generation. How else to…

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Bagger Vance, The Legend of

James Bowman

Here are the good things about The Legend of Bagger Vance, written by Jeremy Leven from the novel by Steven…

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Lucky Numbers

James Bowman

Having once lived in the area served by Channel 6 (Harrisburg, York, Lancaster, Lebanon), where Russ Richards (John Travolta) works…

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Pay It Forward

James Bowman

Pay it Forward by Mimi Leder is meant to be another in what I take to be a new series…

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Requiem for a Dream

James Bowman

Requiem for a Dream, directed by Darren Aronofsky (Pi) from a script he wrote with Hubert Selby, Jr. (Last Exit…

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The War Against Boys

Michael Cromartie

Christina Hoff Sommers was a professor of philosophy at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, when her first book, Who Stole…

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Books & Culture / September 1, 2000

Almost Famous

James Bowman

Almost Famous begins in 1969 with a literary discussion about Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird between a precocious eleven…

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