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Review of Lost in Space (1998)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 13 May 2004

Time-travel cliches, female characters who exert authority only so we'll laugh at the pussy-whipped males, dialogue that's neither self-mocking…

Review of Black Knight (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 13 May 2004

Jamal (Martin Lawrence), starts trying to make the best of a bad situation, which becomes our job too…

Review of The Relic (1997)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 May 2004

But Peter Hyams, who's both director and director of photography, forces us to constantly strain to see what isn't there, until ultimately…

Review of From Hell (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 May 2004

Labyrinthine yet oversimple, the story seems to hide a more provocative one. But perhaps this is the nature of the beast…

Review of The Bone Collector (1999)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 May 2004

This mild thriller's consistently dark atmosphere makes the scene-of-the-crime tableaux...transcend exploitation and even suggest a kind of…

Review of Speaking in Strings (1999)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 30 Apr 2004

Conveys little sense of a connection, as if di Florio had made it mainly because she had access to a celebrity…

Review of Payback (1999)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 28 Mar 2004

The comic timing and Gibson's mugging are skillful, but the movie fulfills expectations of plot twists and ironic atmosphere only after having…

Review of A Bug's Life (1998)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 20 Mar 2004

Full of adventure, spectacle, light romance, and the kind of suspense that doesn't require an unpredictable outcome to make your spine tingle…

Review of The Little Vampire (2000)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 04 Mar 2004

The violence is suggested in a way that's neither overwhelming nor insulting to a child's intelligence as this crafty fairy tale ultimately…

Review of The Jackal (1997)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 09 Feb 2004

Plotted densely enough to make the lulls forgivable, this movie concerns a contract killer (Bruce Willis) who employs several small-business…

Review of Gattaca (1997)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 22 Jan 2004

The moody images and Michael Nyman's score aren't enough to salvage this banal 1997 science fiction story…

Review of Analyze This (1999)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 Nov 2003

This blunt comedy suffers from poor pacing, colorless dialogue, and subpar performances by the two leads that reveal just how much a director…

Review of Love Is Colder Than Death (1970)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 28 Oct 2003

The makings of a powerful filmmaker are clearly in evidence…

Review of Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Oct 2003

But the most stimulating, satisfying aspect of this action fantasy is the theme music…

Review of The Insider (1999)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 Sep 2003

Almost cagily creating understated drama from high-stakes reality…

Review of Bully (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 09 Sep 2003

The tone -- a combination of earnestness and gallows humor -- is strangely appropriate…

Review of Chopper (2000)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Aug 2003

The connection between his boasting about killing and killing so he can boast about it -- is made beautifully insidious…

Review of What Women Want (2000)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 02 Aug 2003

Would have proved the point if it weren't so mechanically scripted…

Review of Vertical Limit (2000)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 11 Jul 2003

This asthma-inducing adventure set on K2 starts out seeming as if its corny storytelling and phony-looking settings were designed to show that…

Review of Love Jones (1997)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Jun 2003

It's easy to suspend disbelief and embrace this historically creative fiction, whose clever relationship to what's known and what's unresolved…

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