January 2010
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Down to You
Year 2000 Trademarks:
Gratuitous Ally McBeal-inspired Motown lip-syncing
Contrasted by NY Times with short-lived WB dramedy Popular
Second-act scene revolving around a CD wallet
What’s it like 10 years later? Down to You was the first 2000 film I re-watched this year that I wanted – I mean really wanted – to like. Not that I am (or was) an especially huge Freddie Prinze, Jr. fan. And...
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Supernova
Year 2000 Trademarks:
Use of Sugar Ray’s “I Just Want to Fly” in trailer
Casting of Victor from Party of Five
Lou Diamond Phillips presented as sex object
What’s it like 10 years later?
It’s impossible to talk about Supernova without first mentioning the importance of the year 1996 for science fiction and horror. Sure, the year saw the premiere of The...
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The Hurricane
Year 2000 Trademarks:
Pre-Tony Scott Denzel Washington
Presence of K-Ci and JoJo (of “All My Life” fame) on soundtrack
Leiv Schriber
What’s it like 10 years later?
In a way the movie feels more timely now than it probably did back in 2000. Today’s audiences, having experienced John Q and The Great Debaters, feel right at home in a mediocre Denzel Washington film....