| Vol XXXIV No. 93 |
Thursday, February 22, 2001 |
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Chris Rock's `Down to Earth' should be buried
By JEFFREY Q. IRISH
Scene Movie Critic
 Chris Rock is a sell out. With "Down to Earth," he has made a PG-13 rated comedy for the masses. How ironic is it that just last week on MTV's "Diary" he verbally assaulted a record store clerk for selling him ... [more]
Cult director Sam Raimi brings visual flair to an otherwise unremarkable `Gift'
By CHRIS BANNISTER
Scene Movie Critic
"The Gift" is a return for filmmaker Sam Raimi. After making the failed Kevin Costner baseball drama "For the Love of the Game," Raimi, the director of cult films "Evil Dead" and "Army of Darkness," turns again to the horror genre. ... [more]
Emotionally intense `Dead' touches a raw nerve
By MATT NANIA
Scene Movie Editor
Absolutely gripping from its first frame, "Waking the Dead" begins in 1974 with a young Fielding Pierce (Billy Crudup) being torn apart from the inside out as he watches news coverage of a car-bombing that killed his peace activist girlfriend (Jennifer ... [more]
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