| Vol XXXV No. 42 |
Thursday, November 1, 2001 |
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Jack the Ripper goes to `Hell'
By JUDE SEYMOUR
Scene Movie Critic
 "From Hell," the latest film to deal with the murders committed by Jack the Ripper, is based on a detailed comic book written by Alan Moore that reads as a revisionist history of the famous East End strangler. Moore saw himself ... [more]
Old-timers clash in the `Castle'
By CHRIS SIKORSKI
Scene Movie Critic
"You look at any castle, and it has four things: location, walls, garrison and a flag. The difference between most castles and this one is that most are built to keep people out; this one keeps people in." So begins "The ... [more]
Psychobabble with a side of Spacey
By JOHN DONNELLY
Scene Movie Critic
"K-PAX" treads water. It has some ambition, but hits too many false notes. The film doesn't stir the viewer's emotions, it only slightly nudges them. "K-PAX" is a nice movie, but forgotten as one leaves the theater. Kevin Spacey plays Prot, ... [more]
Comic `World' of teenage angst
By MATT NANIA
Scene Movie Editor
After suffering through an endless parade of summer movies geared towards teenagers who like to have their "American Pie" spoon fed to them, along comes "Ghost World," an edgy, uncompromising, darkly comic film that defies tradition and convention. Based on the ... [more]
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