Women Who Run With Warrior Princesses
Reneé O'Connor talks about the life as queen of the Amazons. [2]
Kate X Messer

Momma ROCs!
O'Connor's mother, Sandra Wilson, and the Reneé O'Connor International Fan Club. [3]

All the Presidents' Movies
Hollywood's made a lot of movies about the presidency, but who needs them when the real thing is stranger than fiction? [4]
Peter Keough

Off Camera
Talking and talking with Drew Barrymore, who stars in "The Wedding Singer." [5]
Ray Pride

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Flesh Wounds
"Live Flesh" catches outrageous film artist Pedro Almodovar in a mature moment. [6]
Gary Susman

Catching 22
"Zero Effect" is a gentle parody of noir detective movies and their devices. It floats on the basis of its dialogue, which is goofy rather than witty, and on the performances of its principal actors. [7]
Stacey Richter

Killer Fat
Hong Kong star Chow Yun-Fat makes a decent Hollywood debut with "The Replacement Killers." [8]
Zak Weisfeld

Holy Ghost Explosion
Review of "The Apostle." [9]
Mary Dickson

The Lord's Work
"The Apostle." [10]
Angie Drobnic

Film Tip of the Week
This week's must-see flick: "Ma vie en rose." [11]
Ray Pride

Hostage Negotiations
Brazil's Best Foreign Film nominee "Four Days in September" is a tense, well-done political thriller on a human scale. [12]
Jim Ridley, Donna Bowman, and Noel Murray

Blues Movie
Dan Aykroyd and the band play a cinematic cover of a comedy classic; Chow Yun-Fat shoots for American audiences. [13]
Mark Jordan

Look But Don't Buy
"Great Expectations," "Kundun." [14]
Rick Barton

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Love on Film
Valentine's Day was made for Videophiles. [19]
Chris Herrington

McCarthyism Revisited
Harvey Job Matusow's documentary video "The Stringless Yo-Yo" shows how a Mormon helped end the "Red Scare" in 1950s America. [20]
David Madison

Video Tip of the Week
Rent this film this week: "Love Serenade." [21]
Ray Pride

Scanlines
Camp-o-rama on video: "Valley of the Dolls" and the "Hercules" episodes that spun off the "Xena: Warrior Princess" series. [22]

An Unlikely Pair
Reviews of current film releases for home entertainment. [23]
Noel Murphy and Rob Nelson

TV Eye
Mister Rogers and his sweaters make for warm fuzzies all around. [24]
Margaret Moser

  can be quite a hard-ass when it comes to movies, so for a change I'd like tell you about two recent flicks I honestly enjoyed.

First off, if you're in the new release section of your local video store, don't hesitate to rent "Love Serenade" (reviewed here). It's a small Australian film with a humorous, quirky feel not unlike "Muriel's Wedding" -- but there are dark, almost Lynchian undercurrents as well. Hollywood has no idea how to sustain intelligent weirdness the way "Love Serenade" does. I loved it.

Hollywood does know how to make a movie like "The Wedding Singer," and surprisingly, I loved it too. Whereas "Love Serenade" has a bit o' fun with '70s music, "The Wedding Singer" is steeped beyond recognition in '80s retro. Fortunately I'm a sucker for that sort of thing. What's most remarkable about "The Wedding Singer," though, is that it compelled me to let go of past irritations and actually like Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore (whose palpable cuteness is in full effect in this brief chat). Sure, the picture heads in all the predictable directions, but it has a ton of fun along the way, and its romance story clicks. I felt a lump in my throat when Billy Idol....well, you'll see.

Speaking of retro, a lot of people have a love affair with the medieval retro of "Xena: Warrior Princess." But in all fairness, it's Xena's sidekick, Gabrielle, who anchors the show. She's the one people relate to; nobody could hope to be as kick-ass as Xena. So it's only fitting that actress Reneé O'Connor now has her own fan club. Want to join?

There's plenty more retro where that came from. We got presidential-movie retro, we got film noir retro, we even got Mister Rogers retro (or should I say "meow meow Mister Rogers retro meow"?). Then, of course, there are the reviews... There's always the reviews.

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Chicago NewCityNet

• Hurricane Streets
• Live Flesh
• Other Voices, Other Rooms
• Sphere

Austin Chronicle

• Afterglow
• The Borrowers
• Fetishes
• Four Days In September
• Lewis & Clark & George
• The Only Thrill
• The Wedding Singer
• Welcome To Sarajevo
• Zero Effect

Boston Phoenix

• Blues Brothers 2000
• The Borrowers
• Carla's Song
• Hurricane Streets
• O Amor Natural
• The Wind in the Willows

Tucson Weekly

• Blues Brothers 2000
• Butch Camp
• Deep Rising
• Desperate Measures
• Great Expectations
• The Replacement Killers
• The Tango Lesson

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Now What?
What's the matter, couldn't find a review of that blockbuster film you're excited about? We certainly don't want to leave you disappointed -- why not try some of these larger-than-life movie links? [25]

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