Archive for Friday, July 25, 2003

Opening day beckons

• Childhood fantasy rendered with graceful Minimalism By Christopher Knight

• Society’s castoffs haunt ‘In the Blood’ By Daryl H. Miller

• Horse comes out a winner By Kenneth Turan

• ‘A nice building for Billy’ By Suzanne Muchnic

• One more time with feeling? By Manohla Dargis

• Seeing the light of ‘Day’ By Steve Carney

• Empty ‘Hotel’ is a failed attempt at experimentation By Manohla Dargis

• Rock-ribbed Maine Yankees, from an outsider’s viewpoint By Anthony Day

• A self-indulgent ‘Masked’ has more tedium than allegory By Kevin Thomas

• ‘Spy Kids 3-D’ is standout family fare By Kevin Thomas

• A complex career

• Losing hope and finding connections By Kenneth Turan

• ‘Juliette’ By Eve Bunting

• Magic among a brothel’s ‘Tricks’ By David C. Nichols, Daryl H. Miller, F. Kathleen Foley

• Moving visions in a midsummer ‘Dream’ By Lewis Segal

• After her husband disappears, a new life of adventure and fantasy begins By Kevin Thomas

• A blurred reflection of the Mob By Kevin Thomas

• Charming, talented cast makes ‘Camp’ a picnic to watch By Kenneth Turan

• Primed for perfection but never reached By Don Heckman

• Some have reservations about this dark ‘Hotel’ By Susan King

• A media circus with two rings By Howard Rosenberg

• McCartney, PETA take KFC to task

• In ‘Buffalo,’ a satirical stampede runs amok By Manohla Dargis

• This ensemble acts up a storm By David C. Nichols

• ‘River’: a strong current on Broadway By Don Shirley

• Ballet Pacifica choreography project jetes into action By Victoria Looseleaf

• CREATIVITY CORNER

• By the Numbers

• Cash regains her voice, with some added depth By Steve Hochman

• Displaced youth finds enrichment By Shane Nelson

• NBC is counting on ‘Friends’ spinoff By Brian Lowry

• Hostilities long over, the war never ends By Al Martinez

• Ballet world’s tilting at windmills By Lewis Segal

• Saddling up an earlier tale of Seabiscuit By Susan King

• In Ojai, writers try to get it letter perfect By Mike Boehm

• Strumming a cynical chord By Randy Lewis

• Lynch ‘smallest part’ of NBC film By Brian Lowry

• ‘Marketplace’ host leaves for PBS show

• Approval for Gibson ‘Passion’ By Elaine Dutka

• Jokes & Riddles

• Let’s hope it’s not the cheese By Randy Lewis

• TV short on campaign news By Greg Braxton

• MTV Awards announced By Elaine Dutka