Amanda • To accept the things we cannot change, like this movie

Amanda • It would appear I’m the only person in the world who didn’t like Orange County.

Liz B • Bill Hader + Bill Hader? Rashida Jones + Allison Janney? Robert Downey Jr + Stephen Colbert? Ten movies that you NEED to see.

Alana • Wherein she finds illegal smoking sexy on Jim Jarmusch.

Amanda • Chasing Liberty is a surprisingly delightful adventure.

Amanda • Or those who don’t: the Zoolander review.

Xiola • As a lover of all things horror, I couldn’t wait to see it.

Amanda • I think that, probably, if I were able to turn off my psychosis radar for five minutes, I would be gushing about Mandy Moore’s performance or Heather Matarazzo’s cute shoes.

Anthony Imm. • A trip to San Diego’s 2004 Comic Con.

Shana, Amy • Havana Nights doesn’t have a smidgen of the sizzle.

Amanda • Rather, Eminem is magnified in 8 Mile.

Amanda • Did Cusack and Piven steal this plot from you-know-who?

Michelle • You love it! You hate it! Who cares!

Jessica • Daria, Juliana Hatfield, 120 Minutes, Elastica, Garbage, “Live Through This” and more.

Melynee • It wasn’t dressed up; there wasn’t a string underscore to cue me that this was a “sad” moment, there were no close-ups or dramatic lighting.

Amanda • The Notorious Bettie Page moves along like a really good PBS special, presenting the where and why and how, but lacking in emotion.

Amanda • Teen angst is tops in How To Deal.

Amy • Crossroads plays out like a bad fanfic written by a preteen.

Michelle • For the record, I’d like to say that this movie is falsely advertised, thanks.

Michelle • A helpful, yet spoiler-filled, guide to get you sanely through Gangs of New York.

Amy • They still don’t like you, but should you care 10 years later?

Melynee • Waking Life, by Richard Linklater is not a movie for the faint of heart. Or, perhaps more accurately, for the faint of mind.

Michelle • Two snaps and a twist in a Z formation.

Amy, Amanda • Amy and Amanda are split on The Italian Job.

Brad • Say it with me, “There were no elves at Helm’s Deep”

Lisa • The effect is totally lost if you don’t have the shotgun cocking sound in the background.

Michelle, Amy • Yes, yes, Grease is by far the superior product. But there is something so toe-tappingly spectacular about a roomful of people way too old to be playing teenagers chasing each other around a classroom asking “Where does…

Mala • A very esimple primer for the uninitiated flim junkie.

Alana • I was a good independent film fan. But unlike the boys at the video store, I was also putting photos of Jim up on the wall in my office,

Amy • It wasn’t bad. I thought it would be better.