Holly McClure

• Positive Message Lifts A Walk to Remember
  It's not often that a movie about teenage romance has the main characters discuss their dating morals, ethics and future plans. It's even rarer that those same characters discuss the importance of...
  Saturday, January 19, 2002
• Snow Dogs: Feel-good Fun
  Snow Dogs is a fun, feel-good comedy with gorgeous scenery (it's worth watching the movie for that alone). This family comedy also deals with the sensitive subject of birth parents giving up their...
  Friday, January 18, 2002
• Black Hawk Down: Raw Courage, Passionately Portrayed
  Brilliantly executed action sequences and amazing battle scenes in Black Hawk Down don't overshadow several moments of human interest, exemplified by the men's willingness to literally lay down...
  Thursday, January 17, 2002
• G-rated Laughs From Jimmy Neutron
  When aliens come to Jimmy’s hometown and abduct all the parents in town, it’s up to Jimmy, his trusty dog, his friend Carl, his rival pal Cindy, the tough kid Nick and the rest of the...
  Friday, January 4, 2002
• Funny Moments are Few in Orange County
  This story includes many irreverent and serious issues that are taken lightly and played for laughs. Of course, it has a few funny moments, but the dysfunctional issues that dominate the script are...
  Monday, December 31, 2001
• Classy Gosford Park Is a Mysterious Treat
  The surface story focuses on the societal hierarchy among the elite and the relationships they have with their servants, but as the mystery begins to unravel, the movie reveals the hatred many in...
  Sunday, December 30, 2001
• Impostor Disappoints in the End
  In the year 2079, much of Earth lives under a protective electromagnetic dome. Invaders from a distant solar system want to conquer Earth, sending alien replicants as assassins, equipped with bombs...
  Saturday, December 29, 2001
• Love and Hope Prevail in The Shipping News
  The obstacles that Quoyle faces and the fears he overcomes give this gloomy, strange story a tender and heartwarming message. You leave the film feeling as if you’d been through therapy. But...
  Friday, December 28, 2001
• Ali: Goes the Distance, but the Viewer Loses
  For those who have never seen or heard anything about Muhammad Ali, this is a good introduction to his life and victories, but for those wanting more than what the documentaries have given us, the...
  Tuesday, December 25, 2001
• The Royal Tenenbaums: Painfully Funny
  A brilliant cast delivers a bizarre story that manages to make a profound statement (about the effects of divorce and absent fathers) in a hilarious but weird way.
  Tuesday, December 25, 2001
• Time-travel Romance Hits the Sweet Spot
  The snappy dialogue and humorous behavior hint at poignant truths: our society has conditioned men to forgo civility and chivalry, women have stopped expecting it and we rarely stop to enjoy the...
  Monday, December 24, 2001
• Beautifully Told Beautiful Mind Triumphs
  Friday, December 21, 2001
• Carrey Connects in Capraesque The Majestic
  Peter Appleton (Jim Carrey) is a young and ambitious screenwriter who cares about little but getting his next picture made. Unfortunately for Peter, it’s 1951, and the Un-American Activities...
  Friday, November 30, 2001
• Lord of the Rings: Fantasy on a Grand Scale
  This first film of a planned trilogy is an impressive movie with unusual looking characters, lavish scenes, breathtaking locations, incredible digitized scenery, amazing and terrifying special...
  Thursday, November 29, 2001
• Emotionally Exhausting Sky Ultimately Frustrates
  For those expecting a traditional drama-love story, forget about it! This movie plays like Jerry Maguire meets Fatal Attraction in A Christmas Carol.
  Wednesday, November 28, 2001
• Ocean’s Eleven: That Sinking Feeling
  No one should go to this movie expecting anything more than a witty crime caper that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Still, the charismatic cast has the ability to deliver much more than...
  Tuesday, November 27, 2001
• Texas Rangers Smirks, Sputters
  The year is 1875, and Texas is a land without justice, vulnerable to renegade outlaws who pillage towns, murder townspeople and steal cattle. A small group of Texas rangers protect and defend the...
  Monday, November 26, 2001
• Rousing Behind Enemy Lines Stirs Patriotic Spirit
  Director John Moore gives us an unconventional war movie with an unconventional and likeable hero. Moore's unique visual style adds flair, setting the film apart from other war movies and providing...
  Saturday, November 24, 2001