Selected Essays, Interviews and Criticism by

ALEXANDRA DuPONT

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REVIEWS for THE DVD JOURNAL

[alphabetical by film title]

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension

Alien Nation

Big Trouble in Little China: Special Edition

Breaking Away

Cleopatra: Five Star Collection

Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Collector's Edition

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Die Hard: Five Star Collection

Do the Right Thing: The Criterion Collection

Frank Herbert's Dune: The Director's Cut (2000)

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: Collector's Edition

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Special Widescreen Edition

Hook

Indiana Jones DVD collection

Jaws 2

Jurassic Park and The Lost World: Collector's Editions

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring -- pithy quotes contributed to a review by Dawn Taylor.

Meet the Parents: Collector's Edition

Much Ado About Nothing (1993)

The Mummy (1999): Ultimate Edition

The Office: The Complete First Series

Planet of the Apes: The Evolution -- overview of the complete 1968-73 film series.

Planet of the Apes: The Complete TV Series

Jackie Chan's Project A 2

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

The Road to Hong Kong

Shaft (2000)

Snatch: Special Edition

Spaceman

Spartacus: The Criterion Collection

Speed: Five Star Collection

Spy Kids

Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace -- advance review of the original theatrical release; among the first on the Internet, and certainly among the meanest.

Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace -- DVD review.

Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones

Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

The Star Wars Trilogy (box set of Episodes IV-VI)

Stardust Memories

Superman II

The Terminator: Special Edition

Thelonious Monk: Straight No Chaser

THX 1138: The George Lucas Director's Cut

Titan: AE

U-571: Collector's Edition

The Usual Suspects: Special Edition

Willow: Special Edition

Woman on Top

X-Men

X-Men 1.5 -- brief critical interjection in a longer essay by Damon Houx.

Young Sherlock Holmes

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for AIN'T IT COOL NEWS:

Interviews:

William Gibson

'Bone' writer/artist Jeff Smith: [ Part 1 ] [ Part 2 ] [ Part 3 ]

Comics Reviews:

Bone #52 and Giant THB 1.v.2 [last item in group column]

Bone #53 and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 2 hardcover [scroll way, way down the column]

THB: Comics from Mars

Movie Reviews [alphabetical by film title]

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence

American Teen

'Chicken Run' and 'Love's Labour's Lost'

Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles

Daredevil

The Dark Knight

Dr. T and the Women

'E.T.' 20th Anniversary Special Edition

Erin Brockovich

Eye of the Beholder

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Hollow Man

Josie and the Pussycats (2001)

'Kill Bill' and 'Bubba Ho-Tep'

Left Behind

Men in Black II

Minority Report

The Mummy Returns

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Pearl Harbor -- which the author dared to enjoy on its stupid-war-movie merits.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Red Dragon

'Snatch' and 'A Hard Day's Night'

The Spirit

Spy Kids

Star Trek: Nemesis

Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones

'Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith' and 'Serenity'

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Supernova

Titan AE

U-571

Watchmen

Woman on Top

The X-Files: I Want to Believe

X-Men

Repackaged DVD Journal movie reviews at AICN Coaxial

[alphabetical by film title]

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai (DVD review)

Alien Nation (DVD review)

Big Trouble in Little China (DVD review)

Breaking Away (DVD review)

Cleopatra (DVD review)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (DVD review)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (DVD review)

Die Hard (DVD review)

Do the Right Thing: The Criterion Collection (DVD review)

'Dune' Sci-Fi Channel miniseries (DVD review)

Indiana Jones DVD collection

Jaws 2 (DVD review)

Jurassic Park and The Lost World (DVD reviews)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (DVD review)

Meet the Parents (DVD review)

Planet of the Apes: The Evolution -- overview of the complete 1968-73 film series on DVD.

Planet of the Apes TV series (DVD review)

Shaft (2000) (DVD review)

Snatch (DVD review)

Spaceman (DVD review)

Spartacus: Criterion Collection (DVD review)

Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace (DVD review)

Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones (DVD review)

Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (DVD review)

The Star Wars Trilogy (Episodes IV-VI)

The Terminator (DVD review)

THX 1138: The George Lucas Director's Cut

Usual Suspects (DVD review)

Willow (DVD review)

X-Men (DVD review)

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for WILLAMETTE WEEK:

Interview w/ 'Bruno' cartoonist C. Baldwin

Criticism of criticism: Book review of Gary Indiana's review of 'Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom' [second item]

Book review of Jon Lewis''Hollywood v. Hard Core' [second item]

Book Review: 'The Devil's Details: A History of Footnotes'

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for IN FOCUS magazine:

Reader Poll Results: Best Movies EVER!
An appraisal of 10 "favorite" movies -- as determined by a poll of In Focus magazine readers in 2003. (Traveler's advisory: The online layout differs significantly from the layout of the print-magazine piece. The authoršs considerable footnotes -- originally crafted for the bottom of each page -- have, for the Web site, been inserted between brackets [and between sentences] in the main body of the essay. You have been warned.)