Gary Brown is film critic of the Woodlands Villager, a subsidiary of Houston Community Newspapers (HCN) in The Woodlands, Texas. His weekly reviews appear on Thursday.

Brown's rating scale:
****-Don't miss
***-Good film
**-Barely passable
*-Flop

• Bowfinger (8/16/99)
• Brokedown Palace (8/16/99)
• Detroit Rock City (8/16/99)
• The Iron Giant (8/16/99)
• Blair Witch Project (8/17/99)
• Deep Blue Sea (8/17/99)
• Dick (8/17/99)
• Eyes Wide Shut (8/17/99)
• Inspector Gadget (8/17/99)
• Mystery Men (8/17/99)
• Mickey Blue Eyes (8/23/99)
• Teaching Mrs. Tingle (8/23/99)
• Universal Soldier: The Return (8/23/99)
• Runaway Bride (8/25/99)
• Drop Dead Gorgeous (8/28/99)
• American Pie (8/28/99)
• Lake Placid (8/28/99)
• A Dog of Flanders (8/30/99)
• Dudley Do-Right (8/30/99)
• The 13th Warrior (8/30/99)
• The Astronaut's Wife (8/30/99)
• The Muse (8/30/99)
• Rushmore (8/30/99)
• South Park (8/30/99)
• Summer of Sam (8/30/99)
• The General's Daughter (8/30/99)
• The Haunting (8/30/99)
• The Mummy (8/30/99)
• Wild Wild West (8/30/99)
• Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (8/30/99)
• Big Daddy (8/30/99)
• Election (8/30/99)
• Entrapment (8/30/99)
• Instinct (8/30/99)
• Star Wars: Episode I--The Phantom Menace
• Tarzan (8/30/99)
• Tea With Mussolini (8/30/99)
• The Matrix (8/30/99)
• The Thirteenth Floor (8/30/99)
• True Crime (8/30/99)
• Twin Dragons (8/30/99)
• 10 Things I Hate About You (8/30/99)
• William Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream (8/30/99)
• Blast From The Past (8/30/99)
• Cruel Intentions (8/30/99)
• EDtv (8/30/99)
• Forces of Nature (8/30/99)
• Go (8/30/99)
• In Dreams (8/30/99)
• Jawbreaker (8/30/99)
• Message In A Bottle (8/30/99)
• October Sky (8/30/99)
• 8mm (9/02/99)
• The Love Letter (9/02/99)
• Baby Geniuses (9/02/99)
• Doug's 1st Movie (9/02/99)
• Analyze This (9/02/99)
• Lost & Found (9/03/99)
• Muppets From Space (9/03/99)
• My Favorite Martian (9/03/99)
• Office Space (9/03/99)
• Pushing Tin (9/03/99)
• She's All That (9/03/99)
• SLC Punk! (9/03/99)
• The Deep End of the Ocean (9/03/99)
• The King and I (9/03/99)
• The Mod Squad (9/03/99)
• Chill Factor (9/06/99)
• Outside Providence (9/06/99)
• Love Stinks (9/13/99)
• Stigmata (9/13/99)
• Stir of Echoes (9/13/99)
• Blue Streak (9/20/99)
• For Love of the Game (9/20/99)
• Double Jeopardy (9/27/99)
• Jakob the Liar (9/27/99)
• Mumford (9/27/99)
• Three Kings (10/04/99)
• Mystery, Alaska (10/04/99)
• The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (10/04/99)
• Drive Me Crazy (10/04/99)
• Plunkett and Macleane (10/04/99)
• Random Hearts (10/11/99)
• Superstar (10/11/99)
• Fight Club (10/18/99)
• The Story of Us (10/18/99)
• Bats (10/23/99)
• Bringing Out the Dead (10/23/99)
• Crazy in Alabama (10/23/99)
• Body Shots (10/23/99)
• Three to Tango (10/23/99)
• House on Haunted Hill (11/01/99)
• Music of the Heart (11/01/99)
• The Straight Story (11/08/99)
• The Bachelor (11/08/99)
• The Bone Collector (11/08/99)
• The Insider (11/08/99)
• Anywhere But Here (11/15/99)
• Pokemon: The First Movie (11/15/99)
• The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (11/15/99)
• Dogma (11/15/99)
• The World Is Not Enough (11/22/99)
• Sleepy Hollow (11/22/99)
• Flawless (11/29/99)
• End of Days (11/29/99)
• Toy Story 2 (11/29/99)
• Virtual Sexuality (12/06/99)
• The Green Mile (12/13/99)
• Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (12/13/99)
• Anna and the King (12/20/99)
• Stuart Little (12/20/99)
• Bicentennial Man (12/20/99)
• Any Given Sunday (12/27/99)
• Man on the Moon (12/27/99)
• Galaxy Quest (12/27/99)
• The Talented Mr. Ripley (12/27/99)
• Magnolia (1/10/00)
• Snow Falling on Cedars (1/10/00)
• Brown's 1999 Special Film Awards (1/10/00)
• Girl, Interrupted (01/17/00)
• The Hurricane (01/17/00)
• Cradle Will Rock (01/24/00)
• Play It to the Bone (01/24/00)
• Eye of the Beholder (01/31/00)
• Isn't She Great (01/31/00)
• Scream 3 (2/07/00)
• Simpatico (2/07/00)
• Snow Day (2/14/00)
• The Beach (2/14/00)
• Hanging Up (2/21/00)
• The Whole Nine Yards (2/21/00)
• Reindeer Games (2/28/00)
• Wonder Boys (2/28/00)
• Drowning Mona (3/06/00)
• The Next Best Thing (3/06/00)
• Mission to Mars (3/13/00)
• The Ninth Gate (3/13/00)
• Erin Brockovich (3/20/00)
• Final Destination (3/20/00)
• Brown's 1999 Oscar Predictions (3/20/00)
• Here on Earth (3/27/00)
• Whatever It Takes (3/27/00)
• High Fidelity (4/03/00)
• The Road to El Dorado (4/03/00)
• Return to Me (4/10/00)
• Rules of Engagement (4/10/00)
• 28 Days (4/17/00)
• Keeping the Faith (4/17/00)
• U-571 (4/24/00)
• Gossip (4/24/00)
• The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (5/01/00)
• Frequency (5/01/00)
• Gladiator (5/08/00)\
• I Dreamed of Africa (5/08/00)
• Battlefield Earth (5/15/00)
• Center Stage (5/15/00)
• Dinosaur (5/22/00)
• Small Time Crooks (5/22/00)
• M:I-2 (5/29/00)
• Shanghai Noon (5/29/00)
• Big Momma's House (6/05/00)
• Gone in 60 Seconds (6/12/00)
• Shaft (6/19/00)
• Fantasia 2000 (6/19/00)
• Titan A.E. (6/19/00)
• Me, Myself, & Irene (6/26/00)
• Chicken Run (6/26/00)
• Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (4/21/01)
• Freddy Got Fingered (4/21/01)
• One Night at McCool's (4/28/01)
• Town & Country (4/28/01)
• The Mummy Returns (5/04/01)
• A Knight's Tale (5/11/01)
• Angel Eyes (5/18/01)
• Shrek (5/18/01)
• Pearl Harbor (5/25/01)
• Moulin Rouge (6/01/01)
• The Animal (6/01/01)
• Swordfish (6/08/01)
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (6/15/01)
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire (6/15/01)
• Dr. Dolittle 2 (6/22/01)
• The Fast and the Furious (6/22/01)
• crazy/beautiful (6/29/01)
• A.I.Artificial Intelligence (6/29/01)
• Scary Movie 2 (7/06/01)
• Cats & Dogs (7/06/01)
• The Score (7/13/01)
• Legally Blonde (7/13/01)
• Jurassic Park III (7/20/01)
• America's Sweethearts (7/20/01)
• Planet of the Apes (7/27/01)
• Rush Hour 2 (8/03/01)
• The Princess Diaries (8/03/01)
• Osmosis Jones (8/10/01)
• The Others (8/10/01)
• Captain Corelli's Mandolin (8/17/01)
• Rat Race (8/17/01)
• Bubble Boy (8/24/01)
• Summer Catch (8/24/01)
• Jeepers Creepers (8/31/01)
• The Musketeer (9/07/01)
• The Glass House (9/14/01)
• Hardball (9/14/01)
• Glitter (9/21/01)
• Don't Say a Word (9/28/01)
• Hearts in Atlantis (9/28/01)
• Joy Ride (10/05/01)
• Max Keeble's Big Move (10/05/01)
• Serendipity (10/05/01)
• Bandits (10/12/01)
• Corky Romano (10/12/01)
• Riding in Cars with Boys (10/19/01)
• The Last Castle (10/19/01)
• From Hell (10/19/01)
• K-PAX (10/26/01)
• On the Line (10/26/01)
• Domestic Disturbance (11/02/01)
• Monsters, Inc. (11/02/01)
• Heist (11/09/01)
• Shallow Hal (11/09/01)
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (11/16/01)
• Black Knight (11/23/01)
• Spy Game (11/23/01)
• Behind Enemy Lines (11/30/01)
• Ocean's Eleven (12/07/01)
• Vanilla Sky (12/14/01)
• Not Another Teen Movie (12/14/01)
• Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (12/19/01)
• The Majestic (12/21/01)
• A Beautiful Mind (12/21/01)
• The Royal Tenenbaums (12/28/01)
• Impostor (1/04/02)
• Orange County (1/11/02)
• Black Hawk Down (1/18/02)
• A Walk to Remember (1/25/02)
• The Mothman Prophecies (1/25/02)
• Slackers (2/01/02)
• Birthday Girl (2/01/02)
• Collateral Damage (2/08/02)
• Rollerball (2/08/02)
• Hart's War (2/15/02)
• Crossroads (2/15/02)
• Dragonfly (2/22/02)
• We Were Soldiers (3/01/02)
• The Time Machine (3/08/02)
• Sorority Boys (3/22/02)
• Blade II (3/22/02)
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (3/22/02)
• The Rookie (3/29/02)
• Monster's Ball (3/29/02)
• Panic Room (3/29/02)
• High Crimes (4/05/02)
• Big Trouble (4/05/02)
• The Sweetest Thing (4/12/02)
• Changing Lanes (4/12/02)
• Murder by Numbers (4/19/02)
• The Scorpion King (4/19/02)
• Life or Something Like It (4/26/02)
• Jason X (4/26/02)
• Hollywood Ending (5/03/02)
• Spider-Man (5/03/02)
• Unfaithful (5/10/02)
• The New Guy (5/10/02)
• About a Boy (5/17/02)
• Star Wars: Episode II--Attack of the Clones (5/17/02)
• Insomnia (5/24/02)
• Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (5/24/02)
• Enough (5/24/02)
• The Sum of All Fears (5/31/02)
• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (6/07/02)
• Bad Company (6/07/02)
• Scooby Doo (6/14/02)
• Windtalkers (6/14/02)
• Minority Report (6/21/02)
• Mr. Deeds (6/28/02)
• Men in Black II (7/03/02)
• Like Mike (7/03?02)
• Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (7/12/02)
• K-19: The Widowmaker (7/19/02)
• The Country Bears (7/26/02)
• Austin Powers in Goldmember (7/26/02)
• Signs (8/02/02)
• Blood Work (8/09/02)
• The Adventures of Pluto Nash (8/16/02)
• Simone (8/23/02)
• Possession (8/30/02)
• City by the Sea (9/06/02)
• Stealing Harvard (9/13/02)
• The Banger Sisters (9/20/02)
• The Four Feathers (9/20/02)
• Sweet Home Alabama (9/27/02)
• Red Dragon (10/04/02)
• Moonlight Mile (10/04/02)
• White Oleander (10/11/02)
• Below (10/18/02)
• Abandon (10/18/02)
• The Truth About Charlie (10/25/02)
• Ghost Ship (10/25/02)
• The Santa Clause 2 (11/01/02)
• I Spy (11/01/02)
• Femme Fatale (11/08/02)
• 8 Mile (11/08/02)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (11/15/02)
• Die Another Day (11/22/02)
• The Emperor's Club (11/22/02)
• Adam Sandler's 8 Crazy Nights (11/29/02)
• Solaris (11/29/02)
• Analyze That (12/06/02)
• Maid in Manhattan (12/13/02)
• Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (12/18/02)
• Two Weeks Notice (12/20/02)
• About Schmidt (1/03/03)
• Antwone Fisher (1/10/03)
• Just Married (1/10/03)
• A Guy Thing (1/17/03)
• Darkness Falls (1/24/03)
• The Recruit (1/31/03)
• How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2/07/03)
• Daredevil (2/14/03)
• Diamond Men (2/14/03)
• The Life of David Gale (2/21/03)
• Cradle 2 the Grave (2/28/03)
• Bringing Down the House (3/07/03)
• The Hunted (3/14/03)
• Piglet's Big Movie (3/21/03)
• Boat Trip (3/21/03)
• Head of State (3/28/03)
• A Man Apart (4/04/03)
• Phone Booth (4/04/03)
• Anger Management (4/11/03)
• Holes (4/18/03)
• It Runs in the Family (4/25/03)
• Confidence (4/25/03)
• X2 (5/02/03)
• Daddy Day Care (5/09/03)
• The Matrix Reloaded (5/15/03)
• Down With Love (5/16/03)
• Bruce Almighty (5/23/03)
• The Italian Job (5/30/03)
• Hollywood Homicide (6/13/03)
• Alex & Emma (6/20/03)
• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (6/27/03)
• Terminator 3 (7/02/03)
• Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (8/12/05)
• The 40-Year-Old Virgin (8/19/05)
• Undiscovered (8/26/05)
• Underclassman (9/02/05)
• The Man (9/09/05)
• Just Like Heaven (9/16/05)
• Into the Blue (9/30/05)
• In Her Shoes (10/07/05)
• Elizabethtown (10/14/05)
• Stay (10/21/05)
• The Legend of Zorro (10/28/05)
• Chicken Little (11/04/05)
• Flyboys (9/22/06)
• The Guardian (9/29/06)
• Employee of the Month (10/06/06)
• Man of the Year (10/13/06)
• Flags of Our Fathers (10/20/06)
• Running With Scissors (10/27/06)
• Borat (11/03/06)
• A Good Year (11/10/06)
• Casino Royale (11/17/06)
• The Fountain (1122/06)
• Turistas (12/01/06)
• The Holiday (12/08/06)
• The Pursuit of Happyness (12/15/06)
• We Are Marshall (12/22/06)
• The Bracelet of Bordeaux (12/22/06)
• Night at the Museum (12/22/06)
• Children of Men (1/05/07)
• Alpha Dog (1/12/07
• The Hitcher (1/19/07)
• Catch and Release (1/26/07)
• Because I Said So (2/02/07)
• Hannibal Rising (2/09/07)
• Breach (2/16/07)
• The Astronaut Farmer (2/23/07)
• Wild Hogs (3/02/07)
• 300 (3/09/07)
• Premonition (3/16/07)
• The Last Mimzy (3/23/07)
• Blades of Glory (3/30/07)
• The Hoax (4/06/07)
• Perfect Stranger (4/13/07)
• Fracture (4/20/07)
• Next (4/27/07)
• The Flying Scotsman (5/04/07)
• Starship Troopers (11/07/97)
• Mad City (11/07/97)
• Flubber (11/26/97)
• Alien Resurrection (11/28/97)
• The Apostle (12/19/07)
• Titanic (12/25/97)
• Good Will Hunting (12/25/97)
• Wag the Dog (1/02/98)
• Dark City (2/27/98)
• Primary Colors (3/20/98)
• Mercury Rising (4/03/98)
• Georgia Rule (5/11/07)
• Shrek the Third (5/18/07)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (5/25/07)
• Knocked Up (6/01/07)
• Ocean's Thirteen (6/08/07)
• Nancy Drew (6/15/07)
• Ratatouille (6/16/07)
• Live Free or Die Hard (6/23/07)
• License to Wed (7/05/07)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (7/12/07)
• Hairspray (7/20/07)
• No Reservations (7/27/07)
• The Bourne Ultimatum (8/03/07)
• Rush Hour 3 (8/10/07)
• Superbad (8/17/07)
• The Nanny Diaries (8/24/07)
• Death Sentence (8/31/07)
• 3:10 to Yuma (9/07/07)
• The Brave One (9/14/07)
• Good Luck Chuck (9/21/07)
• The Kingdom (9/28/07)
• The Heartbreak Kid (10/05/07)
• Gone Baby Gone (10/19/07)
• Dan In Real Life (10/26/07)
• Bee Movie (11/02/07)
• Lions for Lambs (11/09/07)
• Love in the Time of Cholera (11/16/07)
• Enchanted (11/21/07)
• Awake (11/30/07)
• The Golden Compass (12/07/07)
• I Am Legend (12/14/07)
• Charlie Wilson's War (12/21/07)
• Atonement (12/21/07)
• The Great Debaters (12/28/07)
• One Missed Call (1/04/08)
• The Bucket List (1/11/08)
• Cloverfield (1/18/08)
• Untraceable (1/25/08)
• The Eye (2/01/08)
• Fool's Gold (2/08/08)
• Vantage Point (2/22/08)
• Semi-Pro (2/29/08)
• Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day (3/07/08)
• Funny Games (3/14/08)
• Under the Same Moon (3/20/08)
• 21 (3/28/08)
• Leatherheads (4/04/08)
• Smart People (4/11/08)
• Forgetting Sarah Marshall (4/18/08)
• Baby Mama (4/25/08)
• Iron Man (5/02/08)
• What Happens in Vegas (5/09/08)
• How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer (5/16/08)
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (5/22/08)
• Sex and the City (5/30/08)
• You Dont Mess With the Zohan (6/06/08)
• The Happening (6/13/08)
• Get Smart (6/20/08)
• WALL-E (6/27/08)
• Hancock (7/03/08)
• Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D (7/11/08)
• Mamma Mia! (7/18/08)
• Hooch & Daddy-O (7/23/08)
• Step Brothers (7/25/08)
• Swing Vote (8/01/08)
• The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants 2 (8/07/08)
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona (8/15/08)
• The House Bunny (8/22/08)
• Babylon A.D. (8/29/08)
• Bangkok Dangerous (9/05/08)

garyb@lonestar.edu