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Articles tagged "al pacino" Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 FeaturePart 4: All About My Mother to Sleepy Hollow (October - November 1999)by PopMatters Staff[26.Mar.09] :. Outsiders and oddballs make up Part Four's formidable filmmakers, an idiosyncratic collection of dreamers and visionaries. Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999  Film DVD ReviewRighteous Killby Jake Meaney[5.Feb.09] :. This movie boasts a tired and generic script and achieves a weird sort of harmonic convergence of forgetablilty.  PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 FeatureOMG - The 20 Worst Films of 2008by PopMatters Staff[15.Jan.09] :. There's bad, and then there's 2008 level bad. You know this list is looking down into a deep dark bottomless pit of cinematic despair when Mike Myers' shameful Love Guru didn't even make the Top 20! PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008  PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 FeatureOff the Radar - The Top 30 DVDs of 2008by PopMatters Staff[13.Jan.09] :. Oddly enough, while the major studios continue scratching their heads over how to sell yet another new format (Blu-ray) to disinterested consumers, several outside distributors made sure that this would be a digital year to remember. PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008  Film Review‘Righteous Kill’: Attacked on All Sidesby Cynthia Fuchs[12.Sep.08] :. Righteous Kill uses Karen (Carla Gugino) both to critique the male cops' sense of self-righteousness and be the victim.  Short Ends and Leader‘Kill’ is Substandard Suspenseby Bill Gibron[12.Sep.08] :. Sometimes, an excess of talent can lead to very little in evidence. Put another way, you can overload a film with artistic aspirations, failing to see that several pluses can still create a great big... Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008by Bill Gibron[9.Sep.08] :. From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one. 88 Minutesby Cynthia Fuchs[18.Apr.08] :. In 88 Minutes, Gramm's carelessness is increasingly annoying, less a characterization than a function of slack scripting. The Panic in Needle Park (1971)by Bruce Dancis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][3.Jul.07] :. Al Pacino's performance in The Panic in Needle Park launched his stardom. Jerry Weintraub is the ‘heart and soul’ of the ‘Ocean’s’ trilogyby Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)][8.Jun.07] :. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—Frank Sinatra lived two doors down. Cary Grant dropped by regularly. Tom Cruise just bought the house next door. George Clooney sits by the pool. Brad and Angelina have... Oceans Thirteen (2007)by Cynthia Fuchs[8.Jun.07] :. Every time George Clooney or Bernie Mac admits to the lameness of Number Two, the third film in the franchise can't help but promise improvement. Monkey Business (Part 2: June)by Bill Gibron[2.May.07] :. Apparently, as the sun's strongest rays finally settle over the movie going public, sequels are the remedy to cool down an overheated demographic. This month alone holds five examples of such redux refreshment. The rest of the choices are a variety pack of genres, ideas and possibilities. Two for the Money (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[14.Oct.05] :. The boys also share a certain erotic/athletic appreciation of Brandon's body. The Godfather: Part II (1974)by Cynthia Fuchs[12.Jul.05] :. Francis Ford Coppola's focus on his family, in the film and his memory, could not be more poignant or more public. William Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[19.May.05] :. Pacino contains Shylock's temper as reaction, looking simultaneously vile and vulnerable, hardly a simple balance. William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[28.Jan.05] :. Jessica is alone, contemplative, and distressed. William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice (2004)by Jesse Hassenger[6.Jan.05] :. Pacino, noted lover of Shakespeare, strives for a multi-dimensional characterization of the angry Shylock, underlining his sadness and indignation. Angels in Americaby Todd R. Ramlow[22.Dec.03] :. By far the most resonant aspect of Angels in America today is its exposure of simplistic struggles over definitions of 'good' and 'evil'. Gigli (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[9.Dec.03] :. It's tempting to imagine what extras might have been like for a Gigli DVD, given that the film received what had to be the most vehement critical drubbing of any released this past year. Gigli (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[1.Aug.03] :. His hair slicked back, his face set in an expression resembling impassivity, Larry Gigli (Ben Affleck) tends to philosophize with his marks. People I Know (2003)by Jesse Hassenger[15.May.03] :. It's a tribute to Pacino's skill as an actor that, although we pity Eli, we also understand his fatigue. The Recruit (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[30.Jan.03] :. For all its protests to the contrary, in this movie, everything is exactly what it seems. Simone (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[22.Aug.02] :. Viktor sees his most attractive, resourceful, and prolific self in Simone. The Insider (1999)by Jonathan BellerMichael Mann's film The Insider is about blowing the lid of conspiracy off the tobacco industry. Although the film is ostensibly about one corporate produced addictive narcotic, that is nicotine, it is really about two, the other one being capital. Any Given Sunday (1999)by Cynthia FuchsOliver Stone's movies usually seem more complicated than they are. Partly this comes from his evolving style, from the curiously romantic realism of Platoon, to the assaultive ding-battiness of Natural Born Killers, to the debased lunacy of U-Turn. But mostly it comes from his obsession with a single theme: brutality. Or more precisely, how brutality becomes morality. Any Given Sunday (1999)by Tobias PetersonWhatever you think about Oliver Stone as a director, you can't deny his firm grasp on this country's interests. From Vietnam to JFK to serial killers, Stone's pictures have always depicted major subjects of national fascination. With his latest release, Any Given Sunday, Stone looks to go his previous films one better by focusing on the most popular sport in America. |
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