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‘Defiance’ Can’t Help But Feel Derivative

by Bill Gibron

[30.Jan.09] :. The Holocaust remains, for all intents and purposes, the ultimate expression of evil in our lifetime. Outside the obvious elements of genocide and the organized political support for same, the...

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‘Defiance’ survivors remember Bielskis’ strength, courage

by Howard Reich [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[22.Jan.09] :. Not all Holocaust stories end in death. For more than 1,200 Jews hunted in the forests of Belarus, life - extraordinarily difficult and dangerous - was possible, thanks to the ingenuity and...

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‘Defiance’ co-stars had to endure cold, primitive conditions to play WWII rebels

by Robert W. Butler [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[16.Jan.09] :. Think Holocaust movie. What do you see? Lines of weary men, women and children being herded to their deaths? That’s the conventional view. But in the based-on-fact World War II drama...

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‘Defiance’ director Edward Zwick wants to be the Ken Burns of the multiplex

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[12.Jan.09] :. Things didn’t have to work out this way for Edward Zwick. The “thirtysomething” and “My So Called Life” co-creator broke into the movies with “About Last...

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Defiance

by Cynthia Fuchs

[31.Dec.08] :. Defiance's tendency to melodrama drags the rest of this ostensibly historical saga into a decidedly middling territory.

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Holo-Cost

by Bill Gibron

[9.Dec.08] :. All across the web this past week, it’s been the subject of much metaphysical ink. As awards season slowly winds down, Hollywood is dragging out the proverbial heavy hitters, and oddly enough,...

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Talk, Talk, Talk: December 2008

by Bill Gibron

[12.Sep.08] :. Just like the end of an inspiring speech that may or may not succeed in making its point, these final four weeks before 2009 tend to define or defeat the entire awards season purpose.

 

Feast of Love

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Sep.07] :. Because Morgan Freeman is so good at such voiceovers, in which he patiently explains the good intentions of "humans" (usually white humans) who make terrible mistakes and hurt one another, the role is the one he seems destined to play -- for the rest of his life.

 

The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.Jun.04] :. The return of Riddick (Vin Diesel) begins with lots of noise.