Articles tagged "alfre woodard"

Film Review

Something New (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[2.Feb.06] :. As the film is focused on Kenya's dilemmas, Brian is something of a cipher, the primary force for her transformation without a life beyond her vision.

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Beauty Shop (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.Apr.05] :. Good news: Queen Latifah is free of wet noodle Jimmy Fallon.

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Blue Chips (1994)

by Dan Devine

[31.Mar.05] :. With the occasional exception of Shaquille O'Neal, the players here act like athletes, which is to say, badly.

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The Forgotten (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Sep.04] :. In The Forgotten, the ethical terms are laid out: it's good to remember, fervently, and it's weak and bad to forget.

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Film Review

Radio (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Oct.03] :. The white father-black son relationship is initiated by the white man's need for redemption.

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Film DVD Review

The Core (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Sep.03] :. While the film probably can't be recuperated, Jon Amiel's commentary on the DVD works some wonders of its own.

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The Core (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Mar.03] :. Settles quickly into the most mundane of plot and character developments.

 

K-PAX (2001)

by Todd R. Ramlow

K-PAX trots out all the old cliches about humanity's barbarism, intolerance, and generalicky-ness. Yeah, we know, we're all a bunch of spoiled brats.

 

Love & Basketball (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

If there is a more perfect expression of life's pains and elations than Al Green's 'Love and Happiness,' I don't know it.

 

What’s Cooking? (2000)

by Stephen Tropiano

What’s Cooking? opens with a photograph of a white, All-American-looking family gathered around a Thanksgiving turkey. As the camera zooms out, we discover the image is an advertisement...

 

Desperate Housewives

by Amanda Ann Klein

Then something fantastic happened. About two-thirds of the way through Season Two, some dead weight moved out of Wisteria Lane, and in their place came some exciting new plotlines.

 

Holiday Heart (2000): Ving Rhames, Alfre Woodard, Mykelti Williamson, Jessika Quynn Reynolds

by Cynthia Fuchs

Unlike most mainstream male stars who put on dresses, Ving Rhames takes Holiday seriously, and asks you to do the same.

 
 
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