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TV Review

The Unusuals: Series Premiere

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Apr.09] :. ABC's new NYC cop show premieres tonight and Cynthia Fuchs says "it's not new or challenging or even very strange. It is, however, plenty quirky."

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Film Review

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Aug.08] :. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 is so fixed on representing the range of the girls' experiences that they spend precious little time together.

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The PopMatters Summer 2008 Movie Preview Feature

The Return of the Popcorn Circus: August 2008

by Bill Gibron

[1.May.08] :. Talk about a crowded schedule. There are more offerings scheduled this month than in the previous two combined.

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Film DVD Review

The Grudge 2 (2006)

by Matthew Stern

[22.Feb.07] :. Shimizu pulls off the “this ghost is scary just because it’s looking at you” trick so effectively that it stays embedded in your mind.

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Film Review

The Grudge 2 (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Oct.06] :. Rethinking the very concepts of remake, sequel, and translation, The Grudge 2 is not a regular horror movie, or even a regular J-horror movie.

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Film Review

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Jun.05] :. If its resolutions are at times too neat, the movie can also be refreshing, allowing the girls to be confused, perceptive, foolish, mad, and generous.

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Joan of Arcadia

by Samantha Bornemann

[2.May.05] :. Joan is more a young girl answering to an authority figure than a blind-faith disciple.

 

Joan of Arcadia

by Jennifer D. Wesley

[6.Oct.03] :. The potential for edgier investigations and deeper questions is built into Joan of Arcadia's framework.

 

The Ring (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Oct.02] :. Gore Verbinski's The Ring is relentlessly disquieting and incoherent, and sometimes trite in ways it doesn't need to be.