Articles tagged "angela bassett"

Film DVD Review

Nothing But the Truth

by Jesse Hassenger

[30.Apr.09] :. By the time the focus tightens onto Armstrong's jail time, the movie turns righteous and, it must be said, a little tedious.

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Film DVD Review

Notorious

by Jesse Hassenger

[24.Apr.09] :. More fan companion piece than galvanizing cinema, this stands at a distance too respectful to get under anyone's skin.

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Short Ends and Leader

Why Biopics Just Don’t Work

by Bill Gibron

[21.Apr.09] :. It’s not a hard genre to mess up. There are so many pre and post production hazards to overcome that the moviemaking winds up the easiest part - some of the time. Writers and directors have to...

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Column: Busted Headphones

Biggie Gives Us One More Chance

by Quentin B. Huff

[16.Feb.09] :. Biggie Smalls' mythology hasn't afforded him a dreamy endgame à la Tupac or Elvis. Nobody imagines Biggie pulling the ultimate Machiavellian coup by making the world believe he's dead while he's secretly chillin' in Jamaica.

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News

Q&A with ‘Notorious’ star Jamal Woolard

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[16.Jan.09] :. Before this month, Jamal Woolard was an obscure rapper going by the stage name of Gravy. And Gravy was best known for a 2006 shooting outside of a New York rap radio station. But that changes now....

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Film Review

Notorious

by Cynthia Fuchs

[16.Jan.09] :. Notorious looks back on the day when hip-hop was coming into its seeming own, when telling stories was a way to make order from chaos, as well as money and, as Biggie saw it, mo problems.

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Nothing But the Truth

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Dec.08] :. Rod Lurie's Nothing But the Truth looks at the compromises and complications that shape the "truth" in legal systems, media collusions, and politics in DC.

 

Meet the Robinsons (2007)

by Jesse Hassenger

[2.Apr.07] :. The fact that Meet the Robinsons doesn't have a bunch of misfit celebrity-voiced animals banding together is in itself almost enough to recommend it.

 

Angela Bassett makes a leap with ‘Meet the Robinsons’

by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[30.Mar.07] :. There has been a tradition, in the post-“Little Mermaid” era of Disney animation, to style the animated characters to resemble the actors who provide the voice. The teacup in...

 

The PopMatters ‘Short Ends & Leader’ Spring Film Preview

by Bill Gibron

[2.Mar.07] :. In order to separate the worthy from the worthless, PopMatters' "Short Ends & Leader" editor is highlighting 10 new films he's looking forward to this spring.

 

Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Apr.06] :. It is in her relationships with other kids that Akeelah becomes unusual even within her formula film.

 

Sunshine State (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Dec.02] :. If there's anyone you'd want to have talking you through his movie, it would be John Sayles.

 

Sunshine State (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Jul.02] :. Its attention to intricate sociopolitical tensions, Sunshine State, recalls Sayles' previous work.

 

The Score (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

...it's boy-movie-making 101, a very traditional plot point indeed.

 

Supernova (2000)

by Mike Ward

“Congratulations, Benjamin,” sighs Supernova‘s shipboard computer. “Your strategy was both subtle and forceful. You can play with me whenever you...

 

Music of the Heart (1999)

by Anne Daugherty

Music of the Heart tells a terrific story of passion, music, and success. The problem with this film is that director Wes Craven is so intent on telling the story, its very seamlessness becomes a drawback. In short, this movie is too much Hollywood and not enough grit.