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Articles tagged "anna paquin"![]() TV ReviewBury My Heart at Wounded Kneeby Cynthia Fuchs[25.May.07] :. Premiering this Sunday on HBO, Bury My Heart illustrates the tensions, presumptions, and inequities represented by the Dawes Act. ![]() Film ReviewThe Squid and the Whale (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[4.Nov.05] :. As Noah Baumbach's film tracks Walt's slow evolution during the months surrounding his parents' divorce, it keeps something of a distance, wry and observant. ![]() DVD Film ReviewDarkness: Unrated Version (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[26.Apr.05] :. Ooky ambiguity is one thing. Incoherence is another. ![]() DVD Film ReviewX2: X-Men United (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[1.Dec.03] :. At once all powerful and utterly powerless, this involuntary terrorist is the first mutant you meet in X2. ![]() Film ReviewBuffalo Soldiers (2001)by Cynthia Fuchs[14.Aug.03] :. The soldiers rebel in trivial but telling ways, more often than not imitating the very systems they think they're bucking. ![]() Film ReviewX2: X-Men United (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[1.May.03] :. At once all powerful and utterly powerless, this involuntary terrorist is the first mutant you meet in X2. The 25th Hour (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[19.Dec.02] :. The 25th Hour opens with huge, hard-hitting shots of the March 2002 tribute to the Twin Towers, the towers of light. Almost Famous (2000)by Mike WardMaybe in the deceptive world of fame (or almost-fame), this is the best version of intimacy available, although it's easier to attribute it to the characters' superficiality, and maybe a certain starry-eyed idealism on Cameron Crowe's part. Almost Famous (2000)by Ben VarkentineAnd yet, for a rock 'n' roll film set in the '70s, Almost Famous has surprisingly little sex and drugs on screen (though both are much discussed). Even when two or three of the 'band-aids' decide to deflower William, mainly to alleviate their boredom, it comes off more like a slumber party game than an act of real sexuality. Finding Forrester (2000)by Cynthia FuchsJust when did Gus Van Sant get religion? The once adventurous and near-miracle-working director (he convinced William S. Burroughs to appear in Drugstore Cowboy and coaxed the best performance... X-Men (2000)by Sabadino ParkerBeware the genesis of a new movie franchise, namely, X-Men, adapted from the best-selling comic book series of all time. Comics aficionados have been awaiting the film since the 1980s, when... |
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