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Articles tagged "ben kingsley" Film ReviewTranssiberianby Cynthia Fuchs[18.Jul.08] :. Transsiberian makes provocative connections between external and internal states, the ways that composition can reveal character.  Film ReviewThe Wacknessby Cynthia Fuchs[3.Jul.08] :. The Wackness is a too familiar nostalgic movie, with period soundtrack, hot summer nights, and boys coming of age.  Film ReviewThe Love Guruby Cynthia Fuchs[20.Jun.08] :. Both frantic and tedious, The Love Guru piles on the slapdash offenses.  Film DVD ReviewYou Kill Meby Shaun Huston[19.Oct.07] :. An alcoholic hit man is sent to San Francisco by his “family” to achieve sobriety. You Kill Me is another “mobster in therapy” movie, but with a fresh perspective.  Film ReviewThe Last Legionby Cynthia Fuchs[20.Aug.07] :. The leaps of faith in The Last Legion are many, but once you've made one or two, Bollywood superstar Aishwarya Rai seems as likely a super-lethal fighter as Mr. Darcy.  Film ReviewYou Kill Me (2007)by Cynthia Fuchs[25.Jun.07] :. While he's largely unsocialized, having spent so much time alone, murdering people, and, lately, drinking, Frank does evince a weird charm. Gandhi (25th Anniversary Edition) (1982)by Shaun Huston[6.Apr.07] :. The filmmakers tend to aestheticize, rather than dramatize, Gandhi's politics, but despite its superficialities, Gandhi remains eminently watchable a quarter of a century after its original release. BloodRayne (2006)by Bill Gibron[13.Jan.06] :. The main special effect is something called the slash and spray -- a sword slice across the torso that causes a fountain-like torrent of arterial goodness. Oliver Twist (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[30.Sep.05] :. Oliver is an emblem of Polanski's own thematic obsessions: human cruelty, alienation and dislocation, and above all, identity fragmentation. A Sound of Thunder (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[2.Sep.05] :. The team has a plan by which all this devastation will be erased. If only the same might be done for A Sound of Thunder. Suspect Zero (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[14.Apr.05] :. Part derivative, part original, and part twisted, the film quotes obviously from other serial killer films, beginning with its first shot. Suspect Zero (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[10.Sep.04] :. Suspect Zero opens with a barrage of standard serial killer movie components. Thunderbirds (2004)by Todd R. Ramlow[30.Jul.04] :. The only possible reason I can see for this screen version is the marketing opportunities embodied by the Thunderbirds themselves and their 'super-advanced technology' ships and gadgets. PopMatters Pick Film ReviewHouse of Sand and Fog (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[18.Dec.03] :. Property is at the center of House of Sand and Fog. Tuck Everlasting (2002)by Amy Sidwar[10.Oct.02] :. While the book is laced with a youthful sense of wonder concerning life and death, the film is a troubled teenage love story. Rules of Engagement (2000)by Mike WardTwo years ago, many critics praised Saving Private Ryan as a new kind of war film that brought the horrors of war home with an unprecedented, visceral intensity.. Sexy Beast (2001)by Cynthia FuchsGranted, psycho villains per se are not news. But that's sort of the point with Don -- perversely, he's hyper-aware of his ordinariness, his conformity to expectations of the people around him who submit and look away when he's in the room, like you're told to do when a mad dog approaches. What Planet Are You From? (2000)by Anne DaughteryThere are great films; some of them win Oscars. There are truly bad films; some of them attract cult followings. Then there are mediocre films. And What Planet Are You From? is mediocrity at... |
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