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Articles tagged "billy connolly" Film ReviewThe X-Files: I Want to Believeby Cynthia Fuchs[25.Jul.08] :. In The X-Files: I Want to Believe, ooky canted shots of trundling agents in "FBI"-emblazoned jackets seem like refreshing counterprogramming amid the rumble of the season's action movies.  Film DVD ReviewLemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events: Special Collector’s Edition (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[14.Apr.05] :. Based on three Snicket books, the film mostly takes the kids' perspective, and so delights in the gooey and the ooky.  Film ReviewLemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[17.Dec.04] :. Elastic and not a little ewwwy, Jim Carrey's Olaf is fond of his own unclever pronouncements and unsubtle when it comes to plotting.  Film DVD ReviewTimeline (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[26.Apr.04] :. For a group of scientists, they are almost shockingly inattentive to details and to historical facts. Film ReviewTimeline (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[4.Dec.03] :. Based on Michael Crichton's novel, Richard Donner's movie features a creaky father-son reconciliation story framed by a bizarre collision of Sci-Fi and Medieval Tymes.  Film ReviewWhite Oleander (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[10.Oct.02] :. Seems stuck in first gear, grinding through a series of very "safe" clichés. An Everlasting Piece (2000)by Renee Scolaro RathkeJust in case there is an audience member who hasn't seen the news since, like, 1970, the film uses this conversation and some supposedly comic comparisons between the Catholic and Protestant neighborhoods to illustrate Colm's inferior position in society (and by extension, the position of Belfast's Catholics generally). |
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