Articles tagged "brian cox"

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: May 2009

by Bill Gibron

[27.Apr.09] :. May's titles include the fourth films in two aging franchises, more Pixar perfection, and the reboot of a TV series from 40 years ago. And they say there are no new ideas.

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 Feature

A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[11.Jan.08] :. From Julian Schnabel's artsy The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to the legendary Coen Brothers splendid adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, PopMatters counts down the 30 best films of 2007.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007

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Zodiac-The Director’s Cut

by Brian Holcomb

[8.Jan.08] :. Even though Zodiac attempts to achieve a sort of documentary-like reality, there is an underlying surrealism, a poetic and nightmarish vibe that hangs over the whole film.

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The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep

by Cynthia Fuchs

[27.Dec.07] :. As narrator Brian Cox sets up from the start, the "true tale" of the Loch Ness monster is at once outrageous and charming.

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Running With Scissors (2006)

by Emma Simmonds

[4.Mar.07] :. Director Ryan Murphy lacks the requisite wicked flair for black-comedy, the levity is mishandled, and completely at odds with the intensity of performance and direction.

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‘Zodiac’ filmmaker David Fincher recalls wave of panic

by Rene Rodriguez [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[3.Mar.07] :. The phrase “From the director of `Seven’” conjures up a certain expectation, especially when it’s plastered on the posters for “Zodiac,” a movie about the...

David Fincher talks ‘Zodiac’

by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[2.Mar.07] :. “So, which side are you on? ” asks director David Fincher, beginning the interview with a question. “Which side of what?” “The length of the movie. Are you on the `too...

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.

Running With Scissors (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[27.Oct.06] :. Augusten's narration of Running with Scissors starts with a question: "How do I begin to tell the story of how my mother left me and how I left her?"

Match Point (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Jan.06] :. Chris is fond of Enrico Caruso, whose voice 'expresses everything that's tragic about life,' one of these Allenish aphorisms that's probably true but just sounds trite.

The Ringer (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Dec.05] :. The self-abusing, screwy-faced, funky-bodied manchild Johnny Knoxville hardly needs to be looking for more offensive material to whomp upon his fan base.

Red Eye (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Aug.05] :. Tough, ingenious, and completely fun to watch, Lisa makes the narrative absurdities seem largely irrelevant.

The Reckoning (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Aug.04] :. The Reckoning raises significant questions concerning how news and history are shaped by those with the power to name them.

The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Jul.04] :. Embodying the ruthlessness of the eat-its-own CIA (as well as the entertainment industry), Bourne isn't seeking revenge in the usual sense.

Troy (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.May.04] :. According to Troy, war is all about reputation.

The Reckoning (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Mar.04] :. The Reckoning raises significant questions concerning how news and history are shaped by those with the power to name them.

X2: 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.

Adaptation (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.May.03] :. Careens between fiction and confession, repetition and revelation.

X2: 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.

Adaptation (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Dec.02] :. Careens between fiction and confession, repetition and revelation.

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.

The Bourne Identity (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Jun.02] :. The CIA here is an intensely low-down, sinister, and duplicitous organization.

The Rookie (2002)

by Renie Scolaro Mora

[28.Mar.02] :. The conflicts are familiar, but 'The Rookie' presents them admirably and resolves them without sap overload.

Super Troopers (2002)

by Elena Razlogova

[14.Feb.02] :. PULL.

L.I.E. (2001)

by Lucas Hilderbrand

PULL.

The Corruptor (1999)

by Cynthia Fuchs

'You don't change Chinatown. Chinatown changes you.' So warns Detective Nick Chen (Chow Yun Fat), upon meeting his squeaky clean newbie partner, Danny Wallace (Mark Wahlberg) in The Corruptor. And so persists the myth of Chinatown. Alluring, strange, and always inscrutable, in the movies it remains an uncrackable bastion of Otherness.