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Articles tagged "brian cox" Film ReviewThe Water Horse: Legend of the Deepby 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. PopMatters Pick DVD Film ReviewZodiacby Emma Simmonds[15.Aug.07] :. Bonds are fleetingly forged then broken, comradeship and honour are largely absent and, like the Zodiac himself, everyone emerges as a rather lost and damaged soul.  Film ReviewMatch 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.  Film ReviewThe 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.  Film ReviewRed Eye (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[19.Aug.05] :. Tough, ingenious, and completely fun to watch, Lisa makes the narrative absurdities seem largely irrelevant.  DVD Film ReviewThe 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. 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 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. The Rookie (2002)by Renie Scolaro MoraThe conflicts are familiar, but 'The Rookie' presents them admirably and resolves them without sap overload. |
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