Articles tagged "brian de palma"

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Brian De Palma sets his sights on Iraq with ‘Redacted’

by Mark Rahner [The Seattle Times (MCT)]

[29.Nov.07] :. With “Scarface” and “Body Double” on his resume, director Brian De Palma is hardly a stranger to violence and controversy. But he’s never made a movie like...

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Film Review

Redacted

by Cynthia Fuchs

[16.Nov.07] :. As ham-fisted and angry and awkward as it often is, Redacted has something more on its mind than telling another bad-day-in-country story. It doubts the very possibility of telling truth in a war zone.

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De Palma takes a Vietnam lesson and applies it to a new war

by Duane Dudek [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT)]

[12.Sep.07] :. TORONTO - Director Brian De Palma will never forget Sept. 11 as long as he lives. It’s his birthday. In 2001, he was at the Toronto International Film Festival and watched the falling towers...

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Film DVD Review

Murder à la Mod / The Moving Finger (1986)

by Brian Holcomb

[30.Oct.06] :. While not perfect by any means, Murder A La Mod should be essential viewing for fans of Brian De Palma's work.

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The Black Dahlia (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[15.Sep.06] :. Why the detectives are obsessed with the murder is never clear, though it may have to do with the vacuum of a movie swirling around them: they've got nothing else to do.

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Film DVD Review

Hi, Mom (1970)

by Tim O'Neil

[22.Dec.04] :. It is slightly odd to see Robert DeNiro so young and handsome, giving a performance so deftly naturalistic.

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The Untouchables: Special Collector’s Edition (1987)

by Leigh H. Edwards

[1.Nov.04] :. It's a story of a (nearly lone) lawman standing up against the bad guys, replete with a High Noon type showdown.

 

Femme Fatale (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Nov.02] :. Rebecca Romijn-Stamos' central function is looking great and so, confounding various men around her.

 

Mission to Mars (2000)

by Tobias Peterson

The following review contains spoilers. Manifest Density From the Louisiana Purchase to the Mexican-American war, the history of the United States is punctuated often by federally...

 

Mission to Mars (2000)

by Mike Ward

Kurt Neumann’s 1950 Rocketship X-M may be the progenitor of space exploration films, at least if you believe the claims its video box makes for it. If this is true, then it’s a...