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Articles tagged "bruce dern" Film DVD ReviewMonster (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[7.Jun.04] :. Aileen's changed self takes shape most immediately and vehemently in response to a psychotic-seeming john who declares his loathing of all 'hookers nowadays'. Film ReviewMonster (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[8.Jan.04] :. Aileen is a terrifying specter, precisely because she's neither only a victim nor only monstrous. As Theron plays her, she swaggers and rationalizes, trusts and fumes.  Film DVD ReviewThe Great Gatsby (1974)by Jesse Hassenger[15.Dec.03] :. Raises a perennial question: if they can make a decent movie out of The Bridges of Madison County, why not a great one out of one of the best novels of the 20th century?"  Film DVD ReviewBlack Sunday (1977)by Chris Robé[14.Oct.03] :. John Frankenheimer's 'Black Sunday' serves as something of a transition between 'New Hollywood' and the more spectacular films that came later.  Film DVD ReviewPsych-Out / The Trip (1967/1968)by Erich Kuersten[12.May.03] :. In Haight-Ashbury, Jenny's only clue to her lost brother's whereabouts is a postcard that reads, 'God is alive and well in a sugar cube.'"  Film ReviewThe Glass House (2001)by Cynthia Fuchs'The Glass House' can't manage its own metaphors, and ends up tripping all over itself in order to give them a coherent context. All the Pretty Horses (2000)by Cynthia Fuchs'All the Pretty Horses'... offers Penelope Cruz as the repeatedly slow-motioned, flowing-haired object of desire for would-be riders. As Alejandra, Cruz is less a character than an irresistible image, the Marlboro Man's wet dream -- she rides horses, swims naked, and pouts adorably when she's mad at her daddy. |
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