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Film Review

‘Righteous Kill’: Attacked on All Sides

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Sep.08] :. Righteous Kill uses Karen (Carla Gugino) both to critique the male cops' sense of self-righteousness and be the victim.

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‘Kill’ is Substandard Suspense

by Bill Gibron

[12.Sep.08] :. Sometimes, an excess of talent can lead to very little in evidence. Put another way, you can overload a film with artistic aspirations, failing to see that several pluses can still create a great big...

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Film DVD Review

The Lookout

by Tiffany White

[24.Sep.07] :. The actual heist is merely a backdrop for the internal monsters that plague the protagonist. This makes for an amazing story.

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Film DVD Review

Night at the Museum (2006)

by Bill Gibron

[16.May.07] :. A digital love letter to the fine art of F/X, a celebration of promotion and publicity, and a lot of misguided arrogance.

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TV Review

Threshold

by Bill Gibron

[21.Sep.05] :. Threshold doesn't want to give too much away (typical of the genre), making the central crisis hard to fathom.

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Film DVD Review

Sin City (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[16.Aug.05] :. Like the guys, the girls are undone by their reliance on conventional male power signs.

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Sin City (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.Apr.05] :. Distraught, ornery, self-critical, these heroes are certainly more "anti" types than straight-ahead.

 

Karen Sisco

by Jennifer D. Wesley

[13.Oct.03] :. Karen is a Federal Marshal, assigned to serve warrants, chase fugitives, and 'bring in the bad guys'.

 

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Aug.02] :. Juni and Carmen's perspective, part convincingly ingenuous and part movie-kid calculated, organizes the film's general view of things.

 

Spy Kids (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

'Spy Kids' is all fun, sometimes obnoxious, and incessantly cheerful -- having your parents kidnapped is a minor inconvenience, leading to the chance to ride in a submarine that looks like a blowfish. How neat is that!"

 

Spy Kids (2001)

by Tracy McLoone

In the Disney universe, it's normal to be special, and that's exactly the case with the Cortez family, kids and parents alike.

 

The One (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

PULL.

 

The Center of the World (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

These lost souls meet when he visits the conspicuously named Pandora's Box, the club where she's employed, and he's so taken by her (lap dance) that he asks her to come to Vegas with him for three days: no strings and lots of money.

 
 
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