Articles tagged "charles s. dutton"

Film Review

The Express

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Oct.08] :. Again and again, Ernie (Rob Brown) faces down racist thug defenders, his singular prowess signaled by the film's slow motion and big music.

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Cliches Clog ‘Express’ Story of Success

by Bill Gibron

[10.Oct.08] :. Sports films can no longer function as mere history or information. Thanks to the mandates of the mainstream, which sees allegories in all manner of athletic competition, physicality must match...

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Film Review

Honeydripper

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.Feb.08] :. John Sayles' Honeydripper is less a conventional film than a bluesy collaboration -- slow-moving and contemplative, wily and laced through with cultural nuances.

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Secret Window (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Aug.04] :. 'Johnny's look,' says director David Koepp, 'mostly came from Johnny'.

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Against the Ropes (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Jul.04] :. 'It seemed like a microcosm of life,' says Jackie Kallen of boxing.

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Film Review

Secret Window (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Mar.04] :. The foremost asset of this Stephen King adaptation is the wondrous Johnny Depp.

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Against the Ropes (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Feb.04] :. Reasonably angry, distrustful, and full of himself, Luther (Omar Epps) brings all kinds of energy to the movie.

Rudy (Deluxe Edition) (1993)

by David Leonard

[21.Oct.03] :. The racialized ideology that informs Rudy is made more pronounced by the racial discourses of today's sports.