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‘Duchess’ is Merely Half-Hearted History

by Bill Gibron

[9.Oct.08] :. There’s a very good reason why most period pieces don’t work. Aside from the obvious disconnect from modern social constraints and complications, contemporary audiences just can’t...

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Pretty Vacant

by Chris Barsanti

[26.Sep.08] :. The world of The Duchess should have been one of fiery tumult, but little of that foment makes it into this film’s garden party landscape.

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The Duchess

by Cynthia Fuchs

[25.Sep.08] :. The movie, which surely celebrates Georgiana's (Keira Knightley) luxurious "hats and dresses," also solicits your sympathetic frustration and outrage over her oppression.

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The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview Feature

Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008

by Bill Gibron

[9.Sep.08] :. From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one.

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Babylon A.D.

by Cynthia Fuchs

[2.Sep.08] :. The fact that Aurora incarnates some extreme other possibility -- be it "light" or darkness, miraculous birth or genocide -- makes her one more "mother of the future."

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Babylon…and On

by Bill Gibron

[28.Aug.08] :. Mathieu Kassovitz is livid. Not just angry, mind you, but completely pissed off. After five long years of planning and praying, after months of harsh production elements and massive studio...

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The Return of the Popcorn Circus: August 2008

by Bill Gibron

[1.May.08] :. Talk about a crowded schedule. There are more offerings scheduled this month than in the previous two combined.

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Paul Newman’s Influential, Classic Performances in The Hustler and The Verdict

by Matt Mazur

[18.Oct.07] :. In an era of relatively reserved American cinema, when most actors would be concerned with their images as leading men, Newman was not afraid to experiment and go with his artistic impulses.

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Heading South (Vers le sud) (2005)

by Jon Frosch

[7.Jul.06] :. With their newfound sexual empowerment gradually eroded by disillusionment, the women are finally predictable.

Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[31.Mar.06] :. As in the first film, this premise -- that Catherine's plot is a series of lies -- is mildly interesting.

I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[15.Nov.04] :. For all the inevitability of Will's descent, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead is an almost perversely moving experience.

Orca (1977)

by Erich Kuersten

[29.Sep.04] :. This whale also has special powers, apparently, as he can tell whenever someone is leaning out of Nolan's boat, and so jump right up and swallow him whole.