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Film Review

Push

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Feb.09] :. Too much explanation, of the sort Cassie is inclined to provide, only slows down the nonsense Push is pushing.

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Short Ends and Leader

‘Push’ Lacks Energy, Excitement

by Bill Gibron

[6.Feb.09] :. They say the most important element in a science fiction story is a strong, understandable mythology. Formulate a believable, working, and logistically logical universe where characters and creatures...

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Street Kings

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Apr.08] :. In Street Kings, Tom (Keanu Reeves) is puffy and surly, Neo if he hadn't met Trinity, Neo unsaved.

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 Feature

A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[11.Jan.08] :. From Julian Schnabel's artsy The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to the legendary Coen Brothers splendid adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, PopMatters counts down the 30 best films of 2007.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007

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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

by Bill Gibron

[28.Nov.07] :. Not every comic book movie is geared toward the nearing middle aged geek - something naysayers of the Fantastic Four franchise fail to comprehend.

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Scarlett Johansson takes a class trip in ‘The Nanny Diaries’

by Joe Neumaier [New York Daily News (MCT)]

[24.Aug.07] :. WANTED: Movie ingenue with great sense of humor, earthy sensuality and Hollywood heat, filled with youthful vigor yet old-fashioned movie virtues, for a comedy of manners set in New York’s...

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The Nanny Diaries

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.Aug.07] :. The Nanny Diaries' focus on beleaguered women doesn't lead to any sense of "freedom."

British director gets around to making his own sci-fi adventure

by Rene Rodriguez [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[30.Jul.07] :. Soon after having made his second film, the exuberant drug-addiction drama “Trainspotting,” Danny Boyle got a lucrative offer from 20th Century Fox to direct the fourth installment in the...

‘Sunshine’ star Michelle Yeoh hits the heights

by Ethan Sacks [New York Daily News (MCT)]

[26.Jul.07] :. The world’s most famous female action heroine is deathly afraid of heights. Yet there was Michelle Yeoh, lashed into a nose-diving stunt plane to simulate zero gravity, in preparation for her...

Writer takes another ‘Fantastic’ voyage

by Jeff Strickler [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[18.Jun.07] :. The call to Mark Frost from his agent in 2003 started out, “This might seem like a crazy idea ...” The agent was suggesting that he think about writing the script for the live-action...

The Silver Surfer finally lands on summer movie screens

by Bobby Bryant [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[18.Jun.07] :. He’s a Christ figure on a flying surfboard. A chrome-plated philosopher. A herald of doom. The Oscar statuette come to life. Marvel Comics’ Silver Surfer has been many things to many...

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

by Cynthia Fuchs

[15.Jun.07] :. At the start of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, the now incorporated superheroes are negotiating endorsement contracts.

Monkey Business (Part 2: June)

by Bill Gibron

[2.May.07] :. Apparently, as the sun's strongest rays finally settle over the movie going public, sequels are the remedy to cool down an overheated demographic. This month alone holds five examples of such redux refreshment. The rest of the choices are a variety pack of genres, ideas and possibilities.

Cowabunga! ‘TMNT’ rules

by David Hinckley [New York Daily News (MCT)]

[26.Mar.07] :. All it took to conquer 300 indomitable Spartan warriors was four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. “TMNT,” the animated green guys’ return to the big screen after 14 years in...

TMNT (2007)

by Daynah Burnett

[23.Mar.07] :. The CGI allows the Turtles to have facial expressions, though here these mostly range from angsty to angstier.

The PopMatters ‘Short Ends & Leader’ Spring Film Preview

by Bill Gibron

[2.Mar.07] :. In order to separate the worthy from the worthless, PopMatters' "Short Ends & Leader" editor is highlighting 10 new films he's looking forward to this spring.

Fantastic Four (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Dec.05] :. The superpowers bring trauma, anger, and confusion, and eventually a sense of responsibility, as the crew decides to do good with what they've got.

Fantastic Four (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Jul.05] :. As Marvel comics fans already know, being zapped by a radioactive cloud in outer space alters your DNA according to your sense of self.

Cellular (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Sep.04] :. Cellular is so corny it's even behind its own time.

The Perfect Score (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Jun.04] :. As Kyle's nightmare indicates, The Perfect Score includes a rudimentary political critique of the U.S. educational and testing system.

The Perfect Score (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[30.Jan.04] :. The Perfect Score includes a rudimentary political critique of the U.S. educational and testing system.

Not Another Teen Movie (2001)

by Todd R. Ramlow

[13.Dec.01] :. What is perhaps most successful about 'Not Another Teen Movie' is its commentary on the obsessive and incessant whiteness of the genre.