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Articles tagged "chris klein" Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 FeaturePart 1: The Thin Red Line to Star Wars Episode I (January - May 1999)by PopMatters Staff[23.Mar.09] :. The first part of PopMatters' look back at the films of 1999 is bookended by the long awaited return of two cinematic auteurs of wildly different styles, Terrence Malick and George Lucas. Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999  Film ReviewAmerican Dreamz (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[21.Apr.06] :. Here's the rub: does it matter that consumers know all about the badness and the cynical ambition, but watch anyway?  Film DVD ReviewThe United States of Leland (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[8.Sep.04] :. Leland meets a teacher who's been tending to young hard cases for too long. Film ReviewThe United States of Leland (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[1.Apr.04] :. Leland will come to be instructive and redemptive for others, just as he has tried to find instruction and redemption in others.  Film ReviewWe Were Soldiers (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[28.Feb.02] :. 'We Were Soldiers' is, above all, an earnest film, working overtime not to be a standard U.S. war movie where the good (white) boys fight against diabolical 'others'. Say It Isn’t So (2001)by Cynthia FuchsThe most annoying aspects of 'Say It Isn't So' have to do with its uneven tone, part ironic, wise-cracking condescension and part clueless, mean-spirited condescension. Here on Earth (2000)by Cynthia FuchsKelley Morse (Chris Klein) is a familiar movie character, a prep school boy who has too much money and not enough attention from his father. For graduation, his insensitive dad (Stuart Wilson) is... Election (1999)by Cynthia FuchsHigh school sucks. While this is currently a headlines-worthy observation, movies about high school have been underscoring it for years. From Blackboard Jungle, Carrie, Jawbreaker, and Heathers, to Cooley High, Scream, The Ice Storm, and Never Been Kissed, the point is the same: in high school, you spend way too much time worrying about cliques, grades, popularity, and sex. |
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