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Articles tagged "claire danes"PopMatters Pick DVD TV ReviewMy So-Called Life: The Complete Seriesby Kate Williams[9.Nov.07] :. Unrequited love, the all consuming crush, the exasperated horror of hormonal changes, the tedium of school, trouble with parents, the emergence of individual identity . . . the adolescent struggle and all of its attendant rites, rituals, and humiliations are ever present in the storytelling of My So-Called Life. News‘My So-Called Life’ wears well on DVDby Ellen Gray [Philadelphia Daily News (MCT)][1.Nov.07] :. Thirteen years ago, I fell hard for a girl who’d fallen hard for a boy. Both of us got our hearts broken. The girl was Angela Chase, the 15-year-old center of the universe that was...  Film ReviewStardustby Bill Gibron[19.Aug.07] :. Where and when, exactly, did Neil Gaiman earn all his geek love credentials?  Film ReviewStardustby Daynah Burnett[10.Aug.07] :. What Stardust wields in star power, it lacks in original, or even interesting, storytelling.  Film ReviewEvening (2007)by Mike Scalise[6.Jul.07] :. More troubling than Evening's technical failures, the film suffers from a host of cynical political and social themes that undercut the drama throughout.  NewsClaire Danes didn’t miss her chance to meet Redgraveby Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][21.Jun.07] :. In “Evening,” Claire Danes didn’t exactly work with Vanessa Redgrave. It was like she got to be Vanessa Redgrave - or, more precisely, the woman Redgrave plays. A handsome... The Family Stone (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[16.Dec.05] :. The self-congratulating, liberal-leaning Stones are addled when good boy Everett (Dermot Mulroney) brings home the very bad fiancée. Shopgirl (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[22.Oct.05] :. For all its seeming delicacy, its view of Mirabelle as perfect, precious object is decidedly limited. The Hours (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[14.Jul.03] :. 'What I learned seeing the movie is that yes, you do lose that ability to go into people's minds, but you gain Meryl Streep's ability to separate an egg, in a way that tells you everything you need to know about who that person is at that point.'" Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[3.Jul.03] :. The T-101 is determined to complete his mission, to protect them, to be the best, most committed, and most confounding daddy that John Connor will ever have. The Hours (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[16.Jan.03] :. The women are also functions of a coherent narrative, made comprehensible as embodiments of historical patterns. Igby Goes Down (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[19.Sep.02] :. Burr Steers' first feature is populated by exceptionally quirky characters, most related by blood. Brokedown Palace (1999)by Cynthia FuchsHigh school movies tend to end with graduation. It's at the prom that the primary couple finally achieves their much-anticipated clinch (with camera circling and trendy pop song resounding) while their adversaries - treacherous teachers, jealous fellow students, ridiculous parents - back off or smile approvingly, showing that they have indeed learned whatever lessons they're supposed to have learned. Shopgirl (2005)by Cynthia FuchsDirector Anand Tucker insists his film is not about the glitzy L.A. It is, instead, about an L.A. populated with 'ordinary people just like you and me, getting on with their lives.'" |
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