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Articles tagged "colm feore" Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 FeaturePart 5: Toy Story 2 to Titus (November - December 1999)by PopMatters Staff[27.Mar.09] :. On this final day of PopMatters' 1999 overview, awards season hype gives way to pure acting prowess and definitive directorial flair. Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999  NewsGreat TV series aren’t easily duplicatedby Rick Kushman [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][25.Feb.09] :. We’ve hit the season when news from Hollywood about possible new fall shows gets the TV world all kaflubbered and jumping to overstatement by declaring trends. The declaration this year, from...  Film DVD ReviewChangelingby Stephen Snart[19.Feb.09] :. There’s a touch of Arthur Miller in the way the audiences emotions are played in this story of challenging authority.  PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 FeatureThe New Classics - The 30 Best Films of 2008by PopMatters Staff[16.Jan.09] :. Unlike previous years, where classics came crawling out of the celluloid woodwork with regular reckless abandon, 2008 was more calm… and considered. That's not to say that choosing 30 top titles was hard. The difficulty in placing them in some manner of rank order suggests the actual depth of quality involved. PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008  PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 FeatureTough and Tender - The Top 20 Female Performances of 2008by PopMatters Staff[14.Jan.09] :. Twenty talented ladies, 20 performances worthy of multiple little gold men. Unfortunately, as in all years, someone has to come out on top. But after looking over this impressive list, picking the preeminent turn of 2008 seems almost impossible. PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008  NewsJack Bauer is at the head of the class of TV’s tragic heroesby John Timpane [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][12.Jan.09] :. A distant explosion rings through the jungle. Jack Bauer, longtime protagonist of the Fox show “24,” stiffens, a spasm of muted pain on his face. One of his closest friends has just... 24: Season Seven Premiereby Cynthia Fuchs[11.Jan.09] :. Jack's interrogation of the suspect Tony, on behalf of the Bureau, is vintage 24, full of close-up grimaces and slams into walls. Narrative Choices Challenge ‘Changeling’s Effectivenessby Bill Gibron[30.Oct.08] :. The Clint Eastwood renaissance has been a joy to behold. While many thought his 1992 Oscar for Unforgiven would mark the culmination of an amazing, four decade long career, the new millennium... Changelingby Cynthia Fuchs[24.Oct.08] :. A movie made with awards season in mind, Changeling offers extravagant affects and overwritten speeches. Identities in Fluxby Chris Barsanti[24.Oct.08] :. Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York is performance art as civilization-annihilating Godzilla, whereas Eastwood's Changeling is a film that wins the stranger than fiction category, hands-down. Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008by Bill Gibron[10.Sep.08] :. What studio suit thought this was a good idea? With four months to schedule your high priced efforts, you instead unload almost 30 overpriced pictures on an unsuspecting movie audience. WarGames: The Dead Codeby Mike Ward[6.Aug.08] :. This movie has that meandering, free-associative sense of dread familiar to us from watching the real-life fiasco of the last few years. Bury My Heart at Wounded Kneeby Cynthia Fuchs[25.May.07] :. Premiering this Sunday on HBO, Bury My Heart illustrates the tensions, presumptions, and inequities represented by the Dawes Act. The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[13.Sep.05] :. Even if Exorcism doesn't provide outright answers, its 'lessons' -- whether understood as secular or institutional -- seem clear enough. Empireby Ryan Vu[7.Jul.05] :. Empire can best be summed up as a buddy movie-cum-hero's journey update of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[17.Jun.04] :. The return of Riddick (Vin Diesel) begins with lots of noise. Paycheck (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[17.May.04] :. 'A true hero,' says John Woo on the commentary track for the Paycheck DVD, 'always reaches out a helping hand to others.'" Paycheck (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[8.Jan.04] :. Michael (Ben Affleck) doesn't set out to control anything: he just wants to get paid. National Security (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[2.Jun.03] :. Endeavors to complicate the standard black-white buddy dynamic. National Security (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[16.Jan.03] :. Endeavors to complicate the standard black-white buddy dynamic. Titus (1999)by Cynthia FuchsHere’s how the world might end. Close-up of a boy’s eyes. Long shot of a kitchen table, cluttered with hot dogs, paper bags, toy soldiers, french fries, milk, and ketchup he’s using... The Caveman’s Valentine (2001)by Cynthia FuchsDespite and sometimes because of its unevenness, the film conveys the delusions of daily existence with fierce poetry. |
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