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Articles tagged "danny huston" Film ReviewX-Men Origins: Wolverineby Todd R. Ramlow[1.May.09] :. Scary as Hugh Jackman's vascular body may be, it's also perfectly appropriate as a visual extension of the weaponization of Wolverine.  NewsNo joke: Lynn Collins’ role was vital to ‘Wolverine’ storyby Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][1.May.09] :. LOS ANGELES — Lynn Collins had little time to think once she was cast as Kayla Silverfox, the love interest in the new summer action film “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.” “When I... NewsHugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber are a dynamic duo in ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’by Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][29.Apr.09] :. LOS ANGELES - Liev Schreiber knew he was going to have to be at his best to stay in step with Hugh Jackman while making “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.” And not just as an actor. Both men went...  NewsHugh Jackman’s Wolverine is all the rage in ‘X-Men Origins’by Frank Lovece [Newsday (MCT)][27.Apr.09] :. He may come from the Great White North, but the Marvel Comics character Wolverine isn’t what you’d call “way Canadian.” The national character of Canada, after all, includes a...  The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview FeatureSummer of Same: May 2009by Bill Gibron[27.Apr.09] :. May's titles include the fourth films in two aging franchises, more Pixar perfection, and the reboot of a TV series from 40 years ago. And they say there are no new ideas. The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview  Short Ends and LeaderThe Leak: “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” Unleashedby Bill Gibron[2.Apr.09] :. If it wasn’t for the date, many would have considered it a joke. Then Ain’t It Cool News stepped up and warned readers that they would not be accepting any reviews of it. Soon, the... How to Lose Friends & Alienate Peopleby Cynthia Fuchs[3.Oct.08] :. As you and Alison wait for Sidney to come around, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People loses its way. 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. John Adams (HBO Miniseries)by Chris Barsanti[23.Jun.08] :. Avoiding the powdered-wig iconography of the founding fathers, this film broadens the view of these revolutionary leaders and their tumultuous times. Today’s foreign wars are Hollywood hellby Lewis Beale [Newsday (MCT)][9.Nov.07] :. This is not your grandfather’s war. This war is unpopular and controversial, seemingly endless. But that hasn’t stopped Hollywood from releasing a series of films about Iraq and its evil... 30 Days of Nightby Cynthia Fuchs[19.Oct.07] :. The most impressive effect in 30 Days of Night is Danny Huston's haircut. A new script for Hollywood war moviesby Carrie Rickey [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][11.Oct.07] :. Anti-war demonstrators storm the Pentagon in the movie “Across the Universe.” A career soldier protests the Iraq conflict in “In the Valley of Elah.” The tactics of an elite... Hollywood goes to war: Mainstream movies focus on Iraq, terrorismby Cary Darling [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][1.Oct.07] :. Writer Matthew Michael Carnahan makes a living pounding out movie scripts, where flights of fantasy and retreats from reality are the daily stock in trade. But a couple of autumns back, while... The Kingdomby Cynthia Fuchs[28.Sep.07] :. Boasting charismatic stars and a topical focus on terrorism, the film adds one more cagey detail -- a hint of moral challenge to its own thrills-and-chills violence. Future Shock: The Death of Serious Science Fictionby Bill Gibron[29.May.07] :. The serious Science Fiction film genre is dead or at least on cinematic life support. As the new millennial marches forward, and an omnipresent production paradigm that substitutes spectacle for smarts, futurist filmmaking is definitely gasping for breath. Alfonso Cuaron: ‘The present, projected into the future’by Joshua Klein [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][26.Mar.07] :. Cuaron talks about Children of Men, his powerful film with explicit references to the political present. The Number 23 (2007)by Cynthia Fuchs[23.Feb.07] :. The movie is at least nominally aware of the silliness of its device, that the finding of 23s in every frame is a game, that the meanings are more about readers' needs than some grand plan of the universe. The Pay Off: The Best Film of 2006by PopMatters Staff[11.Jan.07] :. For many of the movies on PopMatters' 2006 list of the year's best films, it is clear that a heavy personal and professional stake was riding on the final product. Children of Men (2007)by Cynthia Fuchs[5.Jan.07] :. Even with so much attention paid to her body and to her child, Kee's story is secondary to Theo's, as his loss of hope must be undone and his past redressed. The Proposition (2005)by Matt Mazur[26.May.06] :. Nick Cave's The Proposition blends equal parts Walkabout and Sergio Leone's grim atmospherics to illustrate the brutality of imperialism. The Proposition (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[26.May.06] :. Signaling death and dryness, the flies also mark transitions from one location to another: everywhere, it seems, someone is dead or dying. The Constant Gardener (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[30.Aug.05] :. That might be the film's most potent insight, that the white guy cannot save the day. Silver City (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[2.Feb.05] :. Dickie Pilager embodies U.S. political-corporate mythology, the 'shining city on a hill' reduced to basic elements. Birth (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[5.Nov.04] :. Catching her breath as if she's been hit, Mrs. Conte's (Cara Seymour) visceral reaction, amid the film's overwhelmingly somber, ethereal weirdness, is finally believable. Silver City (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[17.Sep.04] :. It's easy to make assumptions about a political candidate named Dickie Pilager. 21 Grams (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[11.Dec.03] :. In 21 Grams, the fragmentation is pronounced, chaotic to the point of mathematical precision. |
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