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Articles tagged "deborah kara unger" PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 FeatureOMG - The 20 Worst Films of 2008by PopMatters Staff[15.Jan.09] :. There's bad, and then there's 2008 level bad. You know this list is looking down into a deep dark bottomless pit of cinematic despair when Mike Myers' shameful Love Guru didn't even make the Top 20! PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008  Film Review88 Minutesby Cynthia Fuchs[18.Apr.08] :. In 88 Minutes, Gramm's carelessness is increasingly annoying, less a characterization than a function of slack scripting.  Film DVD ReviewSilent Hill (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[21.Aug.06] :. "It was Christophe's vision that Rose is very much a normal person in this un-normal world," says Radha Mitchell.  Film ReviewSilent Hill (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[21.Apr.06] :. Long on atmosphere, Silent Hill is way short on cunning or beguiling. It's also short on sense.  Film ReviewWhite Noise (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[6.Jan.05] :. White Noise falls into that least-likely-to-succeed genre, the horror film released in winter.  Film DVD ReviewStander (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[22.Dec.04] :. Reasoning that 'a white man can get away with anything today,' Stander sets out to distract the police as well as show up their prejudice. Stander (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[13.Aug.04] :. Stander's keenest challenges are directed at action movie conventions, and more generally, the construction of pop cultural heroes. Thirteen (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[2.Feb.04] :. As the kids have picked up from every cultural sign around them, sex is a route to adulthood, but it's also an ordeal, a hard test of their young mettle. Thirteen (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[28.Aug.03] :. As the girls have picked up from every cultural sign around them, sex is a route to adulthood, but it's also an ordeal. The Salton Sea (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[15.May.02] :. Danny's story is part noiry nightmare, part scam saga, and part junkie-underground travelogue. Sunshine (1999)by Lucas HilderbrandThe theme of assimilation as survival strategy has certainly been covered in movies before, from young Jew Salomon Perel joining the Nazi youth in Europa Europa to Tai’s makeover from... The Hurricane (1999)by Josh JonesHurricane. One word, one name, one man. One man whom I - and probably most of my generation - had never heard prior to seeing The Hurricane. His name is remembered, however, by members of his generation, most notably, celebrities. The Hurricane (1999)by Cynthia FuchsThere's a moment partway through The Hurricane that may cause you to catch your breath. It's a cramped shot, as are most of those showing Ruben Hurricane Carter (Denzel Washington) in his New Jersey State Prison cell. |
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