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Articles tagged "dennis quaid"NewsDennis Quaid takes a run at horror and at Bill Clinton in new filmsby Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)][24.Sep.09] :. When the going’s good, even potential bad news can seem a blessing. And things are going swimmingly for Dennis Quaid these days. His last film, “G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA,” had...  The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview FeatureSummer of Same: August 2009by Bill Gibron[30.Apr.09] :. With names like Tarantino, Lee, and Zombie, the final month of the season pulls out all the film geek stops. Still, the only guarantee is familiarity, not freshness. The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview  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 Express (2008)by Bill Gibron[16.Jan.09] :. Sports films can no longer function as mere history or information. Thanks to the mandates of the genre, physicality must match ideology like poorly drafted teammates to a star. If it works - and it...  Film ReviewThe Expressby Cynthia Fuchs[10.Oct.08] :. Again and again, Ernie (Rob Brown) faces down racist thug defenders, his singular prowess signaled by the film's slow motion and big music.  Short Ends and LeaderCliches Clog ‘Express’ Story of Successby Bill Gibron[10.Oct.08] :. Sports films can no longer function as mere history or information. Thanks to the mandates of the mainstream, which sees allegories in all manner of athletic competition, physicality must match... 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. Vantage Pointby Jake Meaney[21.Jul.08] :. It’s almost rather brilliant the way the film betrays and sabotages itself as it comes down the home stretch. Smart Peopleby Cynthia Fuchs[11.Apr.08] :. Smart People is determined to showcase familial quirk in multiple dimensions. Dennis Quaid stepped outside of his comfort zone for ‘Smart People’by John Anderson [Newsday (MCT)][7.Apr.08] :. Known for his broad smile and his sex appeal, Dennis Quaid will be appearing as of Friday in a movie that required him to wear a full beard and a fat suit. In fact, to play “Smart... Vantage Pointby Cynthia Fuchs[22.Feb.08] :. As Vantage Point becomes increasingly busy with personal betrayals and redemptions, the ostensible politics, reductive to begin with, fall by the wayside. American 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? Flight of the Phoenix (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[28.Feb.05] :. Much like John Moore's Behind Enemy Lines, Phoenix splices together traditional and current action movie clichés and rhythms. In Good Company (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[14.Jan.05] :. In Good Company pushes Carter and Dan up against one another, so that they can work through their mutual anxieties, resentments, and jealousies. Flight of the Phoenix (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[17.Dec.04] :. Most remarkably, after what looks like weeks in the desert sun, no one ever gets a sunburn. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[13.Oct.04] :. Even as it lays down a scary geopolitical scenario and a few partisan gauntlets, The Day After Tomorrow aims to please. The Alamo (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[29.Sep.04] :. 'A lot of people who have seen this movie are surprised that we have depicted these people warts and all,' says historian Stephen L. Hardin. Day After Tomorrow (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[28.May.04] :. As the 'eye of the storm' speeds across the screen, instantly freezing everything in its path, Jack looks up to see a flag, turned spastically solid in a second. Here it is, the money shot: the emblematic United States, stuck in time, blind to consequences, fixated on its own reckless self-love. The Alamo (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[8.Apr.04] :. Standing on a rooftop at the Alamo, the apparently valiant and suddenly insightful Davy Crockett (Billy Bob Thornton) pulls out his fiddle. The History Channel Presents: The Alamoby James Oliphant[10.Feb.04] :. At the end of the day, the truth can never compete with a good story. Far From Heaven (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[29.Nov.02] :. For Haynes, much of this surface is simultaneously supple and precise, 'girly-swirly,' as he terms it. Far From Heaven (2002)by Lucas Hilderbrand[7.Nov.02] :. Just beneath this conservative façade lies a complicated and progressive commentary on the present that Todd Haynes leaves to the viewer to interpret. The Rookie (2002)by Renie Scolaro Mora[28.Mar.02] :. The conflicts are familiar, but 'The Rookie' presents them admirably and resolves them without sap overload. PopMatters Pick Film ReviewTraffic (2000)by Cynthia FuchsAs if a force unto themselves, beyond all legal, social, moral, or even political powers, drugs cross borders, produce wealth, cost lives. Drugs are a system, and they never stop moving. Frequency (2000)by Lucas HilderbrandGiven Frequency's premise -- a son talks to his father who's been dead for 30 years via the old family HAM radio -- I didn't have much hope that the film would be good. Any Given Sunday (1999)by Cynthia FuchsOliver Stone's movies usually seem more complicated than they are. Partly this comes from his evolving style, from the curiously romantic realism of Platoon, to the assaultive ding-battiness of Natural Born Killers, to the debased lunacy of U-Turn. But mostly it comes from his obsession with a single theme: brutality. Or more precisely, how brutality becomes morality. Any Given Sunday (1999)by Tobias PetersonWhatever you think about Oliver Stone as a director, you can't deny his firm grasp on this country's interests. From Vietnam to JFK to serial killers, Stone's pictures have always depicted major subjects of national fascination. With his latest release, Any Given Sunday, Stone looks to go his previous films one better by focusing on the most popular sport in America. |
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