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Film Review

The Taking of Pelham 123

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Jun.09] :. Nothing if not self-aware, this update of Joseph Sargent's 1974 thriller begins by rearranging the class dynamics.

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The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: June 2009

by Bill Gibron

[28.Apr.09] :. This month's "original" fare offers a take on a Sid and Marty Krofft classic, more battling seizure robots, and the retaking of '70s subway thriller. Everything old is new again.

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview

Film Review

The Great Debaters

by Cynthia Fuchs

[27.Dec.07] :. The Great Debaters is history by way of Oprah: righteously angry and uplifting, willing to pull a punch when it makes the broader point.

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American Gangster

by Cynthia Fuchs

[2.Nov.07] :. As much as American Gangster loves Frank's intelligence and charisma, it must also condemn his criminality.

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News

Here’s looking at you, kid… for 3 hours

by Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[1.Oct.07] :. I have a friend who is a big movie fan. As soon as I get back from a screening, she wants to hear all about the movie. We’ve had some lively and thoughtful discussions. Our most recent...

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TV DVD Review

St. Elsewhere - Season 1

by Mark Labowskie

[9.Feb.07] :. St. Elsewheremodernized narrative structure, shook up the visual language of TV drama, and introduced "place" as the central character around which the actors came and went.

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The Pay Off: The Best Film of 2006

by 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.

Déjà Vu (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Nov.06] :. The movie's leap from contemporary coppish thriller into science fiction is initially jarring.

‘Deja Vu’ the latest in a string of brainy, mind-bending films

by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press]

[20.Nov.06] :. The question on the table, raised in regard to Deja Vu, Denzel Washington’s mind- and space-bending new thriller, is this: Is Hollywood getting smarter, or are audiences demanding...

Inside Man (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[15.Aug.06] :. Appearing in tight shots, the grainy hi-def digital exacerbating their complexities, the interviewees are traumatized or performative, sometimes both.

Inside Man (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.Mar.06] :. New York is everywhere in Spike Lee's sharp, new, genre-bending movie.

The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Dec.04] :. Demme's movie reasserts that the fabled U.S. political landscape isn't transparent or democratic, but instead, corrupted by the individuals who manage it.

Man on Fire (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[15.Sep.04] :. Tony Scott enthuses, 'I had such a brilliant smorgasbord of really odd, strange personalities and different looks.'"

The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[30.Jul.04] :. The Manchurian Candidate draws a line between the corporation and the government, sustaining a hope that the U.S. system might be salvaged by an honestly free election.

Man on Fire (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Apr.04] :. Man on Fire means to distress. Punctuated by mobile subtitles and assaultive editing, the movie underlines the daily threat of living in places where kidnapping is a sort of business, organized and ongoing.

Out of Time (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Jan.04] :. The fact that Matt is a black man only makes these several lines of pursuit more complicated and more resonant.

Out of Time (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[2.Oct.03] :. The fact that Matt is a black man only makes these several lines of pursuit more complicated and more resonant.

Antwone Fisher (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.May.03] :. 'I wasn't concerned with whether or not the audience liked Antwone at first.'"

Antwone Fisher (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Dec.02] :. This single-mindedness can feel limited; there's obviously more to Antwone's story than the scenes in which he appears.

John Q (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Feb.02] :. After 'Collateral Damage', you might imagine that most every aggrieved father cliché has been unturned. But no. Here comes 'John Q'.

Training Day (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Plausibility is plainly not Training Day's concern. It's more interested in images and ideas than practicalities.

Remember the Titans (2000)

by Tobias Peterson

Even a cursory glance at the coverage of the 2000 Olympics reveals Australia’s presentation of the Games to be focused on diversity and unity through sports. Aboriginal sprinter Kathy Freeman...

Remember the Titans (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Denzel Washington is a good and noble figure. Being one requires dedication and integrity, not to mention opportunity (not every aspiring role model can afford to turn down the second-rate parts when...

The Hurricane (1999)

by Josh Jones

Hurricane. 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 Fuchs

There'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.

The Bone Collector (1999)

by Cynthia Fuchs

The Bone Collector assumes you know the drill, the serial-killer-movie drill. It gives you most everything you need to know during the first four minutes, half of which take up the credits sequence (the credits themselves are, of course, hyper-scratchy and slashy-looking, very post-Seven stylish).