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Push

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Feb.09] :. Too much explanation, of the sort Cassie is inclined to provide, only slows down the nonsense Push is pushing.

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‘Push’ Lacks Energy, Excitement

by Bill Gibron

[6.Feb.09] :. They say the most important element in a science fiction story is a strong, understandable mythology. Formulate a believable, working, and logistically logical universe where characters and creatures...

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Celulloid Culpability - Top 10 Film Guilty Pleasures of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[13.Jan.09] :. Like comedy or music, one's choice in cinematic pleasure can be very personal - and very peculiar. Take this tantalizing list of shameful indulgences. You can argue over their artistic value, but their individuals rewards definitely speak to those who champion them.

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Film Review

Never Back Down

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Mar.08] :. Within two minutes of slamming, bloody, muddy mess in Never Back Down, you know that Jake has daddy issues.

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Blood Diamond (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Dec.06] :. The movie can't seem to get out of its own way, relying on melodramatic clichés to make complex political observations.

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Gladiator: Extended Edition (2000)

by John G. Nettles

[23.Sep.05] :. It's a bad sign for your making-of doc when the most interesting folks to listen to are the studio weasels.

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The Island (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Jul.05] :. Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson run around in an efficiently digitized near-future scary-scape, occasionally propelled by ethical questions about cloning.

 

Beauty Shop (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.Apr.05] :. Good news: Queen Latifah is free of wet noodle Jimmy Fallon.

 

Constantine (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Feb.05] :. Doubting his mission and his faith even as he's consumed by them, Constantine is an achingly topical comic book/movie hero.

 

In America (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.May.04] :. The semi-autobiographical tale of director Jim Sheridan considers the many complicated ways that 'America' works as idea and experience, the ways it engulfs, consumes, and produces its subjects.

 

In America (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Dec.03] :. Everything in In America turns magical once Mateo appears.

 

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.Nov.03] :. 'She's really pretty handy with knives and guns, this girl.'"

 

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.Jul.03] :. The focus on her irate face reveals Lara's resolve, fury, and urgency. She's not playing.

 

Biker Boyz (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[31.Jan.03] :. Amid all the conventional movie dazzle, Biker Boyz's most important idea is the bike.

 

The Four Feathers (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Sep.02] :. It's alarmingly short-sighted fiction, offering only occasional glimpses of the imperial project's fundamental viciousness and ignorance.

 

Gladiator (2000)

by Lucas Hilderbrand

They don’t make movies like they used to. But then again, why would they? Gladiator claims to be a return to the days of Spartacus, Ben Hur, and those preposterously huge...