Articles tagged "dominic cooper"

Column: Suffragette City

An Education: Carey Mulligan Comes of Age

by Matt Mazur

[13.Nov.09] :. Danish director Lone Scherfig spares audiences the trite clichés of a young woman's coming of age, directs a magnificent cast of actors, and defends her film against allegations of inappropriate sexuality.

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Short Ends and Leader

‘Duchess’ is Merely Half-Hearted History

by Bill Gibron

[9.Oct.08] :. There’s a very good reason why most period pieces don’t work. Aside from the obvious disconnect from modern social constraints and complications, contemporary audiences just can’t...

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Column: The Screener

Pretty Vacant

by Chris Barsanti

[26.Sep.08] :. The world of The Duchess should have been one of fiery tumult, but little of that foment makes it into this film’s garden party landscape.

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Film Review

The Duchess

by Cynthia Fuchs

[25.Sep.08] :. The movie, which surely celebrates Georgiana's (Keira Knightley) luxurious "hats and dresses," also solicits your sympathetic frustration and outrage over her oppression.

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The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview Feature

Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008

by Bill Gibron

[9.Sep.08] :. From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one.

The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview

TV DVD Review

Sense & Sensibility

by Lara Killian

[9.May.08] :. A dramatic Devonshire setting, a feminist younger sister, and a wet shirt wood-chopping scene: a few details are frankly invented, but for the most part this new adaptation is true to Austen's novel.

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The History Boys (2006)

by Emma Simmonds

[1.May.07] :. This may be a misguided venture on the whole but there are a handful of moments to treasure.

The History Boys (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Dec.06] :. The History Boys is limited by its play-derived aspects: clever banter, three-act structure, meticulous blocking.