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TV Review

Independent Lens: Chicago 10

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Oct.08] :. Opening the Fall 2008 season of Independent Lens, Chicago 10 revises old ideas -- about what constitutes history and documentary.

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Film DVD Review

Chicago 10

by Stuart Henderson

[15.Oct.08] :. Where is our Chicago Ten? Where are our “conspirators”? Is Obama really supposed to fix everything? Can we really pretend that things are still getting better all the time?

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Film Review

Chicago 10

by Cynthia Fuchs

[29.Feb.08] :. You can't make this stuff up: Bobby Seale, bound and gagged in a Chicago courtroom. But there it is, again, in big, brightly colored animation, in Brett Morgen's Chicago 10.

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The PopMatters Summer 2007 Movie Preview Feature

Monkey Business (Part 2: June)

by Bill Gibron

[2.May.07] :. Apparently, as the sun's strongest rays finally settle over the movie going public, sequels are the remedy to cool down an overheated demographic. This month alone holds five examples of such redux refreshment. The rest of the choices are a variety pack of genres, ideas and possibilities.

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TV Review

Drive

by Roger Holland

[30.Apr.07] :. Deemed a failure after just four episodes, Drive was the only new drama to catch my imagination this year.

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TV Review

The Book of Daniel

by Samantha Bornemann

[12.Jan.06] :. Despite the recent fire and brimstone headlines, Daniel is a very familiar book.

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Kinsey (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.May.05] :. Not only is the character difficult by heroic biopic standards, but his story combines radical thinking, extraordinary generosity, and supreme egotism.

 

Murder One: Season One

by Samantha Bornemann

[23.Mar.05] :. Mesmerizingly played by Daniel Benzali, Ted respects the law but understands that the courthouse is just one of its venues.

 

Hide and Seek (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Jan.05] :. Dakota Fanning seems alternately to be channeling Beetlejuice-era Winona Ryder and Christina Ricci's Wednesday Addams.

 

Kinsey (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Nov.04] :. At its best, Kinsey turns nearly impressionistic, as when it represents the doctor's increasingly convoluted relationships with his team.

 

Rick (2003)

by Bobby Simmons

[8.Oct.04] :. Seventeen years after Oliver Stone's Wall Street, suggesting that capitalism is corrosive to the soul is old hat.

 

How to Deal (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.Jul.03] :. What's not to love about Mandy Moore?"

 

Head of State (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Mar.03] :. As crossover-dreamy as it is, Head of State may just grant him enough industry clout to drag it - the industry -- along with him.

 

The Laramie Project

by Stephen Tropiano

'The Laramie Project' gives the townspeople a voice, an opportunity to respond to the murder and the trials that put them in the national spotlight.

 

Thirteen Days (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

There are lots of men in Thirteen Days. Upstanding, committed men, wearing somber suits, short haircuts, and serious looks on their faces. And serious they should be, given that they’re...

 

The Cell (2000)

by Paul Varner

Feel-good movie? Yes, this good old-fashioned serial killer/slasher flick should send everybody home feeling good about U.S. culture and about human nature. If you want to go to a movie that will...

 

The Cell (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Getting inside madmen’s heads is all the rage. This isn’t to say it’s news, exactly — criminologists, detectives, and sundry monster-chasers have been doing it forever. Think:...

 

Along Came a Spider (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Morgan Freeman's sober mien and formidable presence make you wish that the rest of the movie would keep up.