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Articles tagged "ed harris" Film DVD ReviewCleanerby Jesse Hassenger[2.Jun.08] :. Director Harlin's cinematic GPA constantly dips over and under the line between B-movie bliss and C-movie oblivion.  Film DVD ReviewWalkerby Matt Mazur[21.Feb.08] :. A surrealist satire of thematically complicated scenes that mix political intrigues, sexual humiliation, religion, and fanaticism.  Film ReviewNational Treasure: Book of Secretsby Cynthia Fuchs[21.Dec.07] :. The primary draw in the National Treasures is Nic Cage, odd and spasmodic, undeniably charismatic.  Film ReviewGone Baby Goneby Cynthia Fuchs[19.Oct.07] :. Part noir, part moralizing, and part urban-malaisey, the movie offers an assembly of seedy sorts who make Patrick's quest look increasingly hopeless but also ineffably gallant.  Film DVD ReviewCopying Beethoven (2006)by Matt Mazur[20.Apr.07] :. While Copying Beethoven is a technically well-made, good-looking film, there doesn't seem to be any true soul present.  Film ReviewA History of Violence (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[23.Sep.05] :. This slippage between myth and realism, or maybe expectation and consummation, is precisely the genius of A History of Violence. The Truman Show: Special Edition (1998)by Cynthia Fuchs[23.Aug.05] :. You want the happy ending and Truman's self-assertion, even if that desire is shaped by those ideologies and ideals marketed by both Truman Shows. The Human Stain (2003)by Philip Booth[10.Nov.03] :. All of these circumstances amplify the irony of Silk's tragic downfall, stemming from his own Achilles' heel. Radio (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[23.Oct.03] :. The white father-black son relationship is initiated by the white man's need for redemption. Buffalo Soldiers (2001)by Cynthia Fuchs[14.Aug.03] :. The soldiers rebel in trivial but telling ways, more often than not imitating the very systems they think they're bucking. The Hours (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[14.Jul.03] :. 'What I learned seeing the movie is that yes, you do lose that ability to go into people's minds, but you gain Meryl Streep's ability to separate an egg, in a way that tells you everything you need to know about who that person is at that point.'" The Hours (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[16.Jan.03] :. The women are also functions of a coherent narrative, made comprehensible as embodiments of historical patterns. A Beautiful Mind (2001)by Lesley SmithA Beautiful Mind idealizes mental illness as spectacle, a feel-good gladiatorial games of the psyche where the human spirits always triumphs and love always blooms. Enemy at the Gates (2001)by Mike WardThis is Enemy at the Gates's most elegant theme, one that its often heavy-handed melodrama almost but not quite diminishes: that to be observed is to die, but to be invisible and quiet as the dead may allow you to survive. Pollock (2000)by Todd R. RamlowWhere the story of Pollock's life gets, at least to me, most interesting, and where the film 'Pollock' becomes most engaging, is in the connected story of the artist's wife, Lee Krasner. Pollock (2000)by Kevin DevineThis is the tragedy and romanticized allure of Jackson Pollock, the man: he grew physically, he grew creatively, but he never grew up emotionally. The Third Miracle (1999)by Renee Scolaro RathkeThe production notes for The Third Miracle tout it as “a provocative and powerful mystery about a priest who, while investigating the life of a possible American saint, faces temptations... |
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