Articles tagged "emma thompson"

Film Review

Brideshead Revisited

by Cynthia Fuchs

[25.Jul.08] :. The new Brideshead Revisited doesn't grapple much with Charles' disconcerting mix of nostalgia and odium regarding British aristocracy.

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Jun.04] :. Director Alfonso Cuarón brings to the franchise a newly inventive sensibility, and, most important, an appreciation for smart cuts and brevity, especially the requisite Quidditch scene, mercifully short, dark, and stormy.

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TV Review

Angels in America

by Todd R. Ramlow

[22.Dec.03] :. By far the most resonant aspect of Angels in America today is its exposure of simplistic struggles over definitions of 'good' and 'evil'.

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Film Review

Love Actually (2003)

by Mary Colgan

[13.Nov.03] :. On occasion, the film allows a jaded sensibility to worm its way into this otherwise picturesque world.

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Treasure Planet (2002)

by John G. Nettles

[5.Dec.02] :. A space opera in touch with its feminine side.

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TV Review

Wit

by Lesley Smith

In the end, 'Wit' may be remarkable not for what it is but merely for the fact of its existence -- a serious, quasi-intellectual drama filmed by two Oscar-winners miraculously commissioned by and shown on TV.

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Maybe Baby (2000)

by Nikki Tranter

Maybe Baby's sight gags are sometimes hilarious and the story is often engrossing. But the execution falls flat.

 
 
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