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Articles tagged "evan rachel wood" Film DVD ReviewThe Wrestlerby Michael Antman[1.May.09] :. Like 'The Ram', we do whatever we can to make it in this world with our dignity or our bodies – though rarely both – intact.  The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview FeatureSummer of Same: June 2009by Bill Gibron[28.Apr.09] :. This month's "original" fare offers a take on a Sid and Marty Krofft classic, more battling seizure robots, and the retaking of '70s subway thriller. Everything old is new again. The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview  The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview FeatureSummer of Same: May 2009by Bill Gibron[27.Apr.09] :. May's titles include the fourth films in two aging franchises, more Pixar perfection, and the reboot of a TV series from 40 years ago. And they say there are no new ideas. The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview  PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 FeatureThe New Classics - The 30 Best Films of 2008by PopMatters Staff[16.Jan.09] :. Unlike previous years, where classics came crawling out of the celluloid woodwork with regular reckless abandon, 2008 was more calm… and considered. That's not to say that choosing 30 top titles was hard. The difficulty in placing them in some manner of rank order suggests the actual depth of quality involved. PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008  PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 FeatureIconic - The Top 20 Male Performances of 2008by PopMatters Staff[14.Jan.09] :. Like the gladiators of old, 2008 resembles a battle of formidable acting gods, especially when looking over the 20 choices presented below. Indeed, if anything, choosing a winner requires more of a leap of faith than any amount of critical skill - they all were that good. PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008  PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 FeatureTough and Tender - The Top 20 Female Performances of 2008by PopMatters Staff[14.Jan.09] :. Twenty talented ladies, 20 performances worthy of multiple little gold men. Unfortunately, as in all years, someone has to come out on top. But after looking over this impressive list, picking the preeminent turn of 2008 seems almost impossible. PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 Marisa Tomei tries to find the naked truth in ‘The Wrestler’by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)][12.Jan.09] :. There’s a phrase that the sportscaster Tony Kornheiser likes to use describing woman of a certain age who retain every bit of their sexual allure - the Susan Sarandons, Helen Mirrens and Tina... Mickey Rourke: Grappling with his past and winning out in ‘The Wrestler’by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][8.Jan.09] :. TORONTO - For a few days at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, where Mickey Rourke’s “The Wrestler” stunned audiences and started a bidding war, the onetime... Featured Article Short Ends and LeaderRourke’s Rennaisance Mirrors that of this ‘Wrestler’by Bill Gibron[19.Dec.08] :. Man is not a perfect machine. He is flawed, easily broken, capable of incredibly feats and destined to die off damaged and corrupt. Luckily for most of us, we don’t rely on our bodies to earn... Exquisite Agonyby Chris Barsanti[18.Dec.08] :. This holiday season, Mickey Rourke (in The Wrestler) and Will Smith (Seven Pounds) suffer for all us sinners. The Wrestlerby Cynthia Fuchs[17.Dec.08] :. Just four minutes into The Wrestler, it looks like Randy has good reason to cling to his past, as his present is so exceedingly unpleasant. The Life Before Her Eyesby Cynthia Fuchs[22.Apr.08] :. Calling up collective fears and resentments, The Life Before Her Eyes offers a most prosaic moral framework. Super Duper Bad: The Worst Films of 2007by PopMatters Staff[11.Jan.08] :. From Good Luck Chuck to Julie Taymor's ill-advised Beatlesque '60s tribute Across the Universe, PopMatters presents the dreck of 2007. A new script for Hollywood war moviesby Carrie Rickey [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][11.Oct.07] :. Anti-war demonstrators storm the Pentagon in the movie “Across the Universe.” A career soldier protests the Iraq conflict in “In the Valley of Elah.” The tactics of an elite... Across the Universeby Cynthia Fuchs[21.Sep.07] :. Such structural spottiness -- great numbers punctuating humdrum character arcs -- is hardly unusual in a musical. She’s the guide on this magical mystery tourby Rene Rodriguez [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][20.Sep.07] :. NEW YORK—When visionary film and theater director Julie Taymor (“Frida,” “Titus,” Broadway’s “The Lion King”) signed on to make a musical about the... Running With Scissors (2006)by Emma Simmonds[4.Mar.07] :. Director Ryan Murphy lacks the requisite wicked flair for black-comedy, the levity is mishandled, and completely at odds with the intensity of performance and direction. Running With Scissors (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[27.Oct.06] :. Augusten's narration of Running with Scissors starts with a question: "How do I begin to tell the story of how my mother left me and how I left her?" Down in the Valley (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[4.May.06] :. Look out: here comes another revisionist Western. Once and Again: The Complete Second Seasonby Samantha Bornemann[13.Oct.05] :. Some of us want to see messy, contradictory lives on screen. We find escape enough in knowing that, as much as the problems feel familiar, they are not precisely our own. The Upside of Anger (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[18.Mar.05] :. Lurching into the simultaneously delicate and banal business of Terry's anger, not to mention her daughters' understandable bewilderment, the movie offers little in the way of complexity or sense. The Missingby Cynthia Fuchs[23.Feb.04] :. At the first moment you see Maggie (Cate Blanchett) on screen in Ron Howard's The Missing, you know this is one of those Cate Blanchett tough-girl projects. Thirteen (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[2.Feb.04] :. As the kids have picked up from every cultural sign around them, sex is a route to adulthood, but it's also an ordeal, a hard test of their young mettle. The Missingby Cynthia Fuchs[20.Nov.03] :. Maggie's toughness is surely enhanced by Blanchett's fabulous cheekbones and icy eyes. Thirteen (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[28.Aug.03] :. As the girls have picked up from every cultural sign around them, sex is a route to adulthood, but it's also an ordeal. Simone (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[22.Aug.02] :. Viktor sees his most attractive, resourceful, and prolific self in Simone. |
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