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Column: The Screener

Taken: Daddy Tortures Best

by Chris Barsanti

[5.Feb.09] :. Mill's towering righteousness is just too much for this weak little film, whose only interest is in affirming the white patriarchal prerogative.

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Film Review

Taken

by Cynthia Fuchs

[30.Jan.09] :. The melodramatic set-up takes little time in Pierre Morel's extra-actionated thriller. Almost as soon as Kimmie lands in Paris and neglects to call her father on the super-phone he's provided her, she's punished -- severely.

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Film DVD Review

The Wackness

by Barbara Herman

[22.Jan.09] :. Ultimately, this film is neither dope nor wack — it’s just kind of boring.

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 Feature

Outside the Lines - The Top 20 International/Indie Films of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[15.Jan.09] :. With many indie/international films receiving more and more mainstream approval from unfamiliar audiences, many of the titles here could be considered part of the overall 2008 Best Of. But their individuality and multicultural appeal keep them a quality concept apart.

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Short Ends and Leader

The Wackness (2008)

by Bill Gibron

[1.Aug.08] :. For filmmakers, nostalgia is a double edged sword. Pick the right era, and audiences are with you and your cinematic wistfulness. Dress things up in the wrong period, however, and you threaten to...

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Film Review

The Wackness

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Jul.08] :. The Wackness is a too familiar nostalgic movie, with period soundtrack, hot summer nights, and boys coming of age.

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The Return of the Popcorn Circus: July 2008

by Bill Gibron

[30.Apr.08] :. And it just doesn't stop. If part two in this three-ring play was packed with well hyped product, July just keeps the receipt treats coming.

 

The Treatment

by Jason B. Jones

[17.Jan.08] :. Four forms of love: a teacher's love for his students, a son's love for his father, a man's search for a sexual partner, and an analysand's love for his analyst.

 

The Ten

by Stuart Henderson

[14.Jan.08] :. A high-speed collision between Krzysztof Kieślowski's Dekalog and Woody Allen’s Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex.

 

The Ten

by Jesse Hassenger

[7.Aug.07] :. Despite the sight gags, recurring characters, amusing references, and genuine chuckles it elicits, The Ten is more exercise than tour de force.

 

The Treatment (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Jun.07] :. Just as you're questioning your own capacity for sympathy, the best reason to keep watching The Treatment shows up: Famke Janssen.

 

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.May.06] :. It's a superhero movie, so all these choices involve massive destruction -- buildings disintegrating, fireballs flying, bodies detonating.

 

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.

 

X2: X-Men United (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.Dec.03] :. At once all powerful and utterly powerless, this involuntary terrorist is the first mutant you meet in X2.

 

X2: X-Men United (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.May.03] :. At once all powerful and utterly powerless, this involuntary terrorist is the first mutant you meet in X2.

 

I Spy (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[31.Oct.02] :. The basic opposition between sheepish Alex and suave Kelly sets up a series of trivial conflicts, some less tedious than others.

 

X-Men (2000)

by Sabadino Parker

Beware the genesis of a new movie franchise, namely, X-Men, adapted from the best-selling comic book series of all time. Comics aficionados have been awaiting the film since the 1980s, when...

 

Made (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

To aid him on his travels, Bobby (Jon Favreau) takes Ricky, his childhood friend, boxing partner (they're introduced fighting each other in some cheap venue, for piddling money), and notorious fuck-up. Ricky is played by the affable (when not bar-brawling) Vince Vaughn, who also produced 'Made', and who, in 1996, starred with Favreau in 'Swingers', the film that made them both bankable properties.

 

Love & Sex (2000)

by Susan Glen

It's somewhat refreshing to watch a male character exhibit an immature sexual insecurity in the face of a more experienced female lover, and even more refreshing -- if not downright liberating -- to watch that female character refuse to apologize for her sexual appetites.

 

Don’t Say a Word (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Michael Douglas's latest film, 'Don't Say a Word', is painfully and transparently about, well, him.

 

Don’t Say a Word (2001)

by Renee Scolaro Rathke

Michael Douglas's latest film, 'Don't Say a Word', is painfully and transparently about, well, him.