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Articles tagged "gene hackman"![]() DVD Film ReviewBonnie and Clydeby Chris Barsanti[1.May.08] :. This film carries a bedrock rebelliousness and shocking ugliness that firmly resonates today. PopMatters Pick![]() DVD Film ReviewReds (1981)by Matt Mazur[16.Nov.06] :. Warren Beatty's personal best film stands among the most spectacular films of the '80s and has retained its dignity with age. ![]() DVD Film ReviewPrime Cut (1972)by Nikki Tranter[1.Jul.05] :. Prime Cut is like a giant absurdist painting. ![]() DVD Film ReviewGet Shorty (Special Edition) (1995)by Jesse Hassenger[17.Feb.05] :. Sonnenfeld keeps all of this under two hours by cutting the movie at a dazzling clip. The film moves like Travolta, quickly and with style. ![]() DVD Film ReviewRunaway Jury (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[16.Oct.03] :. Besieged by John Grishamish plot twisties, the actors in Runaway Jury do their best to fashion an emotional coherence. ![]() Film ReviewBehind Enemy Lines (2001)by Cynthia FuchsAmerican consumers need to get on with the slam-bang business of (mediated) life. Heartbreakers (2001)by Cynthia FuchsLongtime 'Simpsons' writer and executive producer David Mirkin's predilection for wickedly witty cartoonishness is only slightly tempered in his live-action movies. Heist (2001)by WRITER[David Mamet's] language, severe and spare, actually sounds quite human comin The Mexican (2001)by Cynthia FuchsOn its good-looking surface (being well-composed and carefully lit), 'The Mexican' is a love story. The Mexican (2001)by Cynthia FuchsOn its good-looking surface (being well-composed and carefully lit), 'The Mexican' is a love story. The Mexican (2001)by Todd R. Ramlow'The Mexican' follows the turbulent near-end of the relationship between hapless Mafia gopher Jerry Welbach (Brad) and his obsessive, psycho-babbling girlfriend Samantha Barzel (Julia), who reduces everything in her life to 'blame-shifting' and others' inability to express their emotions. The Replacements (2000)by Cynthia FuchsThe Replacements' particular spin on the relationship between unions and management is simplistic and, more often than not, spurious. The Replacements (2000)by Cynthia FuchsThe Replacements' particular spin on the relationship between unions and management is simplistic and, more often than not, spurious. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)by Lucas HilderbrandIt is The Royal Tenenbaums's hyperbole that both makes the fantasy so lively and reveals the self-delusions at its foundation. Under Suspicion (2000)by Cynthia FuchsThere's not much in this film that's subtle, but it does actually have something thoughtful to say about the ways that we perceive and assume truth, or the ways we might be convinced of some untruth because of our own anxieties. What you see can be -- and usually is -- deceiving. |
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