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Nim’s Island

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Apr.08] :. The focus in Nim's Island is most earnestly on the relationship that develops between 11-year-old Nim and Alex (Jodie Foster) from San Francisco.

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Shattered

by Jake Meaney

[28.Feb.08] :. Come for the Brash Young Ad Exec getting his come-uppance from Mysterious Sinister Stranger, but stay for the extras.

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P.S. I Love You

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Dec.07] :. For all his plain-speaking, down-homey affect, Harry Connick, Jr. remains something of a mystery.

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Three Hundred

by Marisa LaScala

[13.Aug.07] :. 300's penchant for drama and exaggeration is proof that a far-reaching vision and hyperbole can come together to tell a much better story than one based purely on historical facts.

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Short Cuts - In Theaters: 300

by Bill Gibron

[16.Mar.07] :. 300 defies description. Every attempt by mainstream critics to categorize or contextualize the film is more or less wrong. This is not some manner of anti-war propaganda piece (or worse, a...

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300 (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Mar.07] :. Spartans! Simple and resonant, this call to identity comes up frequently in 300, the film based on Frank Miller's graphic novel.

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Dear Frankie (2005)

by Lesley Smith

[4.Mar.05] :. Dear Frankie uses humor to acknowledge and, temporarily, transcend the fragility of human survival.

The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Dec.04] :. You might read this as a not-so-subtle indictment of the bourgie masses who consume popular culture: their taste sucks.

Timeline (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Apr.04] :. For a group of scientists, they are almost shockingly inattentive to details and to historical facts.

Timeline (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Dec.03] :. Based on Michael Crichton's novel, Richard Donner's movie features a creaky father-son reconciliation story framed by a bizarre collision of Sci-Fi and Medieval Tymes.

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.Nov.03] :. 'She's really pretty handy with knives and guns, this girl.'"

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.Jul.03] :. The focus on her irate face reveals Lara's resolve, fury, and urgency. She's not playing.

Dracula 2000 / Shadow of the Vampire (2000) - PopMatters Film Review )

by Todd R. Ramlow

Frankly, it doesn't seem coincidental that these films are being released around the holidays; certainly Dracula's bloodsucking lust appeals on some level to our own holiday consumer frenzies.