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Articles tagged "hal holbrook"PopMatters Pick Film DVD ReviewInto the Wildby Mike Schiller[5.Mar.08] :. A "follow your dreams" narrative in a package that belies the cliché that it expounds upon. PopMatters Pick Film ReviewInto the Wildby Cynthia Fuchs[21.Sep.07] :. Into the Wild reveals the sense of loss that drove Chris McCandless. It also shows that it isn't only his.  Film ReviewMen of Honor (2000)by Cynthia FuchsMen of Honor opens with a scene that sets up many of its themes and interests, not the least of which is the introduction of Billy Sunday (Robert De Niro) with his face beaten to a bruised and...  Film ReviewWaking the Dead (2000)by P. Nelson ReinschThough some viewers might not compare producer-director Keith Gordon to John Huston as adaptors of literature to film, Gordon makes films which are regularly praised for their 'faithful' transfer of literary texts. Film ReviewWaking the Dead (2000)by Cynthia FuchsWaking the Dead opens with a television image. In 1974, young Fielding Pierce (Billy Crudup) is watching the news, when he sees that his girlfriend Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) has been killed in a car bomb explosion (reportedly engineered by 'terrorists,' that all-purpose contemporary cultural monster). |
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