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DVD Film Review

Shanghai Kiss

by Jack Patrick Rodgers

[24.Oct.07] :. I really wanted to love Shanghai Kiss and recommend it as a breakthrough for Asian-American cinema, but it's merely an uneven, occasionally soulful film handicapped by some one-dimensional characters and over-familiar plot elements.

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Heroes

by Todd R. Ramlow

[26.Sep.07] :. The disease furthers Heroes' allegorizing of its genetic mutants as outsiders, aliens, and queers.

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Heroes: Season One

by Jack Patrick Rodgers

[11.Sep.07] :. Do we really need yet another story about people discovering supernatural abilities and learning to do good – or evil – with them? The answer: if it’s this good, why not?

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The Architect

by David Masciotra

[23.Aug.07] :. Anthony LaPaglia delivers a brilliantly understated performance as a man who has the ability to build, but not maintain, and the desire to reconstruct, but not renovate.

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Heroes

by Todd R. Ramlow

[25.May.07] :. Heroes' set-up was both simple ("Save the cheerleader, save the world") and impressively complex.

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DVD Film Review

Ice Princess (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Jul.05] :. Corny as it must be, Ice Princess is substantially bolstered by Trachtenberg's appealing mix of eagerness and grace.

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Ice Princess (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Mar.05] :. Corny as it must be, Ice Princess is substantially bolstered by Trachtenberg's appealing mix of eagerness and grace.

 

Raising Helen (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Oct.04] :. 'Raising Helen's a happy, peppy picture, with Kate Hudson and her legs,' says Garry Marshall.

 

Raising Helen (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.May.04] :. Helen's initial efforts to maintain her previous life are as glib as her inheritance of the children.

 

Dinosaur (2000)

by Mike Ward

The movie certainly doesn't devote much screen time to the dinosaurs' long-term fate, instead being content to follow along as Aladar tries to get laid without getting eaten -- you know, the way we all do.

 

Remember the Titans (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Denzel Washington is a good and noble figure. Being one requires dedication and integrity, not to mention opportunity (not every aspiring role model can afford to turn down the second-rate parts when...

 

Remember the Titans (2000)

by Tobias Peterson

Even a cursory glance at the coverage of the 2000 Olympics reveals Australia’s presentation of the Games to be focused on diversity and unity through sports. Aboriginal sprinter Kathy Freeman...

 
 
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