about contributors submissions book series advertising contests Media Center PopMatters Picks
|
|
Articles tagged "heath ledger" News‘Dark Knight’ role as The Joker may not be a fair legacy for Heath Ledgerby Carla Meyer [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][17.Jul.08] :. “The Dark Knight” is likely to make Heath Ledger a bigger star than he ever was in life. The ingredients are there: the iconic role, the tragic death and that most essential component,...  Film ReviewThe Dark Knightby Cynthia Fuchs[17.Jul.08] :. Batman's dilemma in The Dark Knight is how to use his bad press, whether he will embrace it or continue to fight it. NewsA grim end to a promising career for Heath Ledgerby Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][23.Jan.08] :. Heath Ledger’s performance in “Brokeback Mountain” revealed a major talent with a hunger for emotional truth. Ledger was found dead Tuesday afternoon in a Manhattan apartment.... PopMatters Pick Film ReviewI’m Not Thereby Cynthia Fuchs[21.Nov.07] :. Dylan Per Se is a trip, an embodiment of potential meanings for fans and detractors, a performative opportunity for movie stars.  Film DVD ReviewBrokeback Mountain (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[12.Apr.06] :. While the movie's poetry is often stunning, the DVD docs are decidedly and disappointingly banal.  Film DVD ReviewThe Brothers Grimm (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[9.Jan.06] :. 'This is why I love DVDs,' says Terry Gilliam. 'I can completely destroy the illusion of my film.'" Casanova (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[6.Jan.06] :. Gaudy and giddy, this Casanova is full of energy but also strangely limp. Brokeback Mountain (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[9.Dec.05] :. It's Alma's silence that makes Brokeback Mountain feel so serious. Her pain is neither exquisite nor elegiac. It is only hard. The Brothers Grimm (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[26.Aug.05] :. Will worries out loud, 'Nothing makes sense here, it's like being inside Jake's head.'" Lords of Dogtown (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[3.Jun.05] :. The most thrilling moments in Lords of Dogtown involve skateboard wheels. Ned Kelly (2003)by Daniel Mudie Cunningham[7.Jun.04] :. Ned might have been a criminal in the eyes of the law, but to working class Australians he was a hero wrongly accused. The Four Feathers (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[26.Sep.02] :. It's alarmingly short-sighted fiction, offering only occasional glimpses of the imperial project's fundamental viciousness and ignorance. Casanova (2005)by Cynthia FuchsThis would be the cleaned-up, wearisome, supposedly romantic version of the notorious Casanova. A Knight’s Tale (2001)by Cynthia FuchsThey hold this discussion against the backdrop of a couple of dead bodies, one hanged and still dangling, the other in a cage suspended from the same scaffolding. The meaning is clear: life (and death) in this time and place kind of sucks if you're not of 'noble birth.'" Monster’s Ball (2001)by Cynthia Fuchs'Monster's Ball' leans heavily on Southern Gothic torment and metaphor, as well as bizarre, if historically framed, circumstances. The Patriot (2000)by Josh JonesOkay, so it’s not Braveheart II. In fact, The Patriot is more spectacular, both visually and emotionally, than Mel Gibson’s 1995 Scottish epic. This is not your typical war... The Patriot (2000)by Cynthia FuchsThere are a lot of old glories waving in The Patriot. Tattered and soiled, they wave across battlefields and plantation lawns, held high by good Revolutionary militiamen fighting the bad bad... |
|