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The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: July 2009

by Bill Gibron

[29.Apr.09] :. In a rare attempt at novelty, July jets along with only Harry Potter and the Ice Age crew sampling continuing series spoils. The rest provide unknown pleasures.

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview

 

Film Review

Confessions of a Shopaholic

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Feb.09] :. What is John Salley doing in this movie?

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Fast chat with ‘Savage Grace’ star Julianne Moore

by Joe Amodio [Newsday (MCT)]

[5.Jun.08] :. NEW YORK - Julianne Moore is wearing little to no makeup and killer platform boots. And her laugh - she laughs a lot - is infectious. The whole casually sexy vibe is a far cry from Barbara Baekeland,...

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Film Review

Savage Grace

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.May.08] :. Based on the Baekelands' true and infamous story, Tom Kalin's Savage Grace, like his wondrous Swoon (1992), considers the dysfunctions produced by wealth and leisure.

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Film Review

The Jane Austen Book Club

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Sep.07] :. The movie abandons any aspiration to Austen's wit or social critique, and lapses instead into total triteness.

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Film Review

Evening (2007)

by Mike Scalise

[6.Jul.07] :. More troubling than Evening's technical failures, the film suffers from a host of cynical political and social themes that undercut the drama throughout.

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Beyond the Gates (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Mar.07] :. Beyond the Gates, based on a true story from the the 1994 Rwandan genocide, suggests that ignorance and sense of privilege make a dangerous combination.

 

Blood and Chocolate (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Jan.07] :. Vivian sees the world holistically, seeking compromise and even some measure of compatibility with humans. Call it the zen of werewolfness.

 

Shooting Dogs (2004)

by Lester Pimentel

[7.Jul.06] :. Based on a true story and co-written by a BBC journalist who worked in Rwanda during the genocide, the film is an absorbing meditation on what men do in dark times.

 

Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[31.Mar.06] :. As in the first film, this premise -- that Catherine's plot is a series of lies -- is mildly interesting.

 

King Arthur: Extended Unrated Director’s Cut (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Dec.04] :. 'The idea of these young boys being taken away from home at a young age... reminded me a lot of my own culture,' says director Antoine Fuqua.

 

King Arthur (2004)

by Jesse Hassenger

[8.Jul.04] :. This generically gritty and solidly PG-13 King Arthur isn't even much of an action picture.

 

Ella Enchanted (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Apr.04] :. It is an updated fairy tale that, for all its charms, can't quite break out of its old-time constraints.