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Articles tagged "jada pinkett smith" Film ReviewMadagascar (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[28.May.05] :. What could be better -- you have four legs, all kinds of energy, and all the room in the world?"  Film ReviewCollateral (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[5.Aug.04] :. Michael Mann's new film shows what anyone who's paid attention to Jamie Foxx has known for some time: he is excellent.  DVD Film ReviewTupac: Resurrection (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[14.Jun.04] :. Hearing Tupac Amaru Shakur talk about himself in the past tense is unnerving at first. Not only was he profound and perceptive in his early 20s, he was prescient too.  DVD Film ReviewAli: The Director’s Cut (2001)by Cynthia Fuchs[7.Jun.04] :. The bravest thing Ali does is to gesture toward, wonder at, and celebrate Muhammad Ali, and then let go of him. Film ReviewTupac: Resurrection (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[13.Nov.03] :. This sense-making also has to do with extrapolation and education -- granting Tupac yet another chance to speak his mind, indict injustice, and urge action.  Film ReviewMatrix Revolutions (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[10.Nov.03] :. 'Why, Mr. Anderson?'asks Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving), for what seems the umpteenth time. All of Us / Eveby Cynthia Fuchs[13.Oct.03] :. These days, hip-hop and tv seem rather like they were made for each other, what with their many interconnections in near every commercial for fast food, soda, and sporting gear, not to mention any number of tv shows, from dramas to sitcoms, that use hiphop to signify everything from sophistication to club culture, comedy to coolness. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[14.May.03] :. Morpheus is a stanch warrior and provocative thinker, as well as a black man in a world where the machines' agents tend to be white men in suits. Ali (2001)by Cynthia FuchsAli embodies a kind of car-wreck charisma -- arrogant and self-conscious, beautiful and fierce, even on twenty-year-old tape, he can take your breath away. This ability to mesmerize makes Ali who he is, or more accurately, who everyone wants him to be. He's a cipher and a screen onto which viewers might project themselves. Kingdom Come (2001)by Cynthia FuchsWhat the film does especially well is explore the perpetual strains and stresses of family relationships, especially with the added duress of scraping by, day to day, in an economy that shows no mercy. That 'Kingdom Come' does all this through comedy makes the exploration both more and less painful. |
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