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Romance & Cigarettes

by Dan MacIntosh

[18.Feb.08] :. Turturro has filled the screen with plenty of song, dance, and sex talk, but this is not your typical love story.

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Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Sep.07] :. For all its focus on memories, Alive Day Memories is, at last, about the future, the responsibility we share.

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The Sopranos: Series Finale

by Marisa Carroll

[19.Jun.07] :. A priest once explained to Carmela, "God understands that we all live in the middle of tensions." David Chase understands that too.

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‘Sopranos’ star says he doesn’t know if he’s dead

by Denis Hamill [New York Daily News (MCT)]

[15.Jun.07] :. NEW YORK—“I have no idea what happened to Tony,” actor James Gandolfini said Thursday night, standing aboard The Highlander, the Forbes family yacht at Pier 60 on Manhattan’s...

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The Sopranos

by Marisa Carroll

[25.Apr.07] :. The problem with the Soprano family, as Bobby chided Tony, is that they "always go too far." It's also a primary reason the show is so compelling.

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The Sopranos

by Amanda Ann Klein

[16.Mar.06] :. The 'circle of life' refers to how, in The Sopranos, the dead continuously circle the living.

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The Sopranos

by Oliver Wang

[12.Apr.04] :. As The Sopranos enters its fifth season, it's clear that things will not go well for New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano.

 

The Sopranos

by Lesley Smith

[23.Sep.02] :. While reality hounds might say that this is exactly how banal contemporary mob life is, they might also remember that a stamped certificate of authenticity doesn't inoculate drama against tedium.

 

The Sopranos

by Marisa Carroll

Punctuated by whip-smart, often salty humor, The Sopranos is also permeated by violence, uncertainty, and dread. By Season Six, Tony Soprano's fear seems realized.

 

PopMatters - Television - Reviews - The Sopranos

by Joe Luscombe

During the end of year round up on the British arts discussion programme The Late Review, the subject of The Sopranos came up. After viewing the clip, each critic in turn gave an...

 

The Mexican (2001)

by Todd R. Ramlow

'The Mexican' follows the turbulent near-end of the relationship between hapless Mafia gopher Jerry Welbach (Brad) and his obsessive, psycho-babbling girlfriend Samantha Barzel (Julia), who reduces everything in her life to 'blame-shifting' and others' inability to express their emotions.

 

The Mexican (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

On its good-looking surface (being well-composed and carefully lit), 'The Mexican' is a love story.

 

The Mexican (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

On its good-looking surface (being well-composed and carefully lit), 'The Mexican' is a love story.

 

The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

While Ed confides his dissatisfaction, you also get a glimpse of how he sees the world, the camera peering down at scalps or neck napes, apparently always in need of trimming or cutting or buzzing.

 

The Last Castle (2001)

by Renee Scolaro Rathke

What makes 'The Last Castle' worth talking about is something the filmmakers could never have foreseen: the alarming timeliness of its release.

 

The Last Castle (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Robin Wright Penn appears in The Last Castle for about four minutes. She plays Rosalie, the beautiful, angry daughter of 3-star General and mostly absent father Eugene Irwin (Robert Redford)....

 
 
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