Monday, May 12 2008

Walk the Line

By Mike Schiller

There are so many positive aspects to this film that the empty feeling left when the it ends is utterly shocking.

Monday, February 4 2008

3:10 to Yuma

By Jarrett Berman

As a genre piece, Mangold’s remake satisfies the requisite clichés (sweeping desert vistas, corseted women, ample gunplay), but not much else.

Friday, September 7 2007

The talents behind ‘3:10 to Yuma’ hope the Western will ride again

By Dixie Reid

3:10 to Yuma

By Cynthia Fuchs

All the men in this movie think they're doing the right thing, no matter how unhinged their actions may look.

Friday, November 18 2005

Walk the Line (2005)

By Cynthia Fuchs

John R. Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) is a hard-drinking, drug-abusing, soul-searching, all-black-wearing, June-Carter-loving man.

Tuesday, September 9 2003

Identity (2003)

By Cynthia Fuchs

As James Mangold neatly puts it, these characters are running along 'a kind of Möbius strip of hell.'"

Thursday, April 24 2003

Identity (2003)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Amanda Peet, not incidentally, throws some fine, even sublime, attitude.

Monday, December 24 2001

Kate & Leopold (2001)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Never mind that Leopold is clueless when it comes to actual labor or the concept of class; as long as he's upper, he has no need to know anything more.

Sunday, January 1 1995

Girl, Interrupted (1999)

By Cynthia Fuchs