Articles tagged "james mcavoy"

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Superheroes Versus Comics

by shathley Q

[27.Jan.09] :. There can be no doubt that the summer of 2008 stands as a high-water mark for superheroes. But in the wake of a superhero renaissance and the growing cultural legitimacy of the genre, the question must be posed: Has the superhero genre evolved beyond the comics medium?

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Wanted, and the Art of Ass-Kicking Self Actualization

by Bill Gibron

[1.Dec.08] :. Screw Abraham Maslow! According to this so-called philosopher, the route to self-actualization - you know, the ultimate realization of one’s own value and worth within the context of social and...

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Penelope

by B.J. Carter

[19.Sep.08] :. Penelope’s Otherness marginalizes her at the same time that it makes her a more exotic possession.

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Wanted

by Cynthia Fuchs

[27.Jun.08] :. Angelina Jolie has evolved. As of Wanted, she is no longer merely mortal, but her own sublime creature.

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Wanted: The Fight Matrix Club

by Bill Gibron

[23.Jun.08] :. Hollywood is notorious for repeating ideas. When something is successful, you can guarantee studio suits are desperate to find a way of copying it. With this Friday’s release of Wanted,...

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The PopMatters Summer 2008 Movie Preview Feature

The Return of the Popcorn Circus: June 2008

by Bill Gibron

[29.Apr.08] :. If May almost tent-poled itself out of existence, June will be even worse. After all, are audiences really ready for 13 major release in less than two months -- with more to come?

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Atonement

by Matt Mazur

[3.Apr.08] :. There are so many perspectives to be considered in this film, that it might be said director Joe Wright had one too many cooks in the English country estate’s proverbial kitchen.

 

Penelope

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Mar.08] :. Lemon's disillusionment and efforts to reclaim his reporter's cred grant Penelope something like a topical theme.

 

James McAvoy gets a big role as a man wronged in ‘Atonement’

by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[14.Dec.07] :. TORONTO—“Don’t do that stupid thing with your mouth that you do.” Those were James McAvoy’s marching orders—“probably the most useful thing” that...

 

Atonement

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Dec.07] :. The lingering deaths of soldiers and the lost causes they embody serve as tragic backdrops to the less compelling plot points embodied by Briony and her characters.

 

Character is a must for ‘Atonement’ star Keira Knightley

by Stephen Becker [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)]

[6.Dec.07] :. Keira Knightley has crooked teeth. You may not have noticed, as they are frequently hidden behind that trademark pout of hers. But she has noticed, and she likes them just the way they are, thank...

 

Becoming Jane

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Aug.07] :. Julian Jarrold's fictionalized biopic offers up big-boomy melodrama, full of broken hearts, romantic montages, and predictable plot turns.

 

The Last King of Scotland (2006)

by Emma Simmonds

[20.Apr.07] :. Based on Giles Foden’s novel of the same name this bold, visceral cinematic-bodyblow takes a political maelstrom and a maniacal dictator and squeezes them into the mould of a genre-picture.

 

The Last King of Scotland (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[27.Sep.06] :. That Nicholas is also capable of great horrors, specifically in that he lets others act it for him and gets away with it, makes him, at some level, even more troubling than Amin.

 

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Dec.05] :. The scariest scene in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe comes at the start.

 

Rory O’Shea Was Here (2004)

by Dan Zak

[4.Mar.05] :. Rory rails against a society that is ultimately supportive of him. Instead, he should be rebelling against the screenplay, his more immediate handicap.

 

Shameless

by Jessica Hodges

[26.Jan.04] :. When single father of six Frank Gallagher (David Threlfall) arrives home drunk, his kids don't throw him out. They accept him, and so do we.