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Film Review

Nothing Like the Holidays

by Cynthia Fuchs

[15.Dec.08] :. Nothing Like the Holidays is like a lot of other holiday movies.

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The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview Feature

Talk, Talk, Talk: November 2008

by Bill Gibron

[11.Sep.08] :. Like the sainted sigh of relief that comes after another shriek-filled All Hallow's Eve, November usually means the start of the 'nominate me' process for the proposed prestige pictures of 2008.

The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview

 

The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview Feature

Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008

by Bill Gibron

[10.Sep.08] :. What studio suit thought this was a good idea? With four months to schedule your high priced efforts, you instead unload almost 30 overpriced pictures on an unsuspecting movie audience.

The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview

 

News

Filmgoers may be fed up with sadistic gore

by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[22.Jun.07] :. Are we sick of being scared, or just scared of being sick? That’s the question posed by the mild box office returns for “Hostel: Part II,” which may be the most repellent horror...

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Film Review

Hostel II (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Jun.07] :. At first, the girls in Hostel II don't look as eager to be victims as did the boys in Hostel.

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Short Ends and Leader

The Front Page: Hostel-ity (Part 1)

by Bill Gibron

[11.Jun.07] :. I’m sure he expected vitriol. Maybe he even welcomed a little of it. Controversy sure spins the turnstiles. But nothing could have prepared Eli Roth for the advanced word on his recently...

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Monkey Business (Part 2: June)

by Bill Gibron

[2.May.07] :. Apparently, as the sun's strongest rays finally settle over the movie going public, sequels are the remedy to cool down an overheated demographic. This month alone holds five examples of such redux refreshment. The rest of the choices are a variety pack of genres, ideas and possibilities.

 

Six Degrees

by Marisa Carroll

[28.Sep.06] :. In a city of eight million people, I’d bet you could find at least 7.9 million everyday dramas that are more engaging and genuine than the ones assembled here.

 

World Trade Center (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Aug.06] :. While the survivors lie within this well of shadows and shards, the film shows tv viewers around the world, briefly united in horror and incredulity, watching iconic CNN footage.

 

Hostel (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Jan.06] :. Paxton is suddenly the Last Girl in a movie about cocky boys who become vulnerable beyond their wildest dreams.

 

Ladder 49 (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Mar.05] :. As he watches his firefighters guys bond and scuffle, director Jay Russell explains that he began the project with some qualms because of 'all the emotion involved with 9/11.'"

 

Ladder 49 (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.Oct.04] :. Sentimental and surprisingly uncomplicated, Ladder 49 seems a disservice to the very folks it wants to extol.

 

Torque (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[15.Jan.04] :. Along with Will Yun Lee, Jay Hernandez provides bookends of street-cred color for pretty white star Martin Henderson.

 

American Family

by Tracy McLoone

PULL.

 

crazy/beautiful (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

From the start of John Stockwell's 'crazy/beautiful', Nicole is set up to be both typical and freaky, the kind of adolescent girl you've seen in a million other high school and/or 'crazy white girl' movies.