Articles tagged "jean smart"

The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview Feature

Talk, Talk, Talk: December 2008

by Bill Gibron

[12.Sep.08] :. Just like the end of an inspiring speech that may or may not succeed in making its point, these final four weeks before 2009 tend to define or defeat the entire awards season purpose.

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TV DVD Review

24 - Season 5

by Marco Lanzagorta

[26.Feb.07] :. Give me liberty or give me… another season of 24.

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TV Review

24

by Cynthia Fuchs

[30.Jan.06] :. Nothing is ever quite what it looks like in 24, whose writers famously revise and rethink as each season barrels along.

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Film DVD Review

Garden State (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Dec.04] :. Natalie Portman brings to this sad, strange, vibrant girl her own remarkable, brilliant energy.

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Film Review

Garden State (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Jul.04] :. 'As far back as I can remember,' Large sighs, 'I've been medicated.'"

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TV DVD Review

The Best of Designing Women

by Stephen Tropiano

[2.Sep.03] :. The situation introduced at the start of each episode served as a catalyst for the women's discussions about issues that mattered to them, namely, their bodies, sex, and men.

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Bringing Down the House (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Mar.03] :. It's like an episode of Bewitched, only longer, and with a feisty black woman instead of a white witch.

 

Kim Possible

by Tracy McLoone

[10.Jun.02] :. Its merit lies primarily in heroine Kim Possible.

 

Snow Day (2000)

by Mike Ward

It’s been a long time since I saw a first-run movie with no one else in the theater. As a matter of fact, I can tell you exactly when this last happened: in 1974, when I snuck out of whatever I...

 

Disney’s The Kid (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Bruce Willis has a good eye for little boy screen partners. Where last year’s The Sixth Sense granted the erstwhile action star precious quality screentime with the eerily talented Haley...