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Articles tagged "jeffrey donovan" Film DVD ReviewChangelingby Stephen Snart[19.Feb.09] :. There’s a touch of Arthur Miller in the way the audiences emotions are played in this story of challenging authority.  PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 FeatureThe New Classics - The 30 Best Films of 2008by PopMatters Staff[16.Jan.09] :. Unlike previous years, where classics came crawling out of the celluloid woodwork with regular reckless abandon, 2008 was more calm… and considered. That's not to say that choosing 30 top titles was hard. The difficulty in placing them in some manner of rank order suggests the actual depth of quality involved. PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008  PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 FeatureTough and Tender - The Top 20 Female Performances of 2008by PopMatters Staff[14.Jan.09] :. Twenty talented ladies, 20 performances worthy of multiple little gold men. Unfortunately, as in all years, someone has to come out on top. But after looking over this impressive list, picking the preeminent turn of 2008 seems almost impossible. PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008  Short Ends and LeaderNarrative Choices Challenge ‘Changeling’s Effectivenessby Bill Gibron[30.Oct.08] :. The Clint Eastwood renaissance has been a joy to behold. While many thought his 1992 Oscar for Unforgiven would mark the culmination of an amazing, four decade long career, the new millennium...  Film ReviewChangelingby Cynthia Fuchs[24.Oct.08] :. A movie made with awards season in mind, Changeling offers extravagant affects and overwritten speeches.  Column: The ScreenerIdentities in Fluxby Chris Barsanti[24.Oct.08] :. Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York is performance art as civilization-annihilating Godzilla, whereas Eastwood's Changeling is a film that wins the stranger than fiction category, hands-down. Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008by 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. Bruce Campbell and Jeffrey Donovan turn up the heat in ‘Burn Notice’by Luaine Lee [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)][30.Jun.08] :. It’s a little difficult to tell the good guys from the bad guys on USA’s “Burn Notice,” and that’s one of the things that make the character-driven thriller... Burn Notice: Season Oneby J.M. Suarez[16.Jun.08] :. “Fighting for the little guys is for suckers." Burn Noticeby Michael Abernethy[5.Jul.07] :. Westen is presented as equal parts Sam Spade, Jason Bourne, and Angus MacGyver. Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows (2000)by Cynthia FuchsAs the Blair Witch has her way with the group one by one, 'BW2' turns partly cheesy and nonsensical like a slasher film and partly, like 'BW1', emotional and visceral, with disquieting depictions of grisly violence. Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows (2000)by Mike Ward'There are some naysayers,' one Blair Witch fanatic enthuses, 'who come and they say nay.' Not the sharpest wooden stake in the breastbone, this guy. |
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