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Articles tagged "jena malone" Short Ends and LeaderRuining It for Everyoneby Bill Gibron[7.Jul.08] :. Sometimes, you have to wonder what goes on in a marketer’s head. Let’s say you have a good movie - granted, a niche genre effort, but a good film none the less. Now, you know that most...  20 Questions FeatureJena Maloneby PopMatters Staff[7.Apr.08] :. In-between The Ruins (just opened in US theatres) and The Go-Getter, opening in June, Jena paused while on tour to address PopMatters' 20 Questions.  NewsScott Smith’s novel ‘The Ruins’ comes to the big screenby Rene Rodriguez [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][4.Apr.08] :. Scott Smith hadn’t even finished writing “The Ruins” - and Stephen King had not yet hailed it as “the best horror novel of the new century” - when Hollywood studios... Film ReviewThe Ruinsby Cynthia Fuchs[4.Apr.08] :. The Ruins achieves something like a metaphor, as the tourists' fears infect their very beings. PopMatters Pick Film DVD ReviewInto the Wildby Mike Schiller[5.Mar.08] :. A "follow your dreams" narrative in a package that belies the cliché that it expounds upon.  PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 FeatureA Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007by PopMatters Staff[11.Jan.08] :. From Julian Schnabel's artsy The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to the legendary Coen Brothers splendid adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, PopMatters counts down the 30 best films of 2007. PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 Hitler: The Rise of Evilby Marco Lanzagorta[12.Nov.07] :. The list of deliberate historical blunders that Hitler: The Rise of Evil shamelessly uses to enhance its moralistic agenda is unacceptably large for a production that claims to be a biographical epic. Emile Hirsch talks about his ‘Wild’ adventure filmby Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)][28.Sep.07] :. LOS ANGELES—Now that the movie “Into the Wild” is not only a done deal but is ready to hit theaters, Emile Hirsch feels confident enough to make a confession. “If Sean Penn... Sean Penn voyages ‘Into the Wild’by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][27.Sep.07] :. TORONTO—It’s not difficult to see why Sean Penn was drawn to the story of Chris McCandless. An idealistic college kid who embraced political and social causes with a... PopMatters Pick Film ReviewInto the Wildby Cynthia Fuchs[21.Sep.07] :. Into the Wild reveals the sense of loss that drove Chris McCandless. It also shows that it isn't only his. The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[25.Mar.05] :. They inhabit an ideal world, located, a title helpfully informs you, on an isolated island off the Eastern Coast of the United States, 1986. They coo and cuddle, he coughs ominously, and they seem momentarily content, absorbed in one another. And then comes trouble. Donnie Darko: Director’s Cut (2001)by Cynthia Fuchs[17.Feb.05] :. The problem embodied by Donnie is at once mundane and painfully special, the dilemma of fate vs. free will, laced though with unanswered questions of identity and responsibility. Saved! (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[5.Oct.04] :. 'I think we've all had those moments in our lives where we question,' says Brian Dannelly. The United States of Leland (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[8.Sep.04] :. Leland meets a teacher who's been tending to young hard cases for too long. Cold Mountain: Collector’s Edition (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[12.Jul.04] :. Anthony Minghella's image of the birds in snow articulates Cold Mountain's aesthetic and themes, its interest in collision and reverie, in nostalgia and resistance. Saved! (2004)by Jesse Hassenger[28.May.04] :. Those seeking a movie about Christians with absolutely no flaying whatsoever can proceed directly to Brian Dannelly's Saved!. The United States of Leland (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[1.Apr.04] :. Leland will come to be instructive and redemptive for others, just as he has tried to find instruction and redemption in others. Cold Mountain (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[23.Dec.03] :. The first scene in Cold Mountain is sensational and sickening, an apt introduction to what will be a Civil War saga. The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)by Chris Robé[18.Jul.02] :. Undertakes yet another examination of the restraints of orthodox Western religion. |
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