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Articles tagged "jeremy irons" DVD Film Review FeatureThe Perfect Lean, Mean, Macho Machineby Marco Lanzagorta[26.Mar.08] :. The Die Hard series is a true rollercoaster of visual excesses guaranteed to raise the viewer’s adrenaline levels – while invoking intriguing ideological and cultural subtexts that deal with race, gender, masculinity, and social anxieties.  Film ReviewCasanova (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[6.Jan.06] :. Gaudy and giddy, this Casanova is full of energy but also strangely limp.  DVD Film ReviewWilliam Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[19.May.05] :. Pacino contains Shylock's temper as reaction, looking simultaneously vile and vulnerable, hardly a simple balance.  Film ReviewKingdom of Heaven (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[6.May.05] :. As history, it is mightily revisionist -- a blacksmith named turns inadvertent defender of Jerusalem, devoted to the notion that Muslims and Christians can get along.  Film ReviewWilliam Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[28.Jan.05] :. Jessica is alone, contemplative, and distressed. Film ReviewWilliam Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice (2004)by Jesse Hassenger[6.Jan.05] :. Pacino, noted lover of Shakespeare, strives for a multi-dimensional characterization of the angry Shylock, underlining his sadness and indignation. And Now Ladies and Gentlemen (2002)by Chris Elliot[10.Feb.04] :. For Valentin (Jeremy Irons), the thrill of the caper just isn't getting it done any longer. Casanova (2005)by Cynthia FuchsThis would be the cleaned-up, wearisome, supposedly romantic version of the notorious Casanova. Dungeons & Dragons (2000)by Cynthia FuchsThat said, as I understand it, the game has long been invested in a vague racial equality, though in the film this translates mostly to elves and dwarves taking sides with the boy-humans against those tiresome, self-aggrandizing Mages. Dungeons & Dragons (2000)by Todd R. RamlowWith all this avowed dedication to D&D, its values and ethics, its alternative vision of a utopic world, and all the time it took Courtney Solomon to secure funding for the film, you would think he could have come up with a much better movie than the one we see here. The Time Machine (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[In 'The Time Machine',] Alexander decides to go look for an answer, but going into the future (why, we'll never know). |
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