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Articles tagged "jimmy smits" Film ReviewThe Jane Austen Book Clubby Cynthia Fuchs[28.Sep.07] :. The movie abandons any aspiration to Austen's wit or social critique, and lapses instead into total triteness.  TV ReviewCaneby Cynthia Fuchs[25.Sep.07] :. Cane's soap operatic set-up is both efficient and florid, laying out both familial continuity and class distinctions.  TV ReviewThe West Wingby David Swerdlick[16.Nov.05] :. There are growing overlaps between politics, news, and entertainment. Hard news has taken a back seat to feature journalism and talk shows, real politics to realpolitik.  Film ReviewStar Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[19.May.05] :. For all its lavish effects, Sith's primary purpose is to showcase Anakin's dilemma.  Film ReviewBless the Child (2000)by Cynthia FuchsCody's special in a very particular way -- in a second-coming kind of way -- which, in movie-logic, makes her the prime target for a slew of Satan's minions.  Film ReviewPrice of Glory (2000)by Cynthia FuchsPrice of Glory opens with a boxing match in Phoenix, Arizona, 1977. While the mostly Mexican/Latino ringside crowd yells and hoots, a young man takes a terrible beating. His trainer urges him on, his face is bruised and panicked, and the scene lurches into that boxing film cliche, the eight-frames-per-second knock-out punch: his jaw contorts, his blood flies, and he hits the floor. The West Wingby Michael AbernethyAs is often the case with presidential terms, the Bartlett administration ended with great pomp and little circumstance. |
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