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Articles tagged "joaquin phoenix" DVD Film ReviewWalk the Lineby Mike Schiller[12.May.08] :. There are so many positive aspects to this film that the empty feeling left when the it ends is utterly shocking.  Film ReviewReservation Roadby Cynthia Fuchs[25.Oct.07] :. Men have a hard time with feelings. This appears to be the major revelation in Reservation Road, a melodrama in which men suffer loss, grief, and guilt.  Film ReviewWe Own the Nightby Cynthia Fuchs[12.Oct.07] :. You can see -- though the brothers take a few more scenes to catch up -- that each envies the other: Joe wants Bobby's seeming independence, Bobby wants daddy's approval.  Film ReviewWalk the Line (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[18.Nov.05] :. John R. Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) is a hard-drinking, drug-abusing, soul-searching, all-black-wearing, June-Carter-loving man.  DVD Film ReviewGladiator: Extended Edition (2000)by John G. Nettles[23.Sep.05] :. It's a bad sign for your making-of doc when the most interesting folks to listen to are the studio weasels.  DVD Film ReviewHotel Rwanda (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[14.Apr.05] :. Ambitiously humanitarian, the film uses Paul's plot to allude to the broader tragedy. Ladder 49 (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[7.Mar.05] :. As he watches his firefighters guys bond and scuffle, director Jay Russell explains that he began the project with some qualms because of 'all the emotion involved with 9/11.'" The Village (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[10.Jan.05] :. 'I have to keep doing things that scare me, and this certainly scares me,' says M. Night Shyamalan. Hotel Rwanda (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[6.Jan.05] :. Faith in his own work ethic keeps Paul from acknowledging the turmoil erupting all around him. Ladder 49 (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[1.Oct.04] :. Sentimental and surprisingly uncomplicated, Ladder 49 seems a disservice to the very folks it wants to extol. The Village (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[5.Aug.04] :. Noah is so wrapped up in his own emotions that he seems, at first, the most literal embodiment of the film's critique of a post-9/11 American isolationism. Buffalo Soldiers (2001)by Cynthia Fuchs[14.Aug.03] :. The soldiers rebel in trivial but telling ways, more often than not imitating the very systems they think they're bucking. Quills (2000)by Tobias PetersonIf we believe all that Philip Kaufman's 'Quills' has to tell us about the man, Sade is much more than a randy aristocrat -- he is a champion of free speech and artistic integrity. |
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