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Film Review

Bee Movie

by Cynthia Fuchs

[2.Nov.07] :. A possible trans-species romance turns instead into a strangely balanced relationship comprised of financial and legal accord -- with a bit of ecological crisis and subsequent alignment to boot.

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Death Sentence

by Cynthia Fuchs

[31.Aug.07] :. Death Sentence is smart enough about its generic limits: the violence is ragingly B, the dialogue goofy, the cops always steps behind.

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Evan Almighty (2007)

by Bill Gibron

[22.Jun.07] :. Evan Almighty is expertly forged to be a superficial audience friendly phenomenon, the kind of movie that has critics and the cultured scratching their heads over its continued success.

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TV DVD Review

Father of the Pride: The Complete Series

by Will Harris

[12.Aug.05] :. Beyond the Roy factor, the likely reason for Father of the Pride's failure is that it's just a really odd show.

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Coyote Ugly: The Unrated Extended Cut (2000)

by Will Harris

[6.Jul.05] :. Melanie Lynskey, despite being underused in the film, says more with a couple of gestures and expressions than anyone else does with dialogue.

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Beyond the Sea (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Dec.04] :. Kevin Spacey looks alternately fatigued and awkward as Bobby Darin.

Punchline (1988)

by Valerie Franch

[9.Aug.02] :. Explores a dark side of stand-up comedy, but relies on stereotypes rather than shedding new light on the subject.

Normal, Ohio

by Rob Maitra

In a nation where the man who will be president is afraid to say the word 'gay' on national television, it might come as a surprise that one of its biggest television stars is playing a gay man on television.

What Planet Are You From? (2000)

by Anne Daughtery

There are great films; some of them win Oscars. There are truly bad films; some of them attract cult followings. Then there are mediocre films. And What Planet Are You From? is mediocrity at...

Storytelling (2001)

by Lucas Hilderbrand

In 'Storytelling', when Vi exclaims that her story 'really happened,' her professor observes, 'Once you start writing, it all becomes fiction.'"

One Night at McCool’s (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Any movie that offers proud big bully Andrew Dice Clay as a walking joke, however self-knowing or smug, is starting at a disadvantage. Andrew Dice Clay already made that joke himself, you know, and more than a few years ago.

The Emperor’s New Groove (2000)

by Ben Varkentine

There are a lot of things to like about 'The Emperor's New Groove', and one of the most compelling is the fact that the lead character, the teenaged Emperor Kuzco (voiced by David Spade) is largely unlikable.

Coyote Ugly (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

The girls are less reduced to t&a than they are passionately independent, passably intelligent, and definitely not taking any shit from their over-stimulated male bar patrons, whom one 'coyote' describes as having 'little toddlers in their pants.'"