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Articles tagged "julia stiles" Film DVD ReviewThe Bourne Ultimatumby Boyd Williamson[7.Jan.08] :. The Bourne Ultimatum is one of the most enjoyable documents of cultural paranoia and political alienation you’ll see this year.  Film ReviewThe Bourne Ultimatumby Bill Gibron[4.Aug.07] :. The Bourne Ultimatum lives and dies by its car chases and fisticuffs, and it has to be said that some of the best examples in the genre exist in this electrifying film. PopMatters Pick Film ReviewThe Bourne Ultimatumby Cynthia Fuchs[3.Aug.07] :. Bourne is the logical product of the secret CIA program that made him, the dark routes by which a desire for surveillance and security gives way to brutal dominion and extreme measures.  Film DVD ReviewThe Prince & Me (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[9.Aug.04] :. 'The truth is,' says Martha Coolidge, 'we all have to take care of ourselves before we do anything else.'"  Film ReviewThe Bourne Supremacy (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[22.Jul.04] :. Embodying the ruthlessness of the eat-its-own CIA (as well as the entertainment industry), Bourne isn't seeking revenge in the usual sense.  Film DVD ReviewMona Lisa Smile (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[15.Mar.04] :. Berkley-educated, Katherine is a 'forward thinker,' a 'bohemian' who believes that education opens doors. Mona Lisa Smile (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[18.Dec.03] :. Katherine has her hands full, even aside from looking for romance (though this happens too, as this is, after all, a Julia Roberts movie). A Guy Thing (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[16.Jan.03] :. A movie of this sort depends on a relentless illogic. The Business of Strangers (2001)by Cynthia FuchsThe Business of Strangers' basic premise -- the meanness of the business of strangers -- is worn-out. Down to You (2000)by Cynthia FuchsImagine this: Freddie Prinze, Jr. is lip-synching Barry White’s “Can’t Get Enough of your Love,” with spoon-as-mike in hand. In a reverse shot, Julia Stiles smiles warmly,... Hamlet (2000)by Cynthia FuchsI confess to feeling a certain dread when I first heard that Ethan ('I have this planet of regret') Hawke was starring in Michael Almereyda's updated-and-abbreviated Hamlet. Hamlet (2000)by Beth ArmitageHamlet often speaks in a voice-over or directly to the video camera that he is rarely without. Sometimes we see the results of these 'video diaries' as he rewatches them on his monitor -- his own Real World confessional. O (2001)by Cynthia FuchsThis is easily O's most cogent insight, which it hits hard and insistently -- the ways that longstanding cultural anxieties about race in the U.S. continue to affect young people's individual and community relationships, just as it affects adults. Save the Last Dance (2001)by Cynthia FuchsFrom the start, Save the Last Dance looks like just another teen romance film. It has all the familiar ingredients—the pretty couple, a high school setting, troubles with parents,... |
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