Articles tagged "kate hudson"

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Fool’s Gold

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Feb.08] :. In fact, Fool's Gold is pretty much bereft of bright spots.

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The Skeleton Key (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Aug.05] :. For anyone with even passing knowledge of Southern gothics, Violet (Gena Rowlands) is all red flags.

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Raising Helen (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Oct.04] :. 'Raising Helen's a happy, peppy picture, with Kate Hudson and her legs,' says Garry Marshall.

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Raising Helen (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.May.04] :. Helen's initial efforts to maintain her previous life are as glib as her inheritance of the children.

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Le Divorce (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Aug.03] :. Like previous Merchant-Ivory productions, Le Divorce concerns culture clashes, disruptive expatriates, and squabbles over stuff.

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Alex & Emma (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Jun.03] :. It is Alex's fantasy into which the film and Emma's seeming interests devolve.

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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Feb.03] :. She's so cute, he's so cute, everyone's so cute.

The Four Feathers (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Sep.02] :. It's alarmingly short-sighted fiction, offering only occasional glimpses of the imperial project's fundamental viciousness and ignorance.

Almost Famous (2000)

by Mike Ward

Maybe in the deceptive world of fame (or almost-fame), this is the best version of intimacy available, although it's easier to attribute it to the characters' superficiality, and maybe a certain starry-eyed idealism on Cameron Crowe's part.

Almost Famous (2000)

by Ben Varkentine

And yet, for a rock 'n' roll film set in the '70s, Almost Famous has surprisingly little sex and drugs on screen (though both are much discussed). Even when two or three of the 'band-aids' decide to deflower William, mainly to alleviate their boredom, it comes off more like a slumber party game than an act of real sexuality.

Gossip (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

As metaphor, the film's extreme look, its architecture, camera angles, weather -- externalizes the characters' extreme emotional (and occasionally mental) states.