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The Tale of Despereaux (2008)

by Bill Gibron

[5.Apr.09] :. As a rule of cinematic thumb, in the CG genre, there’s Pixar…and then there’s everyone else. Or sure, some studios - Fox, Dreamworks - can claim massive commercial success, and the...

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Kevin Kline’s Cyrano de Bergerac brings Broadway to TV

by Gail Pennington [St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)]

[6.Jan.09] :. “Great Performances” brings Broadway to television with a straight-from-the-stage version of Edmond Rostand’s 1897 classic “Cyrano de Bergerac.” The play, which ended a...

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The Tale of Despereaux

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Dec.08] :. The movie starts with a cute sleight-of-handy gimmick, the sort that assumes a canny audience who’s a step ahead of regular narrative conventions.

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Chaplin: 15th Anniversary Edition

by Bill Gibron

[22.Oct.08] :. Robert Downey Jr. is a significant reason why this 1993 effort is worth revisiting.

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Chaplin: 15th Anniversary Edition

by Bill Gibron

[17.Oct.08] :. Some legends are impossible to capture on film. When an icon inexplicably becomes something to everyone, no matter the era, that personal pliability and universal appeal is as elusive to illustrate...

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The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview Feature

Talk, Talk, Talk: December 2008

by Bill Gibron

[12.Sep.08] :. Just like the end of an inspiring speech that may or may not succeed in making its point, these final four weeks before 2009 tend to define or defeat the entire awards season purpose.

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Definitely, Maybe (2008)

by Bill Gibron

[29.Jun.08] :. One really does have to feel bad for the Romantic Comedy. It’s a genre that’s life support system is more or less irretrievably broken. Of course, part of the problem lies in the two...

 
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The Ice Storm

by Matt Mazur

[4.Apr.08] :. The general fuzzed-out sense of malaise that Lee is able to tap into while exploring the Nixon-era sexual revolution (and repression and adventure), creates a point of view that both ruthlessly observes and empathizes with these alien suburbanites.

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Definitely, Maybe

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Feb.08] :. As much as she wants her dad's story to be a kind of hybrid surprise, Maya early on comprehends its conventionality.

 

William Shakespeare’s As You Like It

by Jesse Hicks

[21.Aug.07] :. The play's untidiness -- it's one of Shakespeare's most mischievous -- virtually guarantees a final product distinguished by individual performances rather than dramatic consistency.

 
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A Fish Called Wanda - Collectors Edition (1988)

by Stephen Kelly

[14.Mar.07] :. Look beyond the obvious comedic aspects and you’ll find a wonderfully constructed, brilliantly acted film that is at once crime caper, love story and a biting satire of the many differences between Yanks and Brits.

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A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

by Michael Buening

[16.Oct.06] :. That a down home jamboree could be interesting to heavy-metal loving middle school students speaks to its wide.

 

A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

by Matt Mazur

[9.Jun.06] :. A Prairie Home Companion combines typical Altman strategies, like overlapping dialogue and converging multiple storylines, as well as his fanatical appreciation for the process of creating art.

 

A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Jun.06] :. You might call A Prairie Home Companion an unlikely Lindsay Lohan movie. You could also call it the best work she's done, the best work she's likely to do, or the best chance she's had to do good work.

 

The Pink Panther

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Feb.06] :. Jean Reno gets the prize for infinite patience, as he maintains an admirable serenity amid the frenzy, perhaps especially when clobbering Clouseau.

 

De-Lovely (2004)

by Jesse Hassenger

[26.Jan.05] :. As legendary songwriter Porter, Kevin Kline's deft, unshowy performance contributes to the film's charm.

 

De-Lovely (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[2.Jul.04] :. At times, Irwin Winkler's movie achieves a strange grace, complicated and cunning as Porter's own art and experience.

 

The Emperor’s Club (2002)

by Robert Rue

[29.Nov.02] :. Never acknowledges that the moral order in the United States has always been a fiction.

 

Orange County (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Jan.02] :. More than anything else, 'Orange County' is mundane.

 

The Road to El Dorado (2000)

by Josh Jones

In 1519, Hernan Cortes sailed from Cuba, landed in Mexico and made his way to the Aztec capital.

 

Life as a House (2001)

by Susan Brown

Unfortunately, it only thinks it's American Beauty, and instead, ends up being Regarding Henry.