Articles tagged "lena headey"

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Zack Attack

by Bill Gibron

[11.Feb.09] :. How did he do it? How did Zack Snyder go from motion picture no one (well, he did direct a Michael Jordan documentary short and a Morrissey video) to helmer of hits like Dawn of the Dead and...

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 Feature

Back to Basics - The 30 Best TV Shows of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[12.Jan.09] :. The Year in TV was a lot like the US economy: struggling until summer and then tanking under the hope of a 2009 comeback. Still, our staff found 30 solid reasons to be cheerful come entertainment investment time.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008

 

TV Review

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Sep.08] :. On its face, casting Shirley Manson in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles appears a masterstroke.

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She’s Sarah, one tough mother — but will she be terminated?

by David Hiltbrand [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[22.Feb.08] :. What’s the most intense performance on TV? Easy. It’s Lena Headey’s white-knuckle portrayal of the heroine in Fox’s “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.” No...

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TV Review

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Jan.08] :. The effort to bring Sarah's Chronicles both back and forward to our post-9/11 moment is both awkward and smart.

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Film DVD Review

Three Hundred

by Marisa LaScala

[13.Aug.07] :. 300's penchant for drama and exaggeration is proof that a far-reaching vision and hyperbole can come together to tell a much better story than one based purely on historical facts.

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Spartan Spectators

by Andrea Tallarita

[14.Jun.07] :. The earnestness of 300 assaults reality so effectively that it ends up destroying myth.

 

Iranian exiles see film ‘300’ as an attempt to vilify Persians

by Vik Jolly [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[22.Mar.07] :. The Hollywood blockbuster “300” has fueled conversations in the Iranian exile community across the United States, even spawning demands for an apology from the film’s...

 

300 (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Mar.07] :. Spartans! Simple and resonant, this call to identity comes up frequently in 300, the film based on Frank Miller's graphic novel.

 

The PopMatters ‘Short Ends & Leader’ Spring Film Preview

by Bill Gibron

[2.Mar.07] :. In order to separate the worthy from the worthless, PopMatters' "Short Ends & Leader" editor is highlighting 10 new films he's looking forward to this spring.

 

Imagine Me & You (2005)

by Marisa Carroll

[3.Aug.06] :. Heck's heartbreak, the most resonanting aspect of this film, is not necessarily a bad thing, but it sure does drain the piss out of Luce and Rachel's final, loving, lesbian embrace.

 

The Brothers Grimm (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Jan.06] :. 'This is why I love DVDs,' says Terry Gilliam. 'I can completely destroy the illusion of my film.'"

 

The Brothers Grimm (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Aug.05] :. Will worries out loud, 'Nothing makes sense here, it's like being inside Jake's head.'"

 

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.