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Articles tagged "mario van peebles"![]() DVD Film ReviewThe Hebrew Hammer (2003)by Kevin Jagernauth[24.Nov.04] :. The Hammer remains confused and conflicted, almost apologetic for who he is. ![]() DVD Film ReviewBaadasssss! (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[15.Sep.04] :. Mario Van Peebles came up understanding the power of images as a means to incite and reveal revolution. ![]() DVD Film ReviewAli: The Director’s Cut (2001)by Cynthia Fuchs[7.Jun.04] :. The bravest thing Ali does is to gesture toward, wonder at, and celebrate Muhammad Ali, and then let go of him. ![]() Film ReviewBaadasssss! (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[28.May.04] :. At once the biography of Melvin Van Peebles as a young, angry, brilliant filmmaker (played by Mario, who looks achingly like his dad in a couple of shots, with cigar, sculpted face, and black hat), and his own biography. ![]() TV Review44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootoutby Cynthia Fuchs[3.Jun.03] :. On the morning of 28 February 1997, the LAPD had no idea what they were in for. ![]() Film ReviewAli (2001)by Cynthia FuchsAli embodies a kind of car-wreck charisma -- arrogant and self-conscious, beautiful and fierce, even on twenty-year-old tape, he can take your breath away. This ability to mesmerize makes Ali who he is, or more accurately, who everyone wants him to be. He's a cipher and a screen onto which viewers might project themselves. |
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