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Articles tagged "mark ruffalo" Film ReviewChicago 10by Cynthia Fuchs[29.Feb.08] :. You can't make this stuff up: Bobby Seale, bound and gagged in a Chicago courtroom. But there it is, again, in big, brightly colored animation, in Brett Morgen's Chicago 10.  Film ReviewReservation Roadby Cynthia Fuchs[25.Oct.07] :. Men have a hard time with feelings. This appears to be the major revelation in Reservation Road, a melodrama in which men suffer loss, grief, and guilt. PopMatters Pick DVD Film ReviewZodiacby Emma Simmonds[15.Aug.07] :. Bonds are fleetingly forged then broken, comradeship and honour are largely absent and, like the Zodiac himself, everyone emerges as a rather lost and damaged soul.  Film ReviewRumor Has It… (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[23.Dec.05] :. For a couple of minutes, such slippage between movie myths and mythic divas looks like it might turn charming, or maybe clever. But it doesn't.  Film ReviewJust Like Heaven (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[16.Sep.05] :. Because Elizabeth inhabits a romantic comedy, her frantic pace and lonely life cannot continue.  Film ReviewWe Don’t Live Here Anymore (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[13.Aug.04] :. We Don't Live Here Anymore gives weight, indirectly, to the kids' belief that their parents form a unit. Collateral (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[5.Aug.04] :. Michael Mann's new film shows what anyone who's paid attention to Jamie Foxx has known for some time: he is excellent. 13 Going on 30 (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[3.Aug.04] :. Jennifer Garner embodies a joy that's all too rare on recent movie screens, in adults or kids. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[18.Mar.04] :. At once abstract and heartfelt, sincere and weirdly charming, the film unhinges conventions of linear narrative along with romantic comedy. My Life Without Me (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[23.Feb.04] :. Her capacity for intense focus, as Polley observes, makes Ann seem unusual, 'incredibly efficient and practical'. In the Cut (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[10.Feb.04] :. 'It's all a series of mistaken identities, and how our thinking is like that, that we think we've seen something, but we actually haven't quite seen it all.'" My Life Without Me (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[20.Nov.03] :. Ann's decision not to tell seems simultaneously selfless and selfish. In the Cut (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[10.Nov.03] :. Their affair proceeds as the steamy-seeming trailers suggest it will, in the interest of promoting Ryan's 'breakout' self-exposure. xx/xy (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[18.Aug.03] :. Austin Chick's first feature, takes Coles' perspective -- as much as Coles has a perspective. View From the Top (2003)by Jesse Hassenger[20.Mar.03] :. View From the Top's Donna (Gwyneth Paltrow) and her boyfriend (Mark Ruffalo) are certainly nice, but not interesting enough to rescue a plot this stale. Windtalkers (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[13.Jun.02] :. Though it might be argued that Nicolas Cage roaring and contorting in slow motion makes for good action cinema, it's hardly the basis for a thoughtful interrogation of how war works, how it shatters (or otherwise forever changes) participants, and reinforces systemic racism. The Last Castle (2001)by Cynthia FuchsRobin Wright Penn appears in The Last Castle for about four minutes. She plays Rosalie, the beautiful, angry daughter of 3-star General and mostly absent father Eugene Irwin (Robert Redford).... The Last Castle (2001)by Renee Scolaro RathkeWhat makes 'The Last Castle' worth talking about is something the filmmakers could never have foreseen: the alarming timeliness of its release. You Can Count on Me (2000)by Dale LeechIn fact, when Terry describes Scottsville as a town full of 'dull, narrow people... with no perspective, no scope,' he might have been describing the film's characters. PopMatters - Television - Reviews - The Beatby Lesley SmithThe syndicated series Cops proved that blue-collar cops keep viewers hooked, whether the show’s beat officers are chasing down DUIs, bagging teenage felons or shmoozing with the unseen... |
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