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Articles tagged "mark ruffalo" Film ReviewThe Brothers Bloomby Cynthia Fuchs[15.May.09] :. Overrated as truth may be, in The Brothers Bloom, Penelope (Rachel Weisz) is supposed to signify it.  TV ReviewIndependent Lens: Chicago 10by Cynthia Fuchs[22.Oct.08] :. Opening the Fall 2008 season of Independent Lens, Chicago 10 revises old ideas -- about what constitutes history and documentary.  Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs FeatureCinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 3by PopMatters Staff[16.Oct.08] :. Day Three - The final ten, a cross-culture collection teeming with big ideas, larger than life visions, and perhaps the greatest documentary on rugby you've probably never heard of. Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs Film DVD ReviewChicago 10by Stuart Henderson[15.Oct.08] :. Where is our Chicago Ten? Where are our “conspirators”? Is Obama really supposed to fix everything? Can we really pretend that things are still getting better all the time? News‘Blindness’ hits close to home for Ruffalo — 2001 brain tumor changed actor’s lifeby Duane Dudek [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT)][6.Oct.08] :. TORONTO—If instead of “Blindness,” you called the new film by Fernando Meirelles “Illness,” you might be telling the life story of actor Mark Ruffalo. In...  Film ReviewBlindnessby Cynthia Fuchs[3.Oct.08] :. If its political metaphor is plain, the aesthetic allusions are more intriguing, as Blindness works to show what can't be shown, to find a visual language for what's not visual. In the Land of the Blindby Chris Barsanti[3.Oct.08] :. Fernando Meirelles’ adaptation of Jose Saramago’s Blindness fails because the source material doesn’t easily lend itself to cinema, and because the filmmaker is clearly out of his depth. Fable Feels ‘Blind’ to its Own Illogicby Bill Gibron[2.Oct.08] :. Before Star Wars, serious science fiction survived on the allegorical. Take a typical situation, instill it with some sort of out of this world premise, and watch as humanity races toward its... Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008by Bill Gibron[9.Sep.08] :. From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one. Chicago 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. A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007by PopMatters Staff[11.Jan.08] :. From Julian Schnabel's artsy The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to the legendary Coen Brothers splendid adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, PopMatters counts down the 30 best films of 2007. Zodiac-The Director’s Cutby Brian Holcomb[8.Jan.08] :. Even though Zodiac attempts to achieve a sort of documentary-like reality, there is an underlying surrealism, a poetic and nightmarish vibe that hangs over the whole film. Reservation 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 Film DVD 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. ‘Zodiac’ filmmaker David Fincher recalls wave of panicby Rene Rodriguez [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][3.Mar.07] :. The phrase “From the director of `Seven’” conjures up a certain expectation, especially when it’s plastered on the posters for “Zodiac,” a movie about the... David Fincher talks ‘Zodiac’by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)][2.Mar.07] :. “So, which side are you on? ” asks director David Fincher, beginning the interview with a question. “Which side of what?” “The length of the movie. Are you on the `too... PopMatters Pick Film ReviewZodiac (2007)by Cynthia Fuchs[2.Mar.07] :. David Fincher's excellent new movie winds clues and pursuits into an intriguing, often witty mix of causes and effects. In so doing, it rejiggers the police procedural. The PopMatters ‘Short Ends & Leader’ Spring Film Previewby 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. All The Kings Men (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[22.Sep.06] :. As the designated observer of his friend's decline, not to mention a reporter by vocation, Jack's lack of insight or anticipation also looks a bit silly. Rumor 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. Just Like Heaven (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[16.Sep.05] :. Because Elizabeth inhabits a romantic comedy, her frantic pace and lonely life cannot continue. We 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. 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... 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. 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. 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).... |
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