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Articles tagged "matt dillon" NewsHollywood, race and the Age of Obamaby Christopher Kelly [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][26.Dec.08] :. Gook. Dragon lady. Swamp rats. These are but a few of the cringe-inducing racial epithets spewed by Clint Eastwood’s Walt Kowalski in “Gran Torino,” the cringe-inducing new drama...  Film ReviewNothing But the Truthby Cynthia Fuchs[22.Dec.08] :. Rod Lurie's Nothing But the Truth looks at the compromises and complications that shape the "truth" in legal systems, media collusions, and politics in DC.  Film DVD ReviewHerbie: Fully Loaded (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[24.Oct.05] :. Angela Robinson says the movie shows the 'scope and the joy of being a contender, more than winning, necessarily.' That Herbie allows this 'scope and joy' for a girl driver is mostly delightful.  Film DVD ReviewThe Outsiders: The Complete Novel (1983)by Michael Christopher[21.Oct.05] :. Rarely does a director's cut reflect a vision 'truer' to a source text. But, like most everything else surrounding the picture, The Outsiders: The Complete Novel is quite an anomaly.  Film DVD ReviewOver the Edge (1979)by Nikki Tranter[11.Oct.05] :. Revisiting Over the Edge is always an education, especially if you grew up watching it repeatedly, as I did. Film ReviewHerbie: Fully Loaded (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[24.Jun.05] :. Whether or not you believe any angle of Lindsay Lohan's ever new image, she's certainly learned how to recycle, a useful skill in her chosen profession. Crash (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[6.May.05] :. The lesson seems geared toward those viewers who were surprised by the Rodney King video, that is, people who don't regularly deal with cultural collisions. There’s Something More About Mary (1998)by Cynthia Fuchs[30.Jun.03] :. It's easy to deride the Farrellys' work, to dismiss their brand of humor or their dogged efforts to be 'politically incorrect.' Still, they serve more substantive functions than dosing 12-year-old boys with chickens-up-the-butt jokes. City of Ghosts (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[8.May.03] :. A strangely moralistic romance, premised on his relationship with the setting, Cambodia. One Night at McCool’s (2001)by Cynthia FuchsAny movie that offers proud big bully Andrew Dice Clay as a walking joke, however self-knowing or smug, is starting at a disadvantage. Andrew Dice Clay already made that joke himself, you know, and more than a few years ago. The Big Town (1987)by Kevin JagernauthIn Cullen's rise to the top, he summarily steps on everyone who tries to help him or slow him down. |
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