Articles tagged "meg ryan"

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In the Land of Women (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Apr.07] :. Ah, poor poor Carter. Will he emerge strengthened or diminished by his encounters in this faraway land?

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Top Gun: Special Collector’s Edition (1986)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Dec.04] :. One angle on this newness was the boys' deep friendships, masculine and competitive but also tender and intimate.

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Against the Ropes (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Jul.04] :. 'It seemed like a microcosm of life,' says Jackie Kallen of boxing.

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Against the Ropes (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Feb.04] :. Reasonably angry, distrustful, and full of himself, Luther (Omar Epps) brings all kinds of energy to the movie.

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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.'"

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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.

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Hanging Up (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

A few nights after seeing Hanging Up, unable to sleep and channel-surfing, I came upon an Oprah episode, one of those repeats that air 2 or 3 in the morning. Its format is one of...

Kate & Leopold (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Never mind that Leopold is clueless when it comes to actual labor or the concept of class; as long as he's upper, he has no need to know anything more.

Proof of Life (2000)

by Renee Scolaro Rathke

The camera pans across the protest scene focusing briefly on a placard in Spanish but conveniently translated to English in subtitle: 'Shoot the Imperialist Bastards.' This sudden interjection is startling, set against a backdrop of relative fluff.

Proof of Life (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Alice is quite visibly 'alone,' differentiated by her race and class from the folks who populate the streets, marketplaces, and televised protests against the oil company. And indeed, Alice's bond with Terry begins with the fact that he's Anglo, and she feels she can 'trust' him.