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Film Review

This Christmas

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Nov.07] :. A typical domestic dramedy, This Christmas offers one exceptional moment: Chris Brown performing "Try a Little Tenderness."

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ER / The West Wing

by Samantha Bornemann

[5.Dec.05] :. The West Wing's chief relationships have been tested and compromised, turning Sorkin's noble, fast-walking liberals into more than the sum of their quips and ideals.

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Film Review

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Mar.04] :. Don't call it a remake.

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Film Review

Honey (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Dec.03] :. Honey's so good that local hoochie mama just has to challenge her.

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Paid in Full (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Apr.03] :. It's not a standard issue dealer movie, featuring strong performances, a shrewd narrative structure, and subtle, smart resistance to stereotypes.

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8 Mile (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Nov.02] :. Such fictionalizing ensures Eminem's lovability, across all categories.

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Paid in Full (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.Oct.02] :. As familiar as this story sounds (and is), Ace is hardly your usual somebody.

O (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

This is easily O's most cogent insight, which it hits hard and insistently -- the ways that longstanding cultural anxieties about race in the U.S. continue to affect young people's individual and community relationships, just as it affects adults.

Impostor (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Based on a 1953 Philip K. Dick story, the film rehearses the usual Dickish concerns, namely, a male protagonist's loss of identity, confidence, and context in a dystopic SF future.