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Articles tagged "michael clarke duncan" Short Ends and LeaderWelcome Home Roscoe Jenkinsby Bill Gibron[15.Jun.08] :. There is a fine line between realism and the ridiculous. Put another way, when dealing with ethnic archetypes, it is easy to confuse truth with a tendency toward cultural insensitivity. Comedy is...  Film ReviewWelcome Home Roscoe Jenkinsby Cynthia Fuchs[8.Feb.08] :. There's a not bad movie inside of Welcome Home, briefly visible in the quiet center provided by Margaret Avery, especially.  Film DVD ReviewThe Last Mimzy (2007)by Mike Schiller[24.Jul.07] :. Where the science ends and the fantasy begins is made too clear in The Last Mimzy.  Film DVD ReviewSin City (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[16.Aug.05] :. Like the guys, the girls are undone by their reliance on conventional male power signs.  Film ReviewThe Island (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[21.Jul.05] :. Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson run around in an efficiently digitized near-future scary-scape, occasionally propelled by ethical questions about cloning. Film ReviewSin City (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[1.Apr.05] :. Distraught, ornery, self-critical, these heroes are certainly more "anti" types than straight-ahead. D.E.B.S. (2005)by Todd R. Ramlow[25.Mar.05] :. D.E.B.S. challenges us to rethink our straight-up relationship to the genres it parodies. Daredevil (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[28.Jul.03] :. Daredevil has good reasons for his gear, and for the screwed-up attitude that goes with. Daredevil (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[20.Feb.03] :. It's unlikely that this gloominess accounts for Daredevil's big success. There are any number of plausible explanations -- the 'Sexiest Man Alive' and his J. Lo glow, the promotional blitz, the Marvel machine. No matter. Bring the pain. Daredevil (2003)by Todd R. Ramlow[13.Feb.03] :. The good news is that Johnson's Daredevil follows Marvel's disability politics. The Scorpion King (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[3.Oct.02] :. The Rock, director Russell says, has a 'deep commitment' to acting, bringing as much passion to the role as he does to his athletic endeavors -- good to know. They Call Me Sirrby Cynthia FuchsUnfortunately titled to call up memories of a couple of Sidney Poitier's most famous films. The Whole Nine Yards (2000)by Lesley SmithWARNING: The following review contains spoilers. The Denominator of Denial The director of The Whole Nine Yards, Jonathan Lynn, used to specialize in delectable mayhem... The Whole Nine Yards (2000)by Jonathan BellerWARNING: The following review contains spoilers. Executing Reality The poster advertisement for Warner Brothers’ current release, The Whole Nine Yards, reads... See Spot Run (2001)by Cynthia FuchsSee Spot Run begins just like Lethal Weapon or any one of its 1001 clones. The camera speeds over a cityscape and an intensive drumbeat fills the soundtrack. Suddenly, you’re... The Green Mile (1999)by Cynthia Fuchsound dogs baying, wildflowers bending to the wind, angry white men in shirt-sleeves carrying shotguns, a swatch of cloth clinging to a tree branch. The details are all a little too familiar. You know you're looking at yet another recreation of the scary Old American South, specifically, you're looking at the set up for a lynching. This first scene of Frank Darabont's The Green Mile... The Green Mile (1999)by Mark ReiterIt's not news to anyone that Steven King screen adaptations get tossed into two categories: absolute crap (Maximum Overdrive, Cujo, Pet Cemetery, et. al.) and important American cinema (Stanley Kubrick's The Shining and Frank Darabont's previous King adaptation, The Shawshank Redemption). Cats & Dogs (2001)by Tracy McLooneIn 'Cats & Dogs', the colors are a little too bright, everything is a bit too perfect. And all is not as swell as the humans would think: it's 'American Beauty' for pets. |
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