Thursday, April 30 2009

Summer of Same: August 2009

By Bill Gibron

With names like Tarantino, Lee, and Zombie, the final month of the season pulls out all the film geek stops. Still, the only guarantee is familiarity, not freshness.

Tuesday, October 7 2008

Pop 20: A few more things worthy of bailout money

By Aaron Sagers

Monday, October 24 2005

Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)

By Cynthia Fuchs

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.

Friday, June 24 2005

Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)

By Cynthia Fuchs

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.

Monday, January 17 2005

First Daughter (2004)

By Cynthia Fuchs

This is the film's premise, that Sam's existence is simultaneously ideal and outrageous, typical and desirable.

Thursday, January 6 2005

White Noise (2005)

By Cynthia Fuchs

White Noise falls into that least-likely-to-succeed genre, the horror film released in winter.

Thursday, September 23 2004

First Daughter (2004)

By Cynthia Fuchs

These 'times' are somehow exponentially more dangerous, but no one refers to 9/11 or the Bush administration, apparently erased in this alternate non-reality.