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TV Review

Big Shots

by Lesley Smith

[4.Oct.07] :. It's as if the last half of the 20th century had achieved nothing more than television's tolerance of the word "penis" (a word repeated ad nauseam on Big Shots).

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Premonition (2007)

by Brett Parker

[17.Jul.07] :. While Premonition is not on the same level as The Sixth Sense, it is nonetheless the first thriller in a while to provoke comparable discussion.

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Are We Done Yet? (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Apr.07] :. A showdown with a raccoon who steals his Corn Nuts grants Ice Cube, Mr. AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, the opportunity to mutter, "You should know not to mess with a man's nuts." I can't tell you how painful it is.

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Alfie (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Mar.05] :. Jude Law's performance is wholly charming and energetic.

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Are We There Yet? (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Jan.05] :. Nick (Ice Cube) is defiantly ungrown-up. In other words, he's ripe for a life lesson.

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Alfie (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[5.Nov.04] :. Surrounded by urgent, provocative signposts that he just can't see, Alfie remains lost.

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Baadasssss! (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[15.Sep.04] :. Mario Van Peebles came up understanding the power of images as a means to incite and reveal revolution.

Baadasssss! (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.May.04] :. At once the biography of Melvin Van Peebles as a young, angry, brilliant filmmaker (played by Mario, who looks achingly like his dad in a couple of shots, with cigar, sculpted face, and black hat), and his own biography.

The Best Man (1999)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Someone I know organized an opening weekend group to go see The Best Man. As he reasons in the invitation he sent out to several friends, Hollywood pays attention to opening weekend box office receipts, and he'd like to ensure that this film's receipts make an impression on the powers that be. You don't see this kind of effort made for just any movie.

Big Momma’s House (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

But of course, all this genderfuck is just warm-up for Malcolm/Big Momma's dilemmas when it comes to sex.

Boiler Room (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

You might love a film about unspeakably wealthy whiteboy stock traders that opens by quoting Biggie Smalls. Then again, you might hate it. The citation is surely reverent, but it also reveals a certain confusion concerning early Biggie rhymes, and maybe hip-hop in general.

The Broken Hearts Club (2000)

by Stephen Tropiano

In comparison to this club's bunch of self-involved twentysomethings [in 'The Broken Hearts Club'], Dawson and his pals on the 'Creek' are living on the edge.

In Too Deep (1999)

by Cynthia Fuchs

It’s for real: LL Cool J is a movie star. When he makes his entrance in Michael Rymer’s retread undercover cop movie, the girls in the audience whoop with delight and the guys applaud,...