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Articles tagged "nick nolte" Short Ends and LeaderHulk: Revisitedby Bill Gibron[9.Jun.08] :. In preparation for the franchise reboot starring Edward Norton, SE&L looks back at Ang Lee's 2003 version of the Big Green Meanie, a criminally marginalized movie that truly didn't deserve the critical or commercial drubbing it took at the time.  Film ReviewChicago 10by Cynthia Fuchs[29.Feb.08] :. You can't make this stuff up: Bobby Seale, bound and gagged in a Chicago courtroom. But there it is, again, in big, brightly colored animation, in Brett Morgen's Chicago 10.  Film ReviewThe Spiderwick Chroniclesby Cynthia Fuchs[15.Feb.08] :. No matter how admirable the girl with expertise in fencing or spunky the twins played by Freddy Highmore, this movie is about bad dads.  Film DVD ReviewNeverwasby Jake Meaney[29.Aug.07] :. How did a first time writer/ director manage to nab even one of these big guns, let alone a whole gaggle of them? Would that Neverwas never were…  Film ReviewThe Beautiful Country (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[29.Jul.05] :. Here, as elsewhere, the film shows Binh's experience in lyrical, subtle, often extraordinary imagery.  Film DVD ReviewHotel Rwanda (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[14.Apr.05] :. Ambitiously humanitarian, the film uses Paul's plot to allude to the broader tragedy. Blue Chips (1994)by Dan Devine[31.Mar.05] :. With the occasional exception of Shaquille O'Neal, the players here act like athletes, which is to say, badly. This So-Called Disaster (2004)by Samantha Bornemann[17.Jan.05] :. This So-Called Disaster is more impressionistic than comprehensive. Hotel Rwanda (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[6.Jan.05] :. Faith in his own work ethic keeps Paul from acknowledging the turmoil erupting all around him. Mulholland Falls (1996)by Kevin Jagernauth[8.Nov.04] :. Mulholland Falls resembles an episode of Law & Order with funny hats. This So-Called Disaster (2004)by Michael Healey[13.May.04] :. The real surprise is Sam Shepard's candor when recounting for Michael Almereyda the painful details of his father's deterioration. Afterglow (1997)by Erich Kuersten[17.Nov.03] :. Julie Christie's ageless beauty brings more than sufficient radiance to Afterglow. The Good Thief (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[18.Aug.03] :. 'I wanted to create a world that doesn't quite exist, you know, a world of nighttime clubs and nighttime criminality.'" Northfork (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[24.Jul.03] :. Challenges U.S. myths of enduring national identity, corporate good will, and westward-ho expansions. The Hulk (2003)by Todd R. Ramlow[19.Jun.03] :. In Hulk, the comic books' critique of institutional authority and the way U.S. culture perceives and deals with difference is evacuated. The Good Thief (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[17.Apr.03] :. Doubles all stakes of the original film, and more elaborately, of the remaking process. Affliction (1999)by Cynthia FuchsSnow. Wind. Emptiness. The first images in Affliction are white and desolate. They show late October in small town New Hampshire, and Halloween is descending on frigid, early evening streets. The Golden Bowl (2000)by Cynthia FuchsAdam (Nick Nolte) is introduced on screen with the title, 'America's First Billionaire' (this is the level of overstatement to which the film resorts repeatedly, not trusting its audience to follow even the simplest plot points). Trixie (2000)by Lesley SmithThe protagonist of every classic thriller is, in some way or another, a Holy Fool. From the Scarlet Pimpernel’s foppish banter to Pete Decker’s Orthodox faith, from Miss Marple’s... |
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