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Articles tagged "patrick wilson" Film DVD ReviewPassengersby Jesse Hassenger[13.May.09] :. As much effort as apparently went into it, the film nonetheless feels like a pit stop for everyone involved.  News‘Watchmen’ challenges ratings’ valueby Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][16.Mar.09] :. It’s the one point on which “Watchmen” audiences can agree: Director Zack Snyder’s slavishly faithful adaptation of the graphic novel is not best experienced in an auditorium...  NewsMovie execs finally discover that audiences want to be entertainedby Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)][9.Mar.09] :. Why does Hollywood make so many comic-book movies like “The Dark Knight” and “Watchmen?” Why does Hollywood make so many silly comedies like “Madea Goes to Jail”...  Short Ends and LeaderWatch-meant: The Meaning of $55 Millionby Bill Gibron[9.Mar.09] :. So what is it? A hit? A flop? Something somewhere in the middle? At a mere $55 million in weekend box office, Warner Brothers (and those litigious hangers-on FOX) must be circling the spin wagons and...  Film ReviewWatchmenby Todd R. Ramlow[6.Mar.09] :. For Rorschach, there are clear lines between good and evil, and in this he is the most traditional of the superheroes in Watchmen.  News‘Watchmen’ role had Billy Crudup turning blue in the face (and everywhere else)by Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][6.Mar.09] :. To an outside observer, there is no rhyme or reason for the way Billy Crudup selects acting roles. There are times when he seems to be the darling of the independent film world with movies like... Rom-com actress kicks (and bares) some tail in her action-film debutby Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][6.Mar.09] :. LOS ANGELES - Malin Akerman most often is in romantic comedies like “27 Dresses” and “The Heartbreak Kid.” That’s easy to understand. The blond, ultra blue-eyed... Featured Article Short Ends and Leader‘Watchmen’ is a Work of Visionary Wonderby Bill Gibron[5.Mar.09] :. The end of the world. The extinction of mankind. It is humanity that has brought itself to the brink, and it will take superhumans to save them - or at the very least, make-believe masked versions of... For ‘Watchmen’ fans, the long wait is overby Preston Jones [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][5.Mar.09] :. Before the brooding, morally complex likes of “X-Men,” “Superman Returns” and “The Dark Knight” flickered across multiplex screens, there was... Psycho Smackdown: ‘Watchmen’‘s Rorschach vs. ‘The Dark Knight’‘s Jokerby Bill Gibron[4.Mar.09] :. This time next year, if there is any justice left in this baffling business called show, Jackie Earle Haley will be reaping the same kind of universal accolades that followed the late Heath Ledger... ‘This Is Not the Culture I Signed Up For’: Alan Moore and Hollywoodby Ben Hamilton[4.Mar.09] :. Who will watch the Watchmen? Not their creator, Alan Moore. And while he seems to be alone in his condemnation with the latest adaptation of his work, Moore's steadfast position deserves some real attention. Who Will Watch ‘Watchmen’?by Bill Gibron[3.Mar.09] :. Right now, it’s the studio’s only concern. The film has been completed, the marketing has been revved up, the press has been invited and the (so far mixed) reviews are starting to pour... Squid Quibblesby Bill Gibron[2.Mar.09] :. It is bound to be the biggest issue debated come Friday. It will be far more contentious than how big the box office will be, Dr. Manhattan’s constant state of obvious “endowment”,... Jackie Earle Haley’s comeback is complete with role in ‘Watchmen’by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)][2.Mar.09] :. “Watchmen” may be the most eagerly awaited movie of 2009 - the film of the Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons graphic novel has been the object of breathless Internet anticipation for years. But... ‘300’ director Zack Snyder is ‘Watchmen’ heroby Frank Lovece [Newsday (MCT)][2.Mar.09] :. The clock is ticking on “Watchmen” - finally opening in theaters Friday after more than 20 years of “To Be Continued ...” A comic-book miniseries so ambitious, so culturally... Who Are the Watchmen?by Bill Gibron[12.Feb.09] :. It’s been said before but it bears repeating - when making a movie, casting is everything. You can have the best script, the most accomplished director, and a budget that allows for both to... Zack Attackby Bill Gibron[11.Feb.09] :. How did he do it? How did Zack Snyder go from motion picture no one (well, he did direct a Michael Jordan documentary short and a Morrissey video) to helmer of hits like Dawn of the Dead and... Lakeview Terraceby Jesse Hassenger[4.Feb.09] :. The movie doesn't stay fixed on its well-drawn sociological cul-de-sac; the score becomes ominous. ‘Lakeview Terrace’ actress Kerry Washington flies under the radarby Carla Meyer [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][22.Sep.08] :. SAN FRANCISCO - Kerry Washington might be the most famous actress whose name you don’t know. She played the wife of Forest Whitaker’s Idi Amin in “The Last King of Scotland”... Lakeview Terraceby Cynthia Fuchs[19.Sep.08] :. Lisa (Kerry Washington) is Lakeview Terrace's most dislocated figure, caught between an overbearing father and a frenzied husband. View from this ‘Terrace’ is Atypicalby Bill Gibron[19.Sep.08] :. Even with years of consideration and compromise, race remains a far too risky hot button topic. No matter how you present it - comically, dramatically, satirically, metaphorically - the corrupt cloud... Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008by Bill Gibron[10.Sep.08] :. What studio suit thought this was a good idea? With four months to schedule your high priced efforts, you instead unload almost 30 overpriced pictures on an unsuspecting movie audience. Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008by Bill Gibron[9.Sep.08] :. From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one. Evening (2007)by Mike Scalise[6.Jul.07] :. More troubling than Evening's technical failures, the film suffers from a host of cynical political and social themes that undercut the drama throughout. Little Children (2006)by Matt Mazur[2.May.07] :. Director Todd Field's eye for the minutiae of the everyday is impeccable. The Pay Off: The Best Film of 2006by PopMatters Staff[11.Jan.07] :. For many of the movies on PopMatters' 2006 list of the year's best films, it is clear that a heavy personal and professional stake was riding on the final product. Little Children (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[6.Oct.06] :. If Little Children is pedantic and sometimes smug in its judgments, it is also painful. Hard Candy (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[17.Apr.06] :. David Slade's film is discomforting, pressing at collective nerves exposed by any number of recent 'investigative reports' on child predators. The Phantom of the Opera (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[22.Dec.04] :. You might read this as a not-so-subtle indictment of the bourgie masses who consume popular culture: their taste sucks. The Alamo (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[29.Sep.04] :. 'A lot of people who have seen this movie are surprised that we have depicted these people warts and all,' says historian Stephen L. Hardin. The Alamo (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[8.Apr.04] :. Standing on a rooftop at the Alamo, the apparently valiant and suddenly insightful Davy Crockett (Billy Bob Thornton) pulls out his fiddle. Angels in Americaby Todd R. Ramlow[22.Dec.03] :. By far the most resonant aspect of Angels in America today is its exposure of simplistic struggles over definitions of 'good' and 'evil'. |
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