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Penelope

by B.J. Carter

[19.Sep.08] :. Penelope’s Otherness marginalizes her at the same time that it makes her a more exotic possession.

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The winner of the ‘Narnia’ sequel? Ben Barnes, by a hair

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[16.May.08] :. There’s a changing of the guard in the Walden-Disney movie franchise, “The Chronicles of Narnia.” The young actors who were the leads in 2005’s “The Lion, the Witch and...

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Film Review

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

by Cynthia Fuchs

[16.May.08] :. Prince Caspian includes mêlée after mêlée, as well as recriminations against the commander in chief who goes in without an exit strategy or even much of a battle plan.

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The PopMatters Summer 2008 Movie Preview Feature

The Return of the Popcorn Circus: May 2008

by Bill Gibron

[28.Apr.08] :. In the first act of this four-part production, Tinsel Town decides to do some unbelievable front loading. Will there be room for independent offerings, or former HBO carnal comedy divas? Who knows? Without a doubt, it's an interesting way to start the season.

The PopMatters Summer 2008 Movie Preview

 

Film DVD Review

Death at a Funeral

by Erik Hinton

[13.Mar.08] :. An everyman nucleus surrounded by idiosyncratic grotesques, grounded in a simple plot of the everyman reconciling the irrationality surrounding him, tangential and irrelevant comedic asides.

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Penelope

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Mar.08] :. Lemon's disillusionment and efforts to reclaim his reporter's cred grant Penelope something like a topical theme.

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Death at a Funeral

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.Aug.07] :. Bodies show up everywhere they shouldn't, making public what usually remains repressed: death, defecation, desire.

 

Underdog (2007)

by Bill Gibron

[5.Aug.07] :. Underdog is so piecemeal it should come with a roll of duct tape.

 

Monkey Business (Part 4: August)

by Bill Gibron

[4.May.07] :. In past years, Hollywood purposely counter programmed these renowned Cineplex dog days, trying to offset the perception that cinematic scraps were all the studios had to offer. From the look of this lame list, it's apparently back to the filmic fridge for some patently warmed over offerings.

 

Find Me Guilty (2006)

by Jesse Hassenger

[10.Aug.06] :. All dressed up but not much to say.

 

Find Me Guilty (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.Mar.06] :. You might find Vin Diesel guilty of any number of offenses in Sidney Lumet's new film. First, his hair.

 

Threshold

by Bill Gibron

[21.Sep.05] :. Threshold doesn't want to give too much away (typical of the genre), making the central crisis hard to fathom.

 

13 Moons (2002)

by Bill Gibron

[12.Jul.04] :. In this world of unbelievable coincidences, Karma battles fate for the destiny of all involved.