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Film DVD Review

Because I Said So (2007)

by Matt Mazur

[7.Jun.07] :. Two long hours that I will sadly never get back.

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oFirst Snow (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Apr.07] :. Any movie that finds a place for the remarkable Jackie Burroughs begins with bonus points.

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Film DVD Review

The Prestige (2006)

by Jesse Hassenger

[15.Mar.07] :. Fans of this wonderful film are left to puzzle not just over its thematic and narrative layers, but its respectable but perfunctory treatment here.

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Film Review

Because I Said So (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[2.Feb.07] :. Tacky and terminally bland, Because I Said So sets up one basic joke -- the interfering mother -- and runs it into the ground.

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2006 Feature

The Pay Off: The Best Film of 2006

by 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.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2006

 
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Film Review

The Prestige (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Oct.06] :. This trick -- The Transported Man -- is at the center of the film's thematic concerns with replication, movement, and deception.

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Imagine Me & You (2005)

by Marisa Carroll

[3.Aug.06] :. Heck's heartbreak, the most resonanting aspect of this film, is not necessarily a bad thing, but it sure does drain the piss out of Luce and Rachel's final, loving, lesbian embrace.

 

Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Dec.05] :. Andy Shankman's poorly structured, unevenly paced, uninspired movie is set in summertime, which means its release is off season.

 

The Cave (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Aug.05] :. Space is a primary concern in a movie called The Cave.

 

Coyote Ugly: The Unrated Extended Cut (2000)

by Will Harris

[6.Jul.05] :. Melanie Lynskey, despite being underused in the film, says more with a couple of gestures and expressions than anyone else does with dialogue.

 

The I Inside (2003)

by Nikki Tranter

[10.May.05] :. You know something's wrong with your film when the most interesting thing in it is a 20-second scene featuring Robert Sean Leonard.

 

Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)

by Jesse Hassenger

[8.Jan.04] :. The actors are left with little to do but hustle from scene to scene: pratfall, pathos, hug, repeat.

 

Lost and Delirious (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Somehow, lesbianism (even girl-girl crushes or experimental sexual activities) is completely unheard of and so, much feared and mocked.

 

Coyote Ugly (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

The girls are less reduced to t&a than they are passionately independent, passably intelligent, and definitely not taking any shit from their over-stimulated male bar patrons, whom one 'coyote' describes as having 'little toddlers in their pants.'"

 

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

At one point during the endless-seeming shenanigans of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Robert De Niro, embodying the cartoon character Fearless Leader, faces the camera, smirks, and...