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Articles tagged "queen latifah" Film ReviewWhat Happens in Vegasby Cynthia Fuchs[9.May.08] :. In What Happens in Vegas, Joy and Jack are fated to fall in lazy-movie-love.  Film ReviewMad Moneyby Cynthia Fuchs[18.Jan.08] :. Mad Money borrows liberally and carelessly from Set It Off, still a smart, angry film about class divisions that have only grown wider since 1996.  Film ReviewThe Perfect Holidayby Cynthia Fuchs[12.Dec.07] :. Part "family movie" and part "romantic comedy," Perfect Holiday divides its energies unevenly, leaning too heavily on the adults acting like children.  Music ReviewQueen Latifah: Travlin Lightby Will Layman[30.Oct.07] :. The rapper/ actress/ singer bids for jazz legitimacy. One wonders why she bothers to try.  Film ReviewArctic Taleby Cynthia Fuchs[25.Jul.07] :. Trying too hard to reinvent the penguin subgenre, Arctic Tale focuses its anthropomorphizing energies on girls instead of boys, on natural enemies instead of platoons of birds who all look alike.  Film ReviewHairspray (2007) (2007)by Todd R. Ramlow[20.Jul.07] :. Hairspray doesn't just replay Waters' film, it extends and complicates the original parody. Featured ArticleFilm ReviewHairspray (2007)by Bill Gibron[20.Jul.07] :. When Hairspray is good, it’s fantastic. It radiates an energy and a joy that’s beyond infectious. Last Holiday (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[13.Jan.06] :. As she gains increased clout (maybe her new Hollywood star counts for something), perhaps the Queen can angle for work that's challenging and rewarding for all her subject. Beauty Shop (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[1.Apr.05] :. Good news: Queen Latifah is free of wet noodle Jimmy Fallon. Taxi (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[8.Oct.04] :. Belle is set up to work against stereotypes: athletic, aggressive, mechanically inclined, she's a black woman NASCAR fan. The Cookout (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[10.Sep.04] :. The sports reporters are upset: if Todd's not going to fit a stereotype, what good is he?" Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[28.Jun.04] :. Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer) comes to understand a new place for himself, and, no small thing, frames an acutely political history by his own story. Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[5.Feb.04] :. These first five minutes grant Eddie and the barbershop some specific background, of resistance and community. Scary Movie 3 (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[23.Oct.03] :. Just when you thought the Scary Movie franchise had run out of ideas, here it comes again -- looking like it's run out of ideas. Bringing Down the House (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[8.Mar.03] :. It's like an episode of Bewitched, only longer, and with a feisty black woman instead of a white witch. Chicago (2002)by Lesley Smith[26.Dec.02] :. Watching Chicago is rather like watching a shot-for-TV music video by a neophyte director projected without thought or re-cutting straight to a movie screen. Brown Sugar (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[10.Oct.02] :. Brown Sugar can blur lines between mainstream and margin, mix up the spirits, just as hip-hop -- so-called real hip-hop but also, in its way, brashly commercial hip-hop -- has always done. Last Holiday (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs'So much of the movie,' says director Wayne Wang of his Last Holiday, 'is about giving up your fears and trying to live your life.' The Bone Collector (1999)by Cynthia FuchsThe Bone Collector assumes you know the drill, the serial-killer-movie drill. It gives you most everything you need to know during the first four minutes, half of which take up the credits sequence (the credits themselves are, of course, hyper-scratchy and slashy-looking, very post-Seven stylish). |
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