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No Means Ho: Debating ‘Observe and Report’‘s Most Controversial Scene

by Bill Gibron

[13.Apr.09] :. Rape? Or the Reality of Relationships circa 2009? Jody Hill's Observe and Report is being vilified over that very question.

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Observe and Report

by Renee Scolaro Mora

[10.Apr.09] :. Observe and Report proposes that a man who feels worthless is capable of a violent rage. If this sounds edgy, it's not.

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‘Observe’ Mines Humor Out of Pain, Peculiarity

by Bill Gibron

[10.Apr.09] :. It’s safe to say that, somewhere down the line, Jody Hill is going to make a truly f*cked-up masterpiece. He’s going to drop all the idiosyncrasies and preplanned insularity, dig deep...

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Crossing Over

by Renee Scolaro Mora

[6.Mar.09] :. In its stories of immigration, Crossing Over raises questions: how far are we willing to bend the rules to get what we desire? What will we risk to uphold our own values?

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Battle in Seattle

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Sep.08] :. Even as various people try to "do their jobs" in Battle in Seattle, they are repeatedly boxed in by lack of information and lack of power.

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The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview Feature

Talk, Talk, Talk: December 2008

by Bill Gibron

[12.Sep.08] :. Just like the end of an inspiring speech that may or may not succeed in making its point, these final four weeks before 2009 tend to define or defeat the entire awards season purpose.

The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview

Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008

by 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 2008

by 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.

The Return of the Popcorn Circus: August 2008

by Bill Gibron

[1.May.08] :. Talk about a crowded schedule. There are more offerings scheduled this month than in the previous two combined.

Revolver

by Jesse Hassenger

[17.Mar.08] :. Ritchie's understanding of the term "psychological" seems to be rooted in the idea that people, like, have conflicting thoughts, like, inside their head and stuff.

Wild Hogs (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[2.Mar.07] :. From the director responsible for Van Wilder, Wild Hogs is another thudding men-will-be-boys saga, this time populated by middle-agey stereotypes.

Smokin Aces (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Jan.07] :. Smokin' Aces mashes together at least four movies, with all plots and characters spinning around a Vegas card trickster.

Smith

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Sep.06] :. Faces are hard to read in Smith. Sometimes, this inscrutability is obvious, even exaggerated.

Identity (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Sep.03] :. As James Mangold neatly puts it, these characters are running along 'a kind of Möbius strip of hell.'"

Narc (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Jun.03] :. Both Henry and Nick are addicted, in different ways, to the job, the adrenalin it churns up.

Identity (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.Apr.03] :. Amanda Peet, not incidentally, throws some fine, even sublime, attitude.

Narc (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Jan.03] :. Both Henry and Nick are addicted, in different ways, to the job, the adrenalin it churns up.

John Q (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Feb.02] :. After 'Collateral Damage', you might imagine that most every aggrieved father cliché has been unturned. But no. Here comes 'John Q'.

Something Wild (1986/2001)

by David Sanjek

PULL.

Hannibal (2001)

by Todd R. Ramlow

As his immense popularity suggests, there is something about Lecter that appeals to 'us', there appears to be some level on which 'we' all wish we could be a little more like him, which is precisely what the filmmakers are banking on. And this is, in the end, the scariest thing about 'Hannibal' -- its perverse worship of the cannibalistic Doctor.

Heartbreakers (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Longtime 'Simpsons' writer and executive producer David Mirkin's predilection for wickedly witty cartoonishness is only slightly tempered in his live-action movies.