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Days of Heaven

by Brian Holcomb

[20.Dec.07] :. Malick puts the visual and aural emphasis on a vast, natural world that would be nothing more than a backdrop to the human story for most filmmakers, creating a breathtaking visual experience.

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The Hoax

by Matt Mazur

[15.Nov.07] :. The film does not shy away from the innate unlikability of its leading man and it also explores, cannily, the damage one person’s dishonesty can inflict upon everyone around them.

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The Hunting Party

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Sep.07] :. The sidetracking -- the lapses into corruption, black humor, and sarcasm -- all this is to be expected when your life is on the line so incessantly.

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Richard Gere scams in ‘The Hoax’

by Joe Neumaier [New York Daily News (MCT)]

[6.Apr.07] :. In his new film “The Hoax,” Richard Gere does a lot of fast-talking. As Clifford Irving, one of the most notorious scam artists the last century ever produced, Gere—wearing a bit of...

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The Hoax (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Apr.07] :. Even as The Hoax works to wring emotional consequence from its many layers of lies, you're hard-pressed to believe it.

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Bee Season (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[5.Apr.06] :. Suffused with loss and longing, Bee Season is often graceful and moving.

Bee Season (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Nov.05] :. Words are mystical, magical, and wholly material in Bee Season.

Shall We Dance? (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[2.Feb.05] :. 'The fact is,' says director Peter Chelsom, 'I was very, very wary about remaking such a perfect original.'"

Shall We Dance? (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[15.Oct.04] :. Paulina is not only gorgeous, athletic, and lithe, she's also in need of solace.

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.

Unfaithful (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.May.02] :. Unfaithful examines the trouble men get into when women behave too passionately.

Autumn in New York (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Everyone in the film can see that pairing a 48-year-old womanizer with a 22-year-old girl dying from a sketchy illness 'of the heart' is lame, not to mention derivative, unpleasant, and pathetic.

Autumn in New York (2000)

by Anne Daugherty

While watching Autumn in New York, I was struck by its parallel to the Clinton-Lewinsky business. There are superficial similarities, especially in the lead players — a powerful 50-ish...

Dr. T & The Women (2000)

by Mike Ward

We're stuck, 'Dr. T & The Women' seems to say. Men and women: this is simply how we are.

The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

by Todd R. Ramlow

As John (Richard Gere) begins to question his own journalistic rigor and even his sanity, a number of inconsistencies in the stories of the mothman crop up.

Runaway Bride (1999)

by Cynthia Fuchs

I worry about Julia Roberts. I know I don't need to but still, I feel like I can't help it. It's not because she's a particularly convincing performer on or off screen, though she does look distressed or vulnerable much of the time. It's not because the promoters for her latest movie, Runaway Bride, have been running ads with the creepiest stalker song ever made, the Police's Every Breath You Take.