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Articles tagged "rob reiner" Film ReviewThe Bucket Listby Cynthia Fuchs[27.Dec.07] :. The Bucket List is the sort of movie you can watch in your sleep.  Film ReviewRumor Has It… (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[23.Dec.05] :. For a couple of minutes, such slippage between movie myths and mythic divas looks like it might turn charming, or maybe clever. But it doesn't.  DVD Film ReviewStand By Me: Deluxe Edition (1986)by Nikki Tranter[18.Apr.05] :. Stand By Me is always worth celebrating.  Film ReviewAlex & Emma (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[19.Jun.03] :. It is Alex's fantasy into which the film and Emma's seeming interests devolve.  DVD TV ReviewAll in the Family: Second Seasonby Stephen Tropiano[25.Mar.03] :. In the case of All in the Family and Sanford and Son, 'groundbreaking' is not an overstatement.  Film ReviewThe Story of Us (1999)by Cynthia FuchsHere's a terrifying thought: each of the major turning points in your life is reducible to the hairstyle you're wearing at the time. Your graduation, your first job, your marriage, your dead goldfish, your vacation in Italy: all of it is mucked up when filtered through those misty-water-colored memory glasses. If it sounds awful in theory, it's even worse to see it acted out, on a wide screen with lots of close-ups of teary, badly-coifed movie stars backed by a treacly Eric Clapton guitar score. This Is Spinal Tap (1984/2000)by Jon MunnSixteen years ago, a young filmmaker named Marti DiBergi set out to capture, in his words, 'the sights, the sounds, and the smells' of a workhorse British rock band named Spinal Tap. |
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