Articles tagged "robbie coltrane"

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British TV’s ‘Robbie Coltrane: Incredible Britain’ gets a U.S. release on DVD

by Luaine Lee [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)]

[8.Jul.08] :. Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane ("Cracker" “Harry Potter") admits that he’s a gypsy, and will probably never change. “When I started to be successful in the ‘80s I had a...

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TV DVD Review

Cracker: A New Terror

by Bruce Dancis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[4.Oct.07] :. Cracker: A New Terror involves a murderer who is deeply affected by 9/11, the war in Iraq and the recently concluded war in Northern Ireland.

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Film Review

“Asian mom torches spouse!"Provoked (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[16.May.07] :. By offsetting Women in Cages-style throw-downs with Malcolm X-like uplift, it is simultaneously strange and familiar, inspiring and annoying.

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

by Todd R. Ramlow

[18.Nov.05] :. It is sad, though perhaps 'realistic,' that the lesson of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is that all institutions and authority, Good or Evil, are corrupt.

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Jun.04] :. Director Alfonso Cuarón brings to the franchise a newly inventive sensibility, and, most important, an appreciation for smart cuts and brevity, especially the requisite Quidditch scene, mercifully short, dark, and stormy.

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[29.Nov.02] :. The cruelest of Malfoy's bigotries is directed against lovely, diligent Hermoine.

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From Hell (2001)

by F.L. Carr

'From Hell' is the story of a disturbed man on the trail of a madman -- an exploration of the minds of killer and the man sent to stop him.

From Hell (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

The real subject is the street, or rather, the street as a cultural concept, simultaneously brutal and beautiful.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)

by Todd R. Ramlow

The makers of 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' are banking on the fact that so very many people 'have' read the books, so that the confusion of those Luddites who haven't read them matters very little.

The World Is Not Enough (1999)

by Beth Armitage

I can't help it; whenever I hear that opening theme music to a James Bond film, I get a tingle. I can't help but to hope for the best. This time out, my hopes were raised by a great opening sequence to The World Is Not Enough, which involves a thrilling highspeed boat chase. What's more, TWINE gives us the premise for a most excellent villain.