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Articles tagged "robert luketic" Film Review21by Cynthia Fuchs[28.Mar.08] :. Even if card counting is legal, this gangster-style brutality plainly cannot be, yet it provides long minutes of hackneyed menace, a B-movie plot point that only underlines 21's unoriginality.  Film ReviewMonster-In-Law (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[13.May.05] :. Though the pathologies Fonda and Lopez embody tend to be framed as individual, they are symptomatic and well rewarded.  Film ReviewWin a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[22.Jan.04] :. Like Legally Blonde, Win a Date showcases an independent-minded girl whose naïveté and credulity make her admirable.  Film ReviewLegally Blonde (2001)by Cynthia FuchsIf you pay money to see it, 'Legally Blonde' presumes, you get the joke: all this foofiness is really just a way to sugar-coat Elle's steely resolve, admirable ingenuity, and fabulous moral fiber, and -- more importantly -- to indict the entrenched gender/class/race systems that put her in her place (on top, sort of). |
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