Articles tagged "rod lurie"

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Nothing But the Truth

by Jesse Hassenger

[30.Apr.09] :. By the time the focus tightens onto Armstrong's jail time, the movie turns righteous and, it must be said, a little tedious.

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Nothing But the Truth

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Dec.08] :. Rod Lurie's Nothing But the Truth looks at the compromises and complications that shape the "truth" in legal systems, media collusions, and politics in DC.

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Resurrecting the Champ

by Marc Calderaro

[24.Apr.08] :. An interesting tale about the intent of lying and the strengths of good old-fashioned work.

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News

Josh Hartnett sees reporters from the other side of the story

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[24.Aug.07] :. "I would love to play a rock star," he said. "If somebody said it was time to make The Iggy Pop Story, I'd be there."

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Film Review

Resurrecting the Champ

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.Aug.07] :. Maybe Erik just is so dim that he doesn't understand what's at stake in his storytelling, the way it reflects and repeats a history of storytelling.

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The Last Castle (2001)

by Renee Scolaro Rathke

What makes 'The Last Castle' worth talking about is something the filmmakers could never have foreseen: the alarming timeliness of its release.

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The Last Castle (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Robin Wright Penn appears in The Last Castle for about four minutes. She plays Rosalie, the beautiful, angry daughter of 3-star General and mostly absent father Eugene Irwin (Robert Redford)....

 

Deterrence (1998)

by Todd R. Ramlow

Deterrence, Rod Lurie's directorial debut, two years in the works, repeats the many overworked cliches of the nuclear paranoia pics of the early '80s, but comes nowhere near the achievement of kiddie classics like War Games, Fail Safe, The Longest Day, or even the melodramatic made-for-TV event, The Day After.