Articles tagged "ron howard"

TV DVD Review

The Andy Griffith Show: The Complete Third Season

by Leigh H. Edwards

[2.Sep.05] :. Gomer had us at 'Gol-lee'.

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The Andy Griffith Show: The Complete Second Season

by Leigh H. Edwards

[10.Aug.05] :. While Barney's marginality reinforces Andy's norm by contrast, their coupledom is consistent.

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Cinderella Man (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Jun.05] :. Whether sad, frustrated, or even thinking about losing his temper, Jim is never less than stalwart.

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The Missing (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Feb.04] :. At the first moment you see Maggie (Cate Blanchett) on screen in Ron Howard's The Missing, you know this is one of those Cate Blanchett tough-girl projects.

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The Missing (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Nov.03] :. Maggie's toughness is surely enhanced by Blanchett's fabulous cheekbones and icy eyes.

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TV Review

Felicity

by Jessica Harbour

Early rumors labeled the show 'Ally McBeal Goes to College', and it's taken two full seasons to grow into the designation.

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

by Todd R. Ramlow

Early in Ron Howard’s much anticipated live-action version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, while all of Who-ville is a-bustle with holiday shopping fever, Little Cindy Lou Who (Taylor...

 

The Da Vinci Code (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

In straining to make its spaces and secrets 'scary', Da Vinci literalizes thoughts and dreams, and abandons mystery and nuance.

 

A Beautiful Mind (2001)

by Lesley Smith

A Beautiful Mind idealizes mental illness as spectacle, a feel-good gladiatorial games of the psyche where the human spirits always triumphs and love always blooms.

 
 
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