Articles tagged "seven pounds"

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Hollywood, race and the Age of Obama

by Christopher Kelly [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[26.Dec.08] :. Gook. Dragon lady. Swamp rats. These are but a few of the cringe-inducing racial epithets spewed by Clint Eastwood’s Walt Kowalski in “Gran Torino,” the cringe-inducing new drama...

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Film Review

Seven Pounds

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Dec.08] :. Equally afflicted by an old-school weepies affect and new-agey self-righteousness, Seven Pounds is by turns clumsy and overbearing.

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Column: The Screener

Exquisite Agony

by Chris Barsanti

[18.Dec.08] :. This holiday season, Mickey Rourke (in The Wrestler) and Will Smith (Seven Pounds) suffer for all us sinners.

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Short Ends and Leader

Tearjerker Given a Post-Modern Make-Over in ‘Pounds’

by Bill Gibron

[18.Dec.08] :. If there is one genre that’s in desperate need of a post-modern make-over, it’s the tearjerker. Comedy gets retrofitted every few years, while the action film scours the globe for as much...

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Box-office champ Smith says ‘Seven Pounds’ offers him the chance to shed old persona

by Christopher Kelly [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[16.Dec.08] :. DALLAS—“Stop looking at the porn,” Will Smith jokingly admonishes as he steps inside the hotel suite at the Ritz-Carlton. He takes long strides across the room. His smile is wide....

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The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview Feature

Talk, Talk, Talk: December 2008

by Bill Gibron

[12.Sep.08] :. Just like the end of an inspiring speech that may or may not succeed in making its point, these final four weeks before 2009 tend to define or defeat the entire awards season purpose.

The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview