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Film Review

The Secret Life of Bees

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.Oct.08] :. May's wailing wall appears repeatedly in Gina Prince-Blythewood's The Secret Life of Bees, each time an invitation to reflect, to remember what was and hope for what might be.

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Column: Suffragette City

The Secret Life of Bees

by Matt Mazur

[13.Oct.08] :. What could have been a brave film turned out lukewarm, lost in its own self-importance, stripped of its feminist overtones and watered down for mass consumption.

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The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview Feature

Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008

by Bill Gibron

[10.Sep.08] :. What studio suit thought this was a good idea? With four months to schedule your high priced efforts, you instead unload almost 30 overpriced pictures on an unsuspecting movie audience.

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Film DVD Review

Aeon Flux (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.Apr.06] :. The writers' commentary track is smart, instructive, and funny. The film is less so.

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Film Review

Aeon Flux (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[16.Dec.05] :. No way could the live action Aeon manage the hairstyle of the animated Aeon, much less the scary wasp waist and freaky-deaky sexual exploits.

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Film DVD Review

Hotel Rwanda (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Apr.05] :. Ambitiously humanitarian, the film uses Paul's plot to allude to the broader tragedy.

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Hotel Rwanda (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Jan.05] :. Faith in his own work ethic keeps Paul from acknowledging the turmoil erupting all around him.

 

Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[5.Apr.04] :. The title refers to many 'things,' most simultaneously dirty and pretty.

 

Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Aug.03] :. Dirty Pretty Things is a film about beaten down, exhausted, tenaciously hopeful workers.