Friday, September 19 2008

Battle in Seattle

By Cynthia Fuchs

Even as various people try to "do their jobs" in Battle in Seattle, they are repeatedly boxed in by lack of information and lack of power.

Thursday, October 6 2005

Night Stalker

By Bill Gibron

The remake of the Darren McGavin vehicle derives from the adventures of Mulder and Scully, down to the male/female tag team of investigators and a secret conspiracy involving mysterious deaths, unexplained body markings, and brooding supernatural forces..

Friday, October 22 2004

Head in the Clouds (2004)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Gilda fits right in: whether she appears to be alternately vacuous and misunderstood, she's stunningly one-dimensional.

Monday, December 15 2003

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Allan Quartermain is complex, to be sure, resenting imperialism even as he embodies it.

Thursday, July 10 2003

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

By Cynthia Fuchs

'You're probably too young to remember,' Allan Quartermain (Sean Connery) tells the messenger, 'but the Empire is always in some kind of peril.'"

Thursday, January 9 2003

Trapped (2002)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Scary as this sounds -- Courtney Love channeling Claire Standish or Andie Walsh -- it might explain a few things about what was going on in Trapped.

Thursday, September 26 2002

Trapped (2002)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Scary as this sounds -- Courtney Love channeling Claire Standish or Andie Walsh -- it might explain a few things about what was going on in Trapped.

Thursday, February 21 2002

Queen of the Damned (2002)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Queen of the Damned (2002)

By Todd R. Ramlow

In 'Queen of the Damned', there's something more than a little obvious about the vampire Lestat as goth rock superstar.