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Articles tagged "tim robbins" Film DVD ReviewNoiseby Jake Meaney[6.Nov.08] :. The droning of a self-righteous windbag whom everyone has long since tuned out, rather like an annoying car alarm.  NewsThe end is here: 9-11 attacks and the new millennium revive apocalyptic moviesby Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)][1.Oct.08] :. Flooded cities. A plague of blindness. Humanity huddled in bunkers. It’s just another night at the movies. The Katrina documentary “Trouble the Water,” the viral-outbreak drama...  Film ReviewThe Lucky Onesby Cynthia Fuchs[29.Sep.08] :. The wars in the Middle East hang over The Lucky Ones like high cloud cover, coloring each event during the road trip, no matter how banal.  NewsPolitically active actor Tim Robbins makes a not-particularly-political Iraq War filmby Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)][25.Sep.08] :. From “Home of the Brave” to “Stop-Loss,” “In the Valley of Elah” to “Redacted,” Hollywood has tried to lead movie audiences into the lives of soldiers...  The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview FeatureTalk, Talk, Talk: October 2008by 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. The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview  The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview FeatureTalk, Talk, Talk: September 2008by Bill Gibron[9.Sep.08] :. From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one. The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)by Chris Robé[7.Mar.07] :. If you have ever bought a black-light to create the right ambiance when you played air-guitar on a backwards tennis racket in your parents’ house, then Tenacious D will not disappoint. Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)by Daynah Burnett[22.Nov.06] :. Jack Black. I feel like I never knew the guy. Catch a Fire (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[27.Oct.06] :. Actually, Phillip Noyce's thriller raises a question: how have the South African "terrorists," so deemed by Botha's administration, since become courageous freedom fighters? Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[11.Nov.05] :. When Lisa thaws, she's granted a limited gamut of roles, from screaming victim to gushy girl to action-heroic savior. Code 46 (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[17.Jan.05] :. According to screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce, 'The 20th century was the Freud century, and the 21st century's going to be the genetics century.'" Top Gun: Special Collector’s Edition (1986)by Cynthia Fuchs[13.Dec.04] :. One angle on this newness was the boys' deep friendships, masculine and competitive but also tender and intimate. Code 46 (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[5.Aug.04] :. William's seeming gift of empathy is a deception: anyone could do his job, if properly infected. Mystic River (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[9.Oct.03] :. While the film doesn't elucidate Jimmy's own violent past, it is clear that he hasn't had misgivings until now. The Truth About Charlie (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[31.Oct.02] :. It conjures a perverse and giddy grace. Human Nature (2002)by Kevin Devine[2.May.02] :. Human Nature is largely a study of the fine line between being innovative and being asinine. Mission to Mars (2000)by Tobias PetersonThe following review contains spoilers. Manifest Density From the Louisiana Purchase to the Mexican-American war, the history of the United States is punctuated often by federally... Mission to Mars (2000)by Mike WardKurt Neumann’s 1950 Rocketship X-M may be the progenitor of space exploration films, at least if you believe the claims its video box makes for it. If this is true, then it’s a... High Fidelity (2000)by P. Nelson ReinschIn keeping with the spirit of the film itself, I humbly offer the top 5 reasons the new film High Fidelity is worth seeing. Cradle Will Rock (1999)by John G. NettlesTim Robbins has never been shy about being one of them damn Hollywood liberals -- pro-union, anti-death penalty, solidly Green, married to Susan Sarandon. Antitrust (2000)by Cynthia FuchsThere’s something suspicious about a movie that might uses slogans as dialogue. This one lays out its competing democratic and capitalistic ideals by such shorthand. For example: “Never... |
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