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Articles tagged "timothy olyphant" The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview FeatureSummer of Same: August 2009by Bill Gibron[30.Apr.09] :. With names like Tarantino, Lee, and Zombie, the final month of the season pulls out all the film geek stops. Still, the only guarantee is familiarity, not freshness. The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview  Film DVD ReviewStop-Lossby Tiffany White[7.Aug.08] :. Realism doesn't make a better movie, just a more sensitive one.  Film ReviewStop-Lossby Cynthia Fuchs[28.Mar.08] :. In Brandon's confrontations with his own delusions, Stop-Loss focuses on unhealthy rituals of manhood and male community recalling Peirce's Boys Don't Cry.  Film DVD FeatureThe Perfect Lean, Mean, Macho Machineby Marco Lanzagorta[26.Mar.08] :. The Die Hard series is a true rollercoaster of visual excesses guaranteed to raise the viewer’s adrenaline levels – while invoking intriguing ideological and cultural subtexts that deal with race, gender, masculinity, and social anxieties.  Film DVD ReviewHitmanby Jesse Hassenger[19.Mar.08] :. Too dry for teenagers, and not sophisticated enough for anyone who has ever seen an espionage movie better than Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever.  Film DVD ReviewLive Free or Die Hardby Bill Gibron[3.Jan.08] :. Bruce Willis' career may not have mandated a fourth trip into Die Hard territory. Who knew that action fans needed it so badly? Timothy Olyphant becomes a ‘Hitman’by Marijke Rowland [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][30.Nov.07] :. When it comes to your first starring action vehicle, you never think it will happen to you bald in Bulgaria. But Timothy Olyphant’s steady rise through Hollywood has hit the big time thanks to... Hitmanby Cynthia Fuchs[21.Nov.07] :. Hitman isn't interested in complex emotions or motivations. Rather, it maintains a pretty much relentless focus on the predictable poetry of violence. Die Hard Neoconby Michael Serazio[3.Jul.07] :. In yet another Die Hard film this summer, Bruce Willis will reprise his role as John McClane. But can the public stomach the implicit politics that animate him? If new ‘Die Hard’ is a hit, Timothy Olyphant can live freeby Marijke Rowland [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][29.Jun.07] :. MODESTO, Calif.—If you’re going to go big, go big. If you’re going to go bad, go bad. If you’re going to go big and bad, go “Die Hard.” For 39-year-old Timothy... Bruce Willis talks about the tardy return of his tough-guy alter egoby Carrie Rickey [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][27.Jun.07] :. Bruce Willis shoots into the hotel suite like a blue-eyed bullet, head shaved, T white, jeans pale as his orbs. The wiry actor is trim, more like a spokesmodel for the imaginary health supplement... Live Free or Die Hard (2007)by Cynthia Fuchs[27.Jun.07] :. Bruce Willis as John McClane is back, recalling all the retro rightness and righteousness he first incarnated in 1988. Mr. Cool: Bruce Willis returning to ‘Die Hard’ after 12 yearsby Christopher Kelly [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][14.Jun.07] :. "Fifty percent of the time I'm right, but 50 percent of the time I'm just as wrong," he says in response to a question about his knack for choosing projects like "Die Hard" (1988) and "The Sixth Sense" (1999). Catch and Release (2006)by Matt Mazur[14.May.07] :. That this film somehow managed to attract such an array of diverse talent, and was marketed as a feminine romantic comedy, will confound viewers to no end. Monkey Business (Part 2: June)by Bill Gibron[2.May.07] :. Apparently, as the sun's strongest rays finally settle over the movie going public, sequels are the remedy to cool down an overheated demographic. This month alone holds five examples of such redux refreshment. The rest of the choices are a variety pack of genres, ideas and possibilities. Catch and Release (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[26.Jan.07] :. That this movie doesn’t find a way out of the morass of generic cliché and triviality isn't surprising, but it is disappointing. Net-Works: The Best TV of 2006by PopMatters Staff[10.Jan.07] :. You won't have to look far along your television dial to discover the Top TV picks from PopMatters staff. From 20 upward, each entry represents the boob tube at its best. Deadwood: The Complete Second Seasonby Sean O'Neal[10.Jul.06] :. For those who have taken the time to appreciate its oily charms, the subtle shifts in dynamics between the show's unreliable heroes and villains, and its unparalleled ensemble of character actors, Deadwood is one of the most arresting and original series in TV history. Deadwood - The Complete Second Seasonby Sean O'Neal[22.May.06] :. For those who have taken the time to appreciate its oily charms, the subtle shifts in dynamics between the show's unreliable heroes and villains, and its unparalleled ensemble of character actors, Deadwood is one of the most arresting and original series in TV history. Deadwoodby Lesley Smith[21.Mar.05] :. Deadwood is possibly the most coruscating indictment of American capitalism ever aired in primetime. The Girl Next Door: Unrated Version (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[30.Aug.04] :. The film begins by introducing just how hard it is to be in high school -- a good and difficult thing for adults to remember. Deadwoodby Elena Razlogova[12.Apr.04] :. Wily and self-possessed, Sol Star is an unusual combination of a Lower East Side peddler and Gary Cooper in High Noon. The Girl Next Door (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[8.Apr.04] :. For all its raunchy allusions and language (and porn stars), the film is essentially conservative, as Matt succeeds in romance and business. A Man Apart (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[3.Apr.03] :. It's sad that the wife is dead, of course. More painful is the death scene per se, as Vin Diesel has to play something approximating tragedy. Dreamcatcher (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[20.Mar.03] :. One thing you can say about 'Dreamcatcher': you can't really say one thing about it. Rock Star (2001)by Mike WardIt's disappointing that 'Rock Star'... ends up with such a boring reassertion of straightness, not only with regard to sexual orientation, but also with regard to lifestyles and values more generally. The Broken Hearts Club (2000)by Stephen TropianoIn comparison to this club's bunch of self-involved twentysomethings [in 'The Broken Hearts Club'], Dawson and his pals on the 'Creek' are living on the edge. |
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