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Articles tagged "tom cruise" Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 FeaturePart 5: Toy Story 2 to Titus (November - December 1999)by PopMatters Staff[27.Mar.09] :. On this final day of PopMatters' 1999 overview, awards season hype gives way to pure acting prowess and definitive directorial flair. Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999  Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 FeaturePart 2: The Virgin Suicides to The Blair Witch Project (May - August 1999)by PopMatters Staff[24.Mar.09] :. In Part Two of our look at the most memorable films of 1999, we experience music, foul-mouthed mayhem, and a late, great auteur's final cinematic statement. Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999  Short Ends and LeaderSuspense is ‘Valkyrie’‘s Saving Graceby Bill Gibron[23.Dec.08] :. World War II remains the ultimate cinematic backdrop for elements both within and outside the conflict’s control. On the one hand, there are so many fascinating and intricate parts to the...  Film ReviewValkyrieby Cynthia Fuchs[23.Dec.08] :. Valkyrie's forward motion is stalled repeatedly by hyperbolically symbolic images, which also undercut some nuanced performances.  NewsCareers of five of Hollywood’s once-red-hot leading men may hang on their big holiday flicksby John Anderson [Newsday (MCT)][19.Dec.08] :. None of the actors listed below will miss a meal in 2009. None will have to tighten his Versace belt, have his Gucci driving shoes resoled or be on the lookout for the repo man. However, in film,...  News‘Valkyrie’ director says he tried to depict history as an old-fashioned thrillerby Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)][19.Dec.08] :. Filmmaker and World War II buff Bryan Singer read of the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, and the first thought to cross his mind was “thriller.” The director of “The Usual... Tropic Thunder: Unrated Director’s Cutby Evan Sawdey[14.Dec.08] :. A fun, occasionally brilliant satire of these Hollywood tropes that actually retains its comic punch after multiple viewings. Talk, Talk, Talk: December 2008by 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. Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography by Andrew Mortonby Tony Hicks [Contra Costa Times (MCT)][6.Feb.08] :. Holes and all, it's a hard book to put down, especially with wild tales of Scientology spilling forth page after page. Iraq War-themed films can’t find an audienceby Soren Andersen [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][2.Jan.08] :. What if they made a war movie and nobody came to see it? No biggie. Individual films fail all the time for all kinds of reasons. Filmmaking is a crapshoot. Always has been. Always will be. The... In ‘Lions for Lambs,’ cool icon turns passionate political advocateby Carrie Rickey [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][9.Nov.07] :. PHILADELPHIA—Sundance fever. Happens every time Robert Redford comes to the University of Pennsylvania. Back in `98, the president and deans panted like fangirls. This time, undergrads are... Lions for Lambsby Cynthia Fuchs[9.Nov.07] :. Though Lions barely considers the soldiers' choices, it's clear they've been egregiously misinformed, turned into terms in someone else's argument. Today’s foreign wars are Hollywood hellby Lewis Beale [Newsday (MCT)][9.Nov.07] :. This is not your grandfather’s war. This war is unpopular and controversial, seemingly endless. But that hasn’t stopped Hollywood from releasing a series of films about Iraq and its evil... Redford says ‘Lions for Lambs’ isn’t just another Iraq war movieby Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][6.Nov.07] :. SAN FRANCISCO—Actor and political activist Robert Redford learned a lifelong lesson when he was a teenager. “At 18, I went to the University of Colorado. I was asked to leave after a... Movie Masochist: The blockbuster that crashed and burned in 1986by James Franklin [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)][31.May.07] :. It’s the summer movie season, so the studios are trotting out their big, mediocre action films, the kind that no one hates—and no one loves—and everyone sees them and says “I... TAPSby Adam Besenyodi[15.Dec.06] :. TAPS suffers from its post-Vietnam jingoistic voice and a story that you simply don't want to buy into. Mission Impossible III (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[5.May.06] :. A movie titled M:I:III can't lean too hard on verbal wit, and so it quickly leaves Laurence Fishburne behind to head out into the actionated field. The Outsiders: The Complete Novel (1983)by Michael Christopher[21.Oct.05] :. Rarely does a director's cut reflect a vision 'truer' to a source text. But, like most everything else surrounding the picture, The Outsiders: The Complete Novel is quite an anomaly. War of the Worlds (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[1.Jul.05] :. Both smart-looking and simple-minded, War of the Worlds powers along on visual tricks and the frequent terrorizing of Dakota Fanning. 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. Collateral (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[5.Aug.04] :. Michael Mann's new film shows what anyone who's paid attention to Jamie Foxx has known for some time: he is excellent. The Last Samurai (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[4.Dec.03] :. It's a grand vehicle, with horses, martial arts, and vast armies, not to mention Tom Cruise's shiny shoulder-length hair flowing just right. Minority Report (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[20.Jun.02] :. Based on a story published by Philip K. Dick in 1956, 'Minority Report' is science-fiction of the sort that Dick preferred to write -- set in the future, but all wrapped up in concerns that are immediately relevant to the present moment (that the same concerns were relevant back in 1956 is not a little unnerving, as will become clear). Vanilla Sky (2001)by Cynthia Fuchs[13.Dec.01] :. Moreover, the film asserts, if you're not careful in your dealings with people, you'll end up with no self and no life, in that big empty Times Square in your head. Magnolia (1999)by Cynthia FuchsRiding in his cruiser, LAPD Officer Jim Kurring (John C. Reilly) explains what his days are like. While he laments “so much violence,” he also understands it as “the way of the... Magnolia (1999)by Todd RamlowAs Academy Award nomination season rolls around, I hope that Paul Thomas Anderson’s absolutely brilliant Magnolia receives the accolades that it so richly deserves. The pedestrian tastes... Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)by Lucas HilderbrandThe first Mission: Impossible film was an elaborately nonsensical piece of eye candy, little more than an excuse to outfit Tom Cruise in tight black clothes. For the much-delayed and big... |
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