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Articles tagged "uma thurman" Film ReviewThe Life Before Her Eyesby Cynthia Fuchs[22.Apr.08] :. Calling up collective fears and resentments, The Life Before Her Eyes offers a most prosaic moral framework. NewsFast chat: Uma Thurman on ‘The Life Before Her Eyes’by Joseph Amodio [Newsday (MCT)][17.Apr.08] :. Uma Thurman has always been a standout. Her name, the whole 6-foot-tall thing, those arresting, angular features, all guaranteed she’d get noticed. And she was—first by agents at age... PopMatters Pick Film DVD ReviewGattacaby Shaun Huston[19.Mar.08] :. This film is quietly provocative, well crafted, and a subtle meditation on the future.  Film ReviewThe Producers (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[23.Dec.05] :. No one can be wholly ruined in a big fat sardonic musical, a form demanding grandeur, gaucheness, and above all, giddy delights. Unfortunately, this movie musical rather forgets the movie part.  Film ReviewPrime (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[28.Oct.05] :. Wise and soothing, Lisa occasionally sounds more like a girlfriend than the usual movie shrink, and this is, you think, a good thing.  Film DVD ReviewBe Cool (2005)by Tim O'Neil[18.Jul.05] :. The John Travolta movie starts off on the wrong foot and proceeds downwards. Be Cool (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[4.Mar.05] :. Utterly out of place, the Rock is the most convincing character in sight. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[9.Aug.04] :. In her discernible contempt, Elle stands in some opposition to Beatrix, whose ferocity is less mean than resolute. Paycheck (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[17.May.04] :. 'A true hero,' says John Woo on the commentary track for the Paycheck DVD, 'always reaches out a helping hand to others.'" Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[15.Apr.04] :. Beatrix's survival depends on her weird combinations of passion, dispassion, and compassion. Paycheck (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[8.Jan.04] :. Michael (Ben Affleck) doesn't set out to control anything: he just wants to get paid. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[9.Oct.03] :. This is a movie about bodies, about what hurts them on screen and in viewing spaces. The Golden Bowl (2000)by Cynthia FuchsAdam (Nick Nolte) is introduced on screen with the title, 'America's First Billionaire' (this is the level of overstatement to which the film resorts repeatedly, not trusting its audience to follow even the simplest plot points). Sweet and Lowdown (1999)by Josh JonesWoody Allen introduces his fictionalized bio-pic of “forgotten” jazz guitarist Emmett Ray with the question, “Why Emmett Ray?” We may ask the same question, but it really... Tape (2001)by Cynthia FuchsWhat it gets you thinking about, while you watch it and for some time afterwards, is whether anyone can ever know what has 'happened,' and more disturbingly, how the tendency to want such knowledge can be violent. |
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