Articles tagged "ving rhames"

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: August 2009

by 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

 

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 Feature

Part 4: All About My Mother to Sleepy Hollow (October - November 1999)

by PopMatters Staff

[26.Mar.09] :. Outsiders and oddballs make up Part Four's formidable filmmakers, an idiosyncratic collection of dreamers and visionaries.

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999

 

Short Ends and Leader

Zack Attack

by Bill Gibron

[11.Feb.09] :. How did he do it? How did Zack Snyder go from motion picture no one (well, he did direct a Michael Jordan documentary short and a Morrissey video) to helmer of hits like Dawn of the Dead and...

Short Ends and Leader

 

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 Feature

Super Duper Bad: The Worst Films of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[11.Jan.08] :. From Good Luck Chuck to Julie Taymor's ill-advised Beatlesque '60s tribute Across the Universe, PopMatters presents the dreck of 2007.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007

 

Film Review

I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Jul.07] :. Ving Rhames gets that Duncan can be gay, and not have to be a fulltime "flamer," in the film's parlance.

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Film Review

I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)

by Bill Gibron

[20.Jul.07] :. This gay marriage movie isn’t really ready to deal with the overriding disputes that arise whenever civil rights and civil unions become part of the human dialogue.

Recent Film reviews

 

Monkey Business (Part 3: July)

by Bill Gibron

[3.May.07] :. Finally, a month with only one remaining series contender. All wizard based Potter-y aside, this will be the most tenuous time for the business called show. After a strong start, the eccentric collection of entertainments here could make or break this potentially record shattering motion picture season.

 

Idlewild (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[25.Aug.06] :. Percy's a mortician, aware of the ways that bodies can be disfigured and rearranged, how life and death are performances for audiences.

 

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.

 

Kojak

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Mar.05] :. With another 40 minutes or so to fill, the pilot lets loose with the other, meaner, scarier Kojak, plying his vengeance for the good of the community.

 

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Mar.04] :. Don't call it a remake.

 

Dark Blue (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Feb.03] :. This is a scary city, where scary figures hang out on scary corners and slouch with scary insouciance. No wonder the cops are tense.

 

Undisputed (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Aug.02] :. Masculinity, integrity, brutality: Walter Hill's usual themes.

 

Lilo & Stitch (2002)

by Tracy McLoone

[20.Jun.02] :. Lovably unconventional, Lilo & Stitch have some trouble fitting in with their peer groups -- regular kids in Lilo's case, multi-limbed aliens in Stitch's.

 

UC: Undercover

by Cynthia Fuchs

Frank's (Oded Fehr) orneriness parallels that of UC's flamboyant villains, who get almost as much screen time as the supposed heroes.

 

Holiday Heart (2000): Ving Rhames, Alfre Woodard, Mykelti Williamson, Jessika Quynn Reynolds

by Cynthia Fuchs

Unlike most mainstream male stars who put on dresses, Ving Rhames takes Holiday seriously, and asks you to do the same.

 

Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)

by Lucas Hilderbrand

The 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...

 

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

The invasion is not from without, per se, but from, and, as Ripley noted so insightfully in 'Alien 3', 'It's a metaphor.' And when 'Final Fantasy' pauses to engage this question, most notably in Aki's dreams, it's onto something.

 

Baby Boy (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

John Singleton's 'Baby Boy' begins with a bang. But it's not the sort of bang you'd expect from the guy whose first film was the earnest 'Boyz N the Hood' (1991), or whose last, the explosive 'Shaft' (2000), had its Armani-clad protagonist declaring, 'It's Giuliani time!' as he stalked off to blow away a few bad cops.