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Articles tagged "viola davis" Short Ends and LeaderThese ‘Nights’ are Nauseatingby Bill Gibron[26.Sep.08] :. Chemistry is the key to a good onscreen romance. Remove this vital cog, and the entire cinematic machine sputters and dies, right? Well, that’s only partially true. One assumes that a...  Film ReviewNights in Rodantheby Cynthia Fuchs[26.Sep.08] :. In an alternative universe, Jean (Viola Davis) does have a story -- one that you'd rather be seeing as Nights in Rodanthe descends into mundane melodrama.  TV ReviewThe Andromeda Strainby Cynthia Fuchs[26.May.08] :. The Andromeda Strain offers several physically fit and non-nerdy doctors, and conveniently deposits them as a group inside the Wildfire Lab.  Film DVD ReviewThe Architectby David Masciotra[23.Aug.07] :. Anthony LaPaglia delivers a brilliantly understated performance as a man who has the ability to build, but not maintain, and the desire to reconstruct, but not renovate.  Film DVD ReviewGet Rich or Die Tryin’ (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[30.Mar.06] :. Jim Sheridan notes, 'There's no initiation anymore for young men. They just grow up and there's nowhere to put these confused feelings that they have.'" Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[9.Nov.05] :. And where, you might ask, is 50 Cent coming from? In a word, money. Solaris (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[28.Jul.03] :. 'The one thing you'll see as you watch the film, what you'll take note of, is how still it is.'" Antwone Fisher (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[28.May.03] :. 'I wasn't concerned with whether or not the audience liked Antwone at first.'" Antwone Fisher (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[19.Dec.02] :. This single-mindedness can feel limited; there's obviously more to Antwone's story than the scenes in which he appears. Solaris (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[29.Nov.02] :. The liveliest moments in Steven Soderbergh's Solaris belong to Jeremy Davies' hands. City of Angelsby Cynthia FuchsFor all the primetime-melodramatic cliches at work in the men's conflicts -- the moral and political posturing, not to mention the dick-swinging -- it is significant that these battles are waged by black men, pitted against one another as they wrangle over the scant resources allotted them by a larger governing system. |
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