The Return of the Popcorn Circus: July 2008

By Bill Gibron

And it just doesn't stop. If part two in this three-ring play was packed with well hyped product, July just keeps the receipt treats coming. [30 April 2008]

Hancock

By Cynthia Fuchs

John Hancock is a black superhero desired and derided by crowds who are informed by spectacles, stereotypes, and fear. [2 July 2008]

The Kingdom

By Cynthia Fuchs

Boasting charismatic stars and a topical focus on terrorism, the film adds one more cagey detail -- a hint of moral challenge to its own thrills-and-chills violence. [28 September 2007]

Friday Night Lights (2004)

By Cynthia Fuchs

It's mostly about how football -- in this place, at this time -- overwhelms its adherents, apparently giving them something to live for but also sucking their lives from them. [8 October 2004]

The Rundown (2003)

By Cynthia Fuchs

The Rock doesn't want to hurt 'em, but he just can't help it. [25 September 2003]

Short Ends and Leader: ‘Hancock’ Hampered by Schizophrenic Script

Unheroic superhero appealed to director ‘Hancock’ director Peter Berg [3 July 2008]

Today’s foreign wars are Hollywood hell [9 November 2007]

A new script for Hollywood war movies [11 October 2007]

Hollywood goes to war: Mainstream movies focus on Iraq, terrorism [1 October 2007]