Angels & Demons
A Harvard professor is an unlikely candidate for the hero of a summer blockbuster, and Angels & Demons demonstrates exactly why. The film is filled with talk, talk, talk.
14 May 2009
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Summer of Same: May 2009
May's titles include the fourth films in two aging franchises, more Pixar perfection, and the reboot of a TV series from 40 years ago. And they say there are no new ideas.
26 Apr 2009
OMG - The 20 Worst Films of 2008
There's bad, and then there's 2008 level bad. You know this list is looking down into a deep dark bottomless pit of cinematic despair when Mike Myers' shameful Love Guru didn't even make the Top 20!
14 Jan 2009
Mamma Mia!
The kind of movie whose campiness you just have to give into if you want to enjoy it -- and then you'll have a blast.
12 Jan 2009
Katrin Cartlidge: The Working Actress
Cartlidge’s lady of the night is part Shakespearean tragedienne, part deliciously vague Hitchcockian mannequin in distress; the archetype is shattered.
28 Aug 2008
Katrin Cartlidge: The Working Actress
Whether it was through silence, grotesquerie, fury or intelligence (or, at times, lack of intelligence), Cartlidge was not afraid to upturn the dark corners of the women she portrayed.
28 Aug 2008
Mamma Mia!
Meryl Streep scampers and writhes with something like abandon in her tomboyish overalls, her glowing tan and perfectly arranged "wild" blond hair indicating Donna's stanch independence.
17 Jul 2008
The Return of the Popcorn Circus: July 2008
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.
29 Apr 2008
Goya's Ghosts (Los Fantasmas de Goya) (2006)
If Miloš Forman's movie doesn't take up his distinctive visual style, it does embrace his broad satire, ferociously targeting religious, state, and financial leaders.
22 Jul 2007
Part 5: The Return of the Auteur
That noise you heard near the start of the new millennium was the creative din of a brash new breed of filmmakers tearing down the traditions of mainstream moviemaking. Their motion picture mission statements -- including the ones featured on this list -- remain the rulebook for new generations of anxious film artists.
21 Jun 2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Demented and punctuated by Depp's scowls and "oofs," Jack Sparrow's stunty bits are mostly amusing and sometimes even surprising.
06 Jul 2006
King Arthur: Extended Unrated Director's Cut (2004)
'The idea of these young boys being taken away from home at a young age... reminded me a lot of my own culture,' says director Antoine Fuqua.
Cynthia Fuchs
Reviews
21 Dec 2004
Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
Father Merrin, action hero. Who could have imagined it?"
Cynthia Fuchs
Film
26 Aug 2004
King Arthur (2004)
This generically gritty and solidly PG-13 King Arthur isn't even much of an action picture.
Jesse Hassenger
Film
07 Jul 2004
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