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06.19.08 | by Steve Schwartz
History presented on television does not have to rely on the documentary format -- third person narration, supplemented with interviews with historians, actors reading contemporary letters and journals, and half-hearted re-enactments -- to maintain an aura of historical accuracy or legitimacy. The "John Adams" miniseries augments David McCullough's ability to bring his characters to life by bringing their world to life through a fantastic screenplay, acting, and cinematography.
03.18.08 | by Laura Fokkena
In January of 2004, just as dawn was breaking, Chicago-based filmmaker Usama Alshaibi bribed the guards on Iraq's Jordanian border and drove back into the country he hadn't seen in 24 years. He brought along his American-born wife, Kristie, and a video camera. "Nice Bombs: My Journey Back to Iraq," an award-winning documentary, is the result of his journey.
09.07.07 | by Allen McDuffee
Last year's July War between Israel and the Lebanese Shia militia group, Hezbollah, ended on the ground after a little more than a month. For Hezbollah, the war continues with the Aug. 16 release of the video game "Special Force 2: Tale of the Truthful Pledge."
10.01.06 | by Hemal Jhaveri
It all started with Sunnydale and Capeside. In 1998, a few years into its existence, the WB network introduced "Dawson's Creek," a teen drama set in a fictional small coastal town in Massachusetts, to its Tuesday night line up.
10.22.03 | by Hemal Jhaveri
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy feels like an especially well-executed marketing campaign for homosexuality -- but it plays it too stereotypically safe.
08.05.03 | by Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.
A new documentary amplifies voices of dissent
05.20.03 | by Christopher Wisniewski
Buffy grew darker -- but no less compelling -- as it traded in the well-trodden world of teen angst for the more ambiguous territory of young adulthood.
05.20.03 | by Cynthia Fuchs
While Buffy is about powerful girls and youthful agency, it has always retained its somber, iconic and mythic interest in death
05.10.03 | by Cynthia Fuchs
Daddy Day Care demonstrates precious little interest in storyline, character or originality
05.07.03 | by Cynthia Fuchs
For these few whizzy instants, X2 has no worries about explaining who's who, no interest in crafting a context, no care except to fling you from wall to wall and thrill to thrill. Then it returns to form
05.07.03 | by Cynthia Fuchs
Lizzie plays both fan (of a star she's not yet heard sing) and star, an admittedly odd duality she handles with smiley aplomb
05.07.03 | by Cynthia Fuchs
Raising Victor Vargas opens on 16-year-old Victor posing. Cocking his hip and caressing his chest, he gazes steadfastly at the camera, plainly seductive in his own mind, more likely a little corny in yours
05.06.03 | by Alana Kumbier
PopPolitics speaks with the recappers of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
05.06.03 | by Cynthia Fuchs
Identity has some OK cards up its sleeve. These include a plot twist or two, but mostly have to do with smart performances in conventional roles
05.06.03 | by Cynthia Fuchs
Confidence opens with a bit of an homage to Sunset Boulevard's famous dead-guy-in-a-pool opening
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