Movie Review: Black Book (2006)Posted on July 20, 2016 Zhivagoesque epic for Nazi-occupied Europe 8/10 Black Book (from the Dutch Zwartboek) is a wonderfully casted and executed World War II movie about the Nazi oppression of conquered peoples that doesn’t stereotype anyone. It also doesn...
The hardest concept to bear in “Black Book” is the motif that heroine Ellis cannot escape the atrocities of war. Told as a flashback, which hurts the film in that the audience is all too aware of Ellis’ fate, the story ensures that tragedy is always looming over every persona. As ...
Black Books: Created by Dylan Moran. With Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey, Tamsin Greig, Paul Beech. Bernard Black runs a book shop, though his customer service skills leave something to be desired. He hires Manny as an employee. Fran runs the shop next door. B
In the film’s single most queasily gripping scene, Ito calls one of the officers (identified only as Investigator A) who initially blocked her case to ask if she can quote him in her book. To her surprise, he acquiesces (“As a journalist, it’s important you have a record,” he ...
Reviews the book 'Black Mass: The Irish Mob, the FBI, and a Devil's Deal,' by Dick Lehr & Gerard O'Neill. Cowling,Charlie - 《Library Journal》 被引量: 0发表: 2000年 Movie Review: 'Men in Black III' "Men in Black III" isn't exactly out of this world. After about30 ho-hum...
This sequel to the 1997 hit, which was based upon a Marvel Comics comic book, features Agents J and K (Smith and Jones) in battles with alien rabble-rousers who take the form of a host of estrogen-charged extraterrestrials.
Babysitter's Black Book: Directed by Lee Friedlander. With Spencer Locke, Ryan McPartlin, Perrey Reeves, Angeline Appel. Friends start a babysitting business to save up for college, but when the babysitting money just isn't cutting it, they start a prost
Few have endeavored to learn about porn's meaning by looking at the self-presentations and self-understandings of black women working inside the industry" (21). Miller-Young explains her intentions further when thanking her informants in the book's acknowledgements: "I try not to speak for th...
Ultimately,Black Widowis a solid spin-off that weaves tangled webs which often eclipse its pincerlike bite. An entertaining but conventional blockbuster, it proves heroines deserve recognition in comic-book movies. If The Avengers could save Marvel as a company, they would advise it to assemble ...
[Film Review] Black Widow (1987), Single White Female (1992) and Copycat (1995) Every once in a while, the Dream Factory bundles two prominent leading ladies together in a thriller, here is a triad of them cranked out within one decade, from 1987 to 1995. The sextet of performers is...