Email Author Eric Hynes

2010 Stories by Eric Hynes

• Sword-and-Sandals Epic Agora: Too Hard on the Crusaders!

  published May 25, 2010

  Not lacking for conviction or cojones, Alejandro Amenábar's Agora is a big, broad, stridently atheistic sword-and-sandals... More >>

• John Rabe Sensationalizes as it Recreates a Hero

  published May 18, 2010

  Like many historical dramas and biopics, John Rabe operates between the extremes of broad-stroked symbolism and selective detail,... More >>

• Dutiful Gangster Comedy Perrier's Bounty Crosses the Pond

  published May 18, 2010

  While Hollywood has belatedly cooled on snarky, loud-quiet-loud proto-Tarantino gangster comedies, our English-speaking brethren across the... More >>

• The Pleasant, Minor-Key Here and There

  published May 11, 2010

  A pleasant, minor-key romance, Darko Lungulov's Here and There has the unadorned integrity of a classic joke. There's pleasure in... More >>

• The Bewitching Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo

  published May 11, 2010

  An expansive take on the world in miniature, Jessica Oreck's documentary debut pursues all angles on a novel subject—the Japanese... More >>

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  Brent Green's Live-Action Stop-Motion Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then

  published May 4, 2010

  A work of dense textures and enervating affect, Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then employs live-action stop-motion to tell the true story... More >>

• A Conversation with Doors' Documentary Director Tom DiCillo

  published April 6, 2010

  With a résumé that stretches back 30 years, Tom DiCillo knows the highs and lows of independent filmmaking better than anyone.... More >>

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  Letters To God, The Latest in Evangelical-Oriented Entertainment

  published April 6, 2010

  The latest offering in evangelical-oriented entertainment, Letters To God tells the story of an eight year-old boy who copes with... More >>

• The Eight Tired Themes of Nicholas Sparks's Love-Stories

  published March 30, 2010

  Easy to dismiss, but increasingly difficult to ignore, Nicholas Sparks's products have become the standard for modern American romance.... More >>