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JIVEMagazine.com - Rabbit, Run: Of James Joyce, Eminem, and 8 Mile As such, his lyrical content throughout the 8 Mile soundtrack is uncharacteristically adult, not because of his foul mouth but because of his intelligence, and his powerful performance in the film shows just how close to the bone Eminem is willing to go to prove himself. The most important point to note about 8 Mile as a film is something that will probably and unfortunately bypass most of the audience the it initially attracts: the script is littered with references to postmodern author John Updike’s Rabbit, Run. And it’s a shame, because 8 Mile as a film is a powerful, inspirational piece of work, as are the tracks Eminem recorded for the soundtrack. www.jivemagazine.com /article.php?pid=79   (1350 words)

Modamag.com 8 Mile (Movie Review) One of the main surprises of “8 Mile” is just how ingratiating a film it is. Eminem is known globally as the wicked prince of rap, yet this film is evenly layered with comedy, performance, sexuality, and a free spirit I assume will catch most by surprise. Submersive location work is a Hanson specialty, and his intimate take on the 8 Mile area adds a lot to the film’s flavor and a little to its authenticity. But even with the odd couple pairing, the two have come together to form “8 Mile,” an unlikely but wholly entertaining film that should silence all those who object to either of these two artists’ penchants for monkey business. www.modamag.com /8milereview.htm   (1049 words)

BBC NEWS Entertainment Music Hip-hop hopefuls battle for glory The film 8 Mile followed a rapper, played by Eminem, as he fought at similar battles in Detroit. Such rap contests did take place in the UK before 8 Mile, Mr Anthony says - but the film took events to a new level. Hip-hop battles like those made famous in Eminem's film 8 Mile - where rappers square up in competition on stage - are gaining a large following in the UK. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/3870329.stm   (775 words)

JIVEMagazine.com - Rabbit, Run: Of James Joyce, Eminem, and 8 Mile As such, his lyrical content throughout the 8 Mile soundtrack is uncharacteristically adult, not because of his foul mouth but because of his intelligence, and his powerful performance in the film shows just how close to the bone Eminem is willing to go to prove himself. And it’s a shame, because 8 Mile as a film is a powerful, inspirational piece of work, as are the tracks Eminem recorded for the soundtrack. 8 Mile, at its essence, is a struggle of one man’s story to stop the wheel Ayn Rand identified in Atlas Shrugged, and to reach his full potential. www.jivemagazine.com /article.php?pid=79   (1365 words)

8 Mile (2002) For one, 8 Mile might have the most believable, most powerful representation of an automobile factory of any film in the last twenty years, and it still manages to use the location for sophisticated, plot driving drama. All in all, the thing that really defines 8 Mile is how committed to this idea the cast and crew must have been in order to make this film. This film says something about rap and the human experience that hasn't been articulated this well many times before; it bridges the gap between rap and poetry in a big way, and makes that gap look a lot smaller. uk.imdb.com /Title?0298203   (806 words)

Eminem 8 Mile What you get in 8 Mile is a brave film that is surprisingly culturally and intellectually rigorous and an aggressive film that is so emotionally intense that it seems to sometimes tear itself apart. I think 8 Mile could have a sequel that'd be better then the prequel showing him just break into the Rap game as an underground cat and making his way up. 8 Mile is a good movie as far as showing part of the World to many who don't care about this culture, just exactly how life in it for some can be. www.eminem.net /8mile   (1355 words)

calendarlive.com: MOVIE REVIEW - '8 Mile' At the same factory, Jimmy has "8 Mile's" most curious scene, a rap battle where he comes to the defense of a maligned gay fellow worker, a sequence that feels like it has more to do with the star's well-publicized difficulties with the gay community than furthering the film's plot. Though some of "8 Mile's" realistic touches get wearing -- there's more use of "dog," as in "yo, dog" than in the annual meeting of the Westminster Kennel Club -- the film is never more real than when Jimmy unloads his anger on someone close to him, a frequent occurrence. When "8 Mile" begins, he's carrying everything he owns in a black plastic trash bag and is about to move back in with his impecunious mother, Stephanie (Kim Basinger, who won an Oscar in Hanson's "L.A. Confidential"), and her loutish boyfriend, Greg (Michael Shannon). www.calendarlive.com /movies/reviews/cl-et-turan8nov08,0,4718674.story   (1004 words)

SPLICEDwire "8 Mile" review (2002) Curtis Hanson, Eminem The charismatically angry white hip-hop star is in every scene of "8 Mile" -- a film inspired in part by his own days as a hungry young rapper, scrapping his way through smack-down rhyme battles in mid-1990s Detroit. If he can get over it, he'll probably be OK. But it's pretty clear that nothing ever comes easily to anyone living near 8 Mile Road, the dividing line between poor black and white neighborhoods in a bad part of Detroit that gives the film its title. "8 Mile" is anything but a soundtrack-driven popcorn flick for a poseur musician to cash in on his popularity. www.splicedonline.com /02reviews/8mile.html   (781 words)

8 Mile (2002) 8 Mile, the most in-demand ticket at the last London Film Festival, is a movie with great potential that somehow doesn’t quite deliver. His mum (Kim Basinger) lives in a trailer on the 8 Mile, the dividing line between the blacks and whites of Detroit. Because it was so close to a persons life it made you fell that there was actually someone there filming this guys life as it happened instead of it just being a film. www.cinemascreen.co.uk /filmdata/filmdata.asp?filmid=6319   (602 words)

DVD Review: 8 Mile Eminem, a white but legitimately rooted underclass rapper, stars in a fun little Widescreen movie from Universal, 8 Mile (21981, $27), about a rap subculture called 'battling,' in which two people, who have apparently memorized rhyming dictionaries, face off and extemporaneously insult one another in verse. The film is an imitation of a low budget, inner city beginner's film, but it was directed by an 'A list' director, Curtis Hanson, and it is just a bit too clean around the edges to hit you the way it pretends that it wants to. Unfortunately, we don't know the names of these brilliant but forgotten authors. www.moviecitygeek.com /dvd/2003/030928.html   (309 words)

The Cross of Christ for 8 Mile Road 8 Mile grossed $54.5 million in its opening weekend, had the second-best opening ever for an R-rated film, the fifth biggest opening for 2002, and the biggest opening for a semi-musical or an actor making his debut film. Certainly, working on the “wrong” side of 8 Mile Road has reinforced my belief that the gift of shalom Christ died for, the shalom God desires to spread over his city, is a multifaceted reality of regeneration that includes not only personal salvation, but also the blessings of prosperity. Such a limited understanding of the transcendence of the cross of Christ is debilitating, as a tour along 8 Mile Road in Detroit readily suggests. www.acton.org /publicat/randl/article.php?id=449   (2948 words)

IGN: 8 Mile Review 8 Mile is another solid outing by him, and once again he's put together a film with deliberate enough pacing to keep you glued to the screen over the two-hour running time. At its core, 8 Mile is the same type of musical underdog story that littered "cheesy" movies in the 80's, yet it works here due to a strong director and a surprising performance by Eminem. Colors are mostly subdued in the seemingly always-overcast 8 Mile, but occasionally a bright yellow (such as on the handrails of stairs) will pierce the drab palate. dvd.ign.com /articles/389/389916p1.html   (895 words)

Journal of Religion and Film: 8 Mile Film Review by Jon Pahl Journal of Religion and Film: 8 Mile Film Review by Jon Pahl The trouble with 8 Mile is that it mirrors the theology of the market that reduces young people to their roles as producers or consumers, as victims or victimizers in a world where words are effective only in the currency of curses. 8 Mile reveals the Word struggling to articulate and resolve the inherited contradictions of a culture divided by age, gender, race, and class--but silenced before them all by the myth of the heroic individual. www.unomaha.edu /jrf/8milerev.htm   (613 words)

8 Mile Review (DVD Movie/Film) Living in Detroit, near the 8 Mile road – a part of the city that separates whites from blacks - we first meet the nerve-juiced Rabbit vomiting before a rap battle at the Shelter club. Inevitably touted as Rocky meets rap, it’s easy to see why 8 Mile has drawn comparisons with Stallone’s muscular slug-fest. DVD Extra Special Features: 'Making Of' featurette, Rap battles, 'The Music Of 8 Mile' featurette, Eminem 'Superman' music video, DVD-Rom features, Regions 2-4 www.futuremovies.co.uk /review.asp?ID=54   (608 words)

8 Mile : film review The name 8 Mile represents the divide between blacks and whites, rich and poor as well as the psychological boundary that divides and challenges Jimmy's dream of becoming a rap artist. 8 Mile, a combination of Rocky and Purple Rain set in the hip-hop world of the mid '90s, is a winner. 8 Mile may not have converted me into an Eminem fan, but it has made me do two things I thought I would never do: cut him some slack and give him some well-deserved credit, at least on his acting ability. www.musicomh.com /films/8mile.htm   (579 words)

8 Mile "8 Mile" isn't a great film, but it is a custom vehicle for a kinder, gentler Eminem and his music. There are guns evident, though, in "8 Mile." To not have them would require a major suspension of disbelief of inner city life but, here, they are not fired in anger. Rabbit, lives within the 8 Mile Road loop of Detroit that separates the suburban middle class neighborhoods from the inner city. www.reelingreviews.com /8mile.htm   (1353 words)

8 Mile Yes, it is further testament to 8 Mile's laudable apathy for histrionics that we never learn, for example, whether Rabbit's ex-girlfriend really is pregnant, as she half-heartedly rumors herself to be, but then again, the screenplay hasn't furnished her character with any element of interest besides this unresolved enigma. I started hungering for the debut of 8 Mile, rather than merely dreading it as a label-endorsed vanity project (Glitter with fisticuffs?), the minute I heard Curtis Hanson was signed to direct. All in all, atmosphere in 8 Mile is rendered much less persuasively by people than by hard, portentous objects—guns, police cars, industrial machinery—which Hanson wisely permits to thicken and clog the environment without sidelining the plot into sensational incidents. www.nicksflickpicks.com /8mile.html   (1312 words)

Henry Payne on 8 Mile & Detroit on National Review Online But now along comes an unlikely source, the hit movie 8 Mile, to remind us of the real government injustice in America: 30 years of urban policy that have crippled a generation of American youth. Detroit, Michigan's largest city with 970,000 people, has only one movie theater, the Phoenix on Eight Mile (where a man was shot in the stomach on the film's opening night). And as politics, Eight Mile is stark evidence of the failure of liberal urban policy. www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-payne111802.asp   (1124 words)

Flipside Movie Emporium: 8 Mile Movie Review One need not understand or even like the genre in order to enjoy 8 Mile, but if you're not familiar with rap, you'll likely leave with a better idea of what it's all about. 8 Mile understands that, and endeavors to demystify the music without sacrificing its essence. Rabbit isn't a perfect man, and 8 Mile displays his flaws with open honesty. www.flipsidemovies.com /8mile.html   (968 words)

Barnes & Noble.com - 8 Mile -- Curtis Hanson - DVD - Full Screen Uncensored / Dubbed The basic story of 8 Mile -- an underdog trying to rise above his sorry lot in life -- is nothing new, but the music and authenticity of the milieu give the film an invigorating freshness. 8 Mile was shot on location in Detroit; the name refers to 8 Mile Road, a thoroughfare along the city's perimeter which effectively separates the middle-class suburban neighborhoods from the lower-class inner-city. Rap permeates 8 Mile, both as a form of combat and as a spontaneous expression of inner struggles, personal conflicts, and social consciousness. video.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?userid=516YBK5S3O&sourceid=00401204055529081123&EAN=25192273926   (1104 words)

8 MILE The third "8" movie to be released in the last four months (a fourth — Adam Sandler's 8 Crazy Nights — bows at the end of November), 8 Mile is an ambitious hodgepodge of Purple Rain, Cool As Ice, Slam, and Breakin' 2: Electric Bugaloo. I would imagine most of the exaggerated praise Mile has received is in direct correlation to the crappy pictures most rap-rock-pop stars have made in vain attempts to become movie stars (see Crossroads and How High for more details). In the 1995-set Mile, which is named after a road that divided black Detroit and its white suburbs, Em plays Jimmy Smith, Jr., who more frequently goes by Rabbit. www.sick-boy.com /8mile.htm   (662 words)

CANOE -- JAM! Music: 8 MILE OST And second because anyone who's been paying attention knows Eminem's debut film 8 Mile is a semi-autobiographical tale about the rags-to-riches story of a white Detroit rapper. But if you believe Mathers when he says filming 8 Mile reconnected him with his roots, then you can see why some of these songs rank as Eminem's most personal, raw and revealing work. Too bad he only appears on a handful of tunes - and just three solo tracks - on this 16-song disc. jam.canoe.ca /Music/AlbumReviews/Soundtracks/2004/12/14/782263.html   (206 words)

Amazon.com: 8 Mile: Music: Eminem,Various Artists Somehow Eminem managed to get not only artists from the Shady/Aftermath label, but also well respected veterans like Gangstarr, Rakim (who was actually on the label at the time), Nas & Jay-Z to make this quality soundtrack to the 8 mile film. The movie "8 Mile" was beyond my expectations, though my expectancy was stymied at such flops as "Glitter" & "Who's That Girl." Eminem has been a showman and doesn't falter with this soundtrack or the movie. More Music From 8 Mile ~ Original Soundtrack www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006LWSF?v=glance   (1061 words)

Movie Forums :: Reviews :: 8 Mile Road I first saw a preview for this film, 8 Mile, about six months ago -- before I had heard much of Em's music. 8 Mile, a loosely-based autobiographical account of an aspiring young rapper, B. Rabbit, follows this formula closely. Movie Forums :: Reviews :: 8 Mile Road www.movieforums.com /reviews/203   (850 words)

news-article.aspx?storyid=37098 OAK PARK, Mich. (AP) -- Eminem, who grew up on both sides of 8 Mile Road, is helping revitalize the highway he made famous in a hit song and film. Miles Handy, supervisor of Wayne County's Redford Township, submitted the winning bid of $300 for the first brick, which says "Save 8 Mile Slim Shady 2005." Eminem was born in St. Joseph, Mo., and grew up in Detroit and Warren— cities divided by 8 Mile Road — as well as Roseville and St. Clair Shores. www.firstcoastnews.com /entertainment/news-article.aspx?storyid=37098   (348 words)

Amazon.com: 8 Mile (Full Screen Edition): DVD Eminem grew up near 8 Mile Road and also filmed parts of his "The Way I Am" video on 8 Mile. "8 Mile" is rated R for frequent use of strong sex-related profanity, racial epithets and explicit sexual talk, violence (beatings and some gunplay), scenes of simulated sex and simulated drug use (marijuana), brief nudity (flashes of male and female backsides) and brief gore. Speaking of Emimen, it's hard to determine how good an actor he really is based on "8 Mile." To his benefit, he appears natural and relaxed in front of the camera, but the story mirrors his own so closely that one could argue that he's merely playing himself. www.amazon.com /gp/product/B000087RFB   (2706 words)

Special Events - Carroll's Jewelers on Miracle Mile in Coral Gables, Florida He will bring his collection to Carroll’s Jewelers on Miracle Mile March 8 through 11. A copy of the documentary film is available for order from his web site. During July and August, Bowersox guided a team to the lapis and emerald mines in Afghanistan to film a television documentary for International TV. www.carrollsjewelers.com /Events.html   (576 words)

CNN.com - showbuzz - May 12, 2005 OAK PARK, Michigan (AP) -- Eminem, who grew up on both sides of 8 Mile Road, is helping revitalize the highway he made famous in a hit song and film. Miles Handy, supervisor of Wayne County's Redford Township, submitted the winning bid of $300 for the first brick, which says "Save 8 Mile Slim Shady 2005." "Here's a kid who lived close to 8 Mile, now is one of the largest entertainers in the country," said Handy, 40. www.cnn.com /2005/SHOWBIZ/05/12/showbuzz   (903 words)

channel4.com/film - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' Get Rich Or Die Tryin' offers an even more unlikely collaboration than 8 Mile, which saw sophisticated director Curtis Hanson join forces with cuss-crazy rap-star Eminem. Like 8 Mile, it's a semi-biographical tale, as our hip-hop star - here named Marcus - rises from the gutter to reach for the stars. But while Hanson's film dealt with a few days of its character's life, Get Rich Or Die Tryin' takes us from childhood to the verge of stardom, a story painted in the broadest of strokes. www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=153903   (279 words)

UPN34: 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' And so the film debut from 50 Cent (real name: Curtis Jackson) plays like a feeble retread of Eminem's film debut "8 Mile"-- not just because it's arriving in theaters only three years later and it's so similarly semi-fictional, which it is. Eminem pulled it off -- even though "8 Mile" was essentially a rap version of "The Karate Kid" -- because he had an inescapable charisma, an intensity about him and an innate ability to connect with his audience in a way that was evident even from his earliest music videos. Mainly, "Get Rich" proves once again, as in "Glitter," that standing in front of a camera and portraying a thinly veiled version of yourself is harder than it sounds. upn34.com /newsentertain/movies_story_314010801.html   (215 words)

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