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"Out on the Prairie," "Towers of Babble," "'The Queen's a Human Being?"new
AltWeeklies Award - Arts Criticism
Style Weekly |
Thomas Peyser |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
The Natives Are Zestlessnew
A latter-day Mary Poppins confronts naughty, negligent and, most unforgivably, upper-crust parents.
Style Weekly |
Thomas Peyser |
08-30-2007 |
Reviews
'Hairspray': Shallow Watersnew
John Travolta's performance is more notable as a feat of engineering than of acting -- although appealing, it seldom rises above the level of an amusing stunt.
Style Weekly |
Thomas Peyser |
07-25-2007 |
Reviews
Journey to the Center of the Brothnew
Ratatouille is never less than engaging.
Style Weekly |
Thomas Peyser |
07-17-2007 |
Reviews
Flight of Fancynew
Isolated, bedraggled and vulnerable, Sandler seems to embody the wounded spirit of the post-9/11 city.
Style Weekly |
Thomas Peyser |
04-05-2007 |
Reviews
How Neat the Soundnew
Amazing Grace certainly feels uplifting, so much so that we might forget that the Slave Trade Act neither abolished slavery in the empire nor ended the trade in the Atlantic.
Style Weekly |
thomas peyser |
03-07-2007 |
Reviews
The Spy Who Catechized Menew
Breach explores the inner torment of an infamous traitor.
Style Weekly |
Thomas Peyser |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
Women's Worknew
The opening shots of Almodovar's lyrical, emotionally lush Volver feature a band of women, young and old, vigorously scrubbing down the tombs of their provincial town's menfolk.
Style Weekly |
Thomas Peyser |
02-08-2007 |
Reviews
Battery Lownew
For Adam Sandler, learning to act now not only would be difficult, but also would amount to something like a betrayal of his fan base.
Style Weekly |
Thomas Peyser |
07-06-2006 |
Reviews
Of Gospel and Gangsta Rapnew
There are a lot of firsts in this film set mostly in Harlem, but not even the presence of Eartha Kitt can bring this negligible and amateurish work to life.
Style Weekly |
Thomas Peyser |
04-27-2006 |
Reviews
Boys in the Southern Hoodnew
The well-meaning but confused and sloppy “ATL” focuses on a clutch of Atlanta high-schoolers who alternately struggle to imagine some way out of the hood or succumb to its darker temptations.
Style Weekly |
Thomas Peyser |
04-13-2006 |
Reviews
