AltWeeklies Wire
'Kit Kittredge': Hug a Hobonew
Just in time for the Fourth of July comes this most American of kids' films.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
07-03-2008 |
Reviews
'Wanted' Strives for Murder-is-Kewl Vibenew
The producers of Wanted took a great comic, watered it down and turned it into a stupid movie.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
06-26-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Timur Bekmambetov, Wanted
'The Happening': Fun With Neuronsnew
The latest M. Night Shyamalan movie can be entertaining -- if viewed as a cheesy, 1950s sci-fi film.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
06-19-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: M. Night Shyamalan, The Happening
Adam Sandler's Latest Has Good Intentionsnew
In terms of laughs per minute, You Don't Mess With the Zohan is notably funnier than most films about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
06-11-2008 |
Reviews
Filmmaker Errol Morris' Pretty, Pretty Torturenew
Morris should be ashamed of his lazy, offensive documentary about Abu Ghraib.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
06-11-2008 |
Reviews
The Incredible Imagery of 'The Fall'new
A story told by a paralyzed stuntman to an injured girl makes for one of the most inventive films in recent memory.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-29-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: The Fall, Tarsem Singh
'Flawless' Features One of Michael Caine's Best Performancesnew
Unfortunately, it also features a mediocre and occasionally limp performance by Demi Moore, who gets a lot more screen time than Caine, which seems unfair, because she's married to Ashton Kutcher, and Michael Caine's real name is Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr., so, honestly, who's more deserving: someone who's boffing Ashton Kutcher, or poor Maury Micklewhite?
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Flawless, Michael Radford
100 Minutes of Helen Hunt's Egonew
If you've ever wanted to see Salman Rushdie playing a gynecologist, then consider seeing Then She Found Me.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-15-2008 |
Reviews
'Iron Man' is One of the Most Genuinely Enjoyable Superhero Films Evernew
Like most true Americans, I've spent a lot of time in the past 45 years imagining what the perfect Iron Man movie would be like. Now I feel like all that time has been wasted, because the perfect Iron Man movie has been made. (Note to film fans: It's called Iron Man, and can be viewed at local cinema-vending establishments.)
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-07-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Jon Favreau, Iron Man
Summer=Expensive, Derivative Movies. It's Almost Summer!new
Every summer, America presents to the world its greatest product: crappy movies. Because sometimes, we need to take a break from all of the wars we're fighting and the economies we're destroying and mortgages we're foreclosing on, and just have a really bad time at the theater.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-07-2008 |
Movies
Hair and Feelingsnew
This Lebanese chick flick is entertaining enough, even if Cylons are few and far between.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Caramel, Nadine Labaki
Van Sant's Non-Narrative Expression Continues in 'Paranoid Park'new
Gus Van Sant again uses plot lightly in this hypnotic tale of an alienated young skateboarder.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park
Ellen Page's Wisecracks Almost Salvage 'Smart People'new
I've always wanted to make a movie called Exposition! in which the characters just come on and tell their backstory for 90 minutes, and then everyone hugs. But Noam Murro beat me to the grand aesthetic punch.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
04-10-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Noam Murro, Smart People
A World Less Safenew
United States torture policies are illustrated and documented in the stunning Taxi to the Dark Side.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
04-03-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Alex Gibney, Taxi to the Dark Side
Abstinence-Only Educationnew
This witty, well-made indie film stars a vagina with retractable shark teeth inside.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
03-27-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Mitchell Lichtenstein, Teeth
