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'Nothing Like the Holidays' is Simple, Soapy and Heartwarmingnew
It's surprisingly easy to get sucked into this daytime drama, albeit guiltily and gleefully.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
12-12-2008 |
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'Max Payne' Doesn't Get Much Further than the Video Game Didnew
The film goes the way of every other movie based on a video game: It starts with a character, and maybe an idea for a look, but after that, it has nothing.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
10-17-2008 |
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Tags: John Moore, Max Payne
'How to Lose Friends' is an American Film with a British Sensibilitynew
Working from British journalist Toby Young's memoir, director Robert B. Weide layers good, broad, dry jokes onto the bones of a traditional Hollywood plot arc.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
10-03-2008 |
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'Igor' Struggles to Balance Horror and Family Genresnew
Some of the nasty jokes may seem shocking with young ones around, but they'll keep adults awake through the utterly, painfully familiar three-act snooze-fest in which yet another character finds his place in the world by learning to accept himself.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
09-19-2008 |
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'Transsiberian' Uses its Atmosphere to Great Effectnew
The film uses expert sleight-of-hand to juggle drugs, murder and various shades of villainy at the exact right times. Even if you've seen lots of movies of this type and can figure out exactly what's going to happen, Anderson takes great pleasure in the pure form and execution of it.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
08-28-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Brad Anderson, Transsiberian
'Henry Poole' is Too Uninspired to be Inspirationalnew
Hollywood doesn't often deal directly with issues of faith and spirituality, mainly because it wants to appeal to as many people as humanly possible. So it's too bad that when a movie like Henry Poole Is Here finally steps up to the pulpit, director Mark Pellington phones it in.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
08-15-2008 |
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The Sweet Emotional Pull of 'Sisterhood' is Hard to Resistnew
The pants don't make much of a showing in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, but no matter. They're nothing more than a gimmick to draw us into the lives of our four well-drawn characters, and despite my misgivings I was gleefully, guiltily glad to see them all again.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
08-07-2008 |
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The Question Isn't 'Why Make Another X-Files Movie,' but Rather, 'Why Not'?new
The thrill is gone, but we shouldn't discount the place for epilogues and endings in pop culture. Now a couple, Mulder and Scully discuss and banter some more (and it's a lot more interesting than conversations about the mortgage or taking out the garbage), and they get to ride off into the sunset.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
07-25-2008 |
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What 'The Love Guru' Doesn't Have is Anything Actually Funny or Relevantnew
But it does have everything a big summer comedy is expected to have, including star cameos, sex jokes, gay jokes, penis jokes, testicle jokes, pee jokes, poop jokes and booger jokes.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
06-19-2008 |
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Persepolis is Quite an Extraordinary Achievementnew
Though the film leaves out the subtle and complex political nuances of the book in favor of speed and brevity, it’s also a good deal livelier and funnier.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
01-30-2008 |
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Francis Ford Coppola Returns From Hiatusnew
I wish I could report that Youth Without Youth is a comeback of immense proportions and that Coppola has restored himself as a kind of genius auteur, but the film is far more difficult than that.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
01-30-2008 |
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