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Brendan Fraser Gets in Your Face in 'Journey to the Center of the Earth'new
While the actual meat of the film features at least one spectacular sequence involving a chasm and floating magnetic rocks, the rest is marred by badly conceived 3-D effects.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
07-10-2008 |
Reviews
The People 'Holding Trevor' (Back) are His Two Best Friendsnew
Strangely, however, the friendship between Andie, Jake and Trevor is what separates Holding Trevor from the rest of the mediocre gay movie pack.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
07-03-2008 |
Reviews
'Brick Lane' Feels More Like an Alley Thanks to Sloppy Scriptnew
Brick Lane revels in confrontations, but they burst forth without any build. Fewer incendiary incidents and a red pencil applied to the script might have freed the good movie that's buried somewhere beneath layers of unearned emotional conflict.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
06-19-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Brick Lane, Sarah Gavron
Guy Maddin Explores His Hometown and Childhood in New Docufantasianew
When someone grows up on tales of stampeding racehorses being frozen in a river, leaving just their rearing heads above the ice, how can they not be a little off-kilter in their sensibilities?
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
06-12-2008 |
Reviews
'The Strangers' Offers No Kindness to Liv Tyler and Scott Speedmannew
If Kristen (Tyler) and James (Speedman) listened to their first instinct, we wouldn't have the sleek, stripped down new thriller The Strangers, the movie that accomplishes everything that Michael Haneke tried to do with his sadistic hostage-takers in Funny Games earlier this year.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
05-29-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: The Strangers, Bryan Bertino
Illegal Immigrants Find Out that Brooklyn isn't All Skinny Jeansnew
Sangre de Mi Sangre is decidedly not a fun, sexy summer movie, eschewing as it does romance for tentative connections forged in desperation, and fight scenes dripping with money for gritty life-or-death lunges on the streets of a Brooklyn rarely seen on film.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
05-15-2008 |
Reviews
What David Fincher Hath Wroughtnew
Willem Dafoe goes up against an art-loving serial killer in Anamorph. Struggling artists across the city should take note: Apparently morality is what it takes to succeed in the art business.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
Jack of All Tradesnew
Marianne Faithfull gets men -- and audiences -- off as a sex worker with suitably soft hands.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
03-20-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Irina Palm, Sam Garbarski
Cable is Being Overtaken by 'Wives'new
In addition to USA's miniseries The Starter Wife, cable TV has seen the premiere of Lifetime's new dramatic series Army Wives, and the return of Footballers' Wives on BBC America for its final season.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
07-12-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Starting Over with 'The Starter Wife'new
Debra Messing revives the mini-series.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
06-07-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Tudor Timenew
British history gets a sexy,modern makeover in Showtime's The Tudors.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
03-29-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Back to Grounded Storylinesnew
Showtime's lesbian crew on The L Word is ready for more action.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
02-08-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
