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'Burn After Reading' Misfiresnew
The Coens' latest is a disappointing follow-up to No Country for Old Men.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
09-12-2008 |
Reviews
'Young People Fucking' is Light and Sexynew
It may reek a little of desperation, but calling a movie Young People Fucking is a pretty smart way to get audiences to actually see a Canadian movie. Shameless, sure, but it'll probably generate more ticket sales than a handful of Genies ever could.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
06-13-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Martin Gero, Young People Fucking
'The Happening' is NOT Happeningnew
M. Night Shyamalan's latest fails to revive his flagging career.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
06-13-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: M. Night Shyamalan, The Happening
'The Strangers' is Not Scary Enoughnew
While you can't fault Bryan Bertino for erring on the subtle side in a genre that lately is all about splashy, silly excess, The Strangers just needs a little more oomph to be truly scary.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: The Strangers, Bryan Bertino
Go Back to Narnia with 'Prince Caspian'new
It's a little long, a little boring, but not entirely without visual inventiveness. Your mileage may vary depending on whether you're squiring tykes (sure, why not) or going by yourself as a grown-ass man or woman (don't bother).
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
05-16-2008 |
Reviews
'Speed Racer' is a Migraine in Movie Formnew
The Wachowskis have used their skills as visual craftsmen to replicate the tics and wild stylization of the original. The results are at times amusing, at least in a "I can't believe there's actually a chimpanzee flying through the air against a streaky neon background" sense, and at most other times, nauseating.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
05-09-2008 |
Reviews
'Made of Honor' is a Humdrum Rom-Comnew
The leads have no chemistry, it isn't very funny, "made of honor" doesn't even make sense as a phrase, and it is definitely a waste of your time.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
05-02-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Made of Honor, Paul Weiland
'Baby Mama' is Mildly Funny but Mostly Uninspirednew
There are definitely some laughs, but the film feels lazy overall, as if someone decided that having talented comedic actors was enough and if they could just do their own thing with an OK script then a serviceable comedy would somehow just ensue.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
04-25-2008 |
Reviews
'The Year My Parents Went on Vacation' Drops the Ballnew
The film recreates World Cup fever in 1970s Brazil, but the story is stale.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
03-28-2008 |
Reviews
'Miss Pettigrew' is Charming but Not Funnynew
For its admirable attempt to recreate the rhythm and madcap antics of a period screwball comedy, the film is missing something. It's missing the comedy.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
03-07-2008 |
Reviews
Feel the Painnew
The drugs don't work for Hayden Christensen in the lousy thriller Awake.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
12-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Awake, Joby Harold
'American Gangster' is a Heroin-Dealing Disappointmentnew
There's a lot that this movie promises and never delivers.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
11-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: American Gangster, Ridley Scott
'The District' is Comically Grotesquenew
Nothing and everything in the film works, but there are bursts of impressive creative energy that juice up the movie every time it starts to slacken, and you have to give it credit for being, as far as I know, the world's first Hungarian animated quasi-political sexually explicit rap musical.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
10-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Aron Gauder, The District
All Aboard the Night Trainnew
Montreal's Clyde Henry Productions on
their strange and innovative stop-motion
animation Madame Tutli-Putli.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
10-12-2007 |
Reviews
'The Seeker' Is Flat and Boringnew
This film, based on the novel by Susan Cooper, is a grade-A turkey.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
10-05-2007 |
Reviews
