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Caught in the Acting
The action thriller 16 Blocks provides case studies in film performance.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
02-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard Donner, 16 Blocks
Grammar Wreck
The basic language of filmmaking eludes the director of Freedomland.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
02-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Freedomland, Joe Roth
Touch of Gray
Harrison Ford’s action heroism takes an AARP turn in Firewall.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
02-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Firewall, Richard Loncraine
It’s Only Natural
In The New World, Terrence Malick indulges his ardor for the arbor.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
01-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Terrence Malick, The New World
Broken Hip
Hoodwinked may look low-tech, but the real problem is its attitude.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
01-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Cory Edwards, Hoodwinked
Spurning Japanese
Memoirs of a Geisha finds general beauty, but loses the cultural specifics.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
12-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Memoirs of a Geisha, Rob Marshall
Monkey Shines
The humanity of a great ape brings emotional power to King Kong.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
12-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: King Kong, Peter Jackson
Wonk This Way
Syriana gives policy-paper ideas dramatic urgency.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
12-05-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Stephen Gaghan, Syriana
Spells Like Teen Spirit
The magic comes from the character growth in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
11-15-2005 |
Reviews
Let’s Stay Together
Chicken Little feels like Disney’s attempt to make Pixar jealous.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
10-31-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Chicken Little, Mark Dindal
The Moore, The Merrier
The Legend of Zorro recalls the preposterous fun of 1970s James Bond.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
10-25-2005 |
Reviews
Taking Issue
North Country’s stylish filmmaking can’t overcome emphasis on a societal ill.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
10-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Niki Caro, North Country
Not of This World
Elizabethtown feels as if it's based on a life spent watching other Cameron Crowe movies.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
10-07-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Cameron Crowe, Elizabethtown
Adapted Sisters
In Her Shoes winds up both better and worse than its chick-lit source.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-28-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Curtis Hanson, In Her Shoes
Motion Slickness
The fanciful world of Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride doesn’t need much story.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-16-2005 |
Reviews
