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A Little Respect
Hollywoodland combines true-life celebrity scandal with an effective morality tale.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Allen Coulter, Hollywoodland
Now a Major Motion Picture
We check out fall films based on the books that inspired them.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-25-2006 |
Movies
Tags: Various, fall preview
Domesticated Animals
The PG-13-ization of Accepted ruins some of the rebellious fun.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Accepted, Steve Pink
Oliver's Twist
Surprise, surprise -- in World Trade Center, Oliver Stone shows that he can turn down the bombast.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Oliver Stone, World Trade Center
Facial Err
Robin Williams and his beard remain dramatically uninteresting in The Night Listener.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
07-28-2006 |
Reviews
Dead Wood
Breaking news: Scoop is another dud from the once-great Woody Allen.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
07-21-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Scoop, Woody Allen
No Kidding
Monster House deals delightfully with a scary subject -- the end of childhood.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
07-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Gil Kenan, Monster House
Depp Charge
Jack Sparrow returns for more giddy smiles in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-28-2006 |
Reviews
It’s a Plain
The inner life of an icon remains blank in Superman Returns.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bryan Singer, Superman Returns
This Year’s Model
John Lasseter’s Cars finds humor and heart in a sense of history.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: cars, John Lasseter
Dread Air
United 93 re-opens the Sept. 11 wound with intense visceral impact.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
04-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Greengrass, united 93
Let's Twist Again
Can't a movie like Lucky Number Slevin just be fun, without trying to impress us with its cleverness?
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
03-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Lucky Number Slevin, Paul McGuigan
Scrat Catch Fever
One brilliant supporting character is the only thing supporting Ice Age: The Meltdown.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
03-27-2006 |
Reviews
Anarchy in the U.K.
Comic-book cinema gets subversively political in V for Vendetta.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
03-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James McTeigue, V for Vendetta
Oscar Grouch
The question isn’t why Crash won, but why we should care.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
03-07-2006 |
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