AltWeeklies Wire
'The Dark Knight Rises'new
Nolan's bat-finale reaches the top rung on the ladder
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-26-2012 |
Reviews
First Shot: 'Quantum of Solace'new
Maintaining an emotional investment in the James Bond series is like being a Mets fan: No matter what sort of a renaissance your side might be enjoying, you know they're just moments away from disgracing themselves.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
11-14-2008 |
Reviews
First Shot Tackles EW's Owen Gleibermannew
Turn off your irony detector for a sec, because we gots something to say: People who write about film sure can be some serious tools.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
11-06-2008 |
Movies
First Shot: 'The Hanoi Hilton'new
Until we read of Warner Brothers' decision to delay release of The Hanoi Hilton, we had no idea Sen. McCain had done time in a Vietnamese prison. Wonder why that hasn’t come up yet.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
10-23-2008 |
Reviews
First Shot: Fraud at the Multiplex?new
The makers of An American Carol have pinned their flick's underwhelming $3.7 million opening weekend on a shadier phenomenon: fraud at the multiplex.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
10-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: David Zucker, An American Carol
First Shot: 'An American Carol'new
Kevin Farley has chosen to introduce himself to the public by playing the Michael Moore–esque documentarian Michael Malone in David Zucker's An American Carol.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
10-17-2008 |
Reviews
First Shotnew
There are two ways to approach a right-wing broadside against all things liberal that stoops to including the ashes of the 9/11 victims as a dramatic prop.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
10-07-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: David Zucker, An American Carol
Autumn Films Fall Where They Maynew
The fall movie season has been up for grabs since Warner Bros. abruptly postponed Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from November to next summer, worried that its 2009 box office would otherwise look anemic compared to the combined take of a Batman/Rowling bonanza.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
10-01-2008 |
Movies
First Shot: 'Sex Drive'new
"Watch this," we whispered to a buddy as the trailer for Sex Drive rolled. "In about five seconds, this chick is going to take a totally awesome gainer. Right on her face." Plus: Short reviews of Lakeview Terrace, Ghost Town, My Best Friend's Girl, Igor, and In Search of a Midnight Kiss.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
09-18-2008 |
Reviews
First Shot: 'Burn After Reading'new
Everything's a movie these days, even stuff that isn't.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
09-12-2008 |
Reviews
First Shot: 'Disaster Movie'new
This week marks the release of Disaster Movie, the umpteenth genre parody from the Friedberg-Seltzer house of knee-jerk larfs. It should be our cue to bemoan the current state of big-screen slapstick, and to argue that if David Zucker could only get back on his game, he'd show these punks who built the Airplane they're all riding on.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
09-04-2008 |
Movies
First Shotnew
It’s official: Movies are still your best entertainment value. Especially if you stop counting everything else.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-31-2008 |
Movies
Batman and the Audacity of Hopenew
For a guy whose business card could read “Guardian of Gotham City,” Batman sure spends lot of time hanging around Camelot. Twice in the last four decades, an outpouring of Batmania has reflected the public’s desire for political renewal; the first time, as that dream collapsed, and now as its latter-day incarnation teeters on the precipice between victory and disillusionment.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-24-2008 |
Movies
First Shotnew
Don’t you love it when a corporate Cyclops blinks? Marvel Films has reportedly reached a deal with director Jon Favreau for Iron Man 2, after having made some threatening noises that the sequel might be going on without him.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-24-2008 |
Movies
First Shotnew
So far, even this summer’s biggest box-office hits have appealed to specific viewer demos. Iron Man got the men. Sex and the City got the women. And Kung Fu Panda got the … plushies.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
06-26-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: first shot, Steve Schneider
