AltWeeklies Wire
Postcard from the Toronto International Film Festivalnew
With feel-it-in-your-bones resonance, four films--each a blockbuster--crashed upon the shore of Lake Ontario this past week, one right after the other, not just raising TIFF's curtain but shredding it.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
09-11-2013 |
Movies
Excesses of the Car Chasenew
A slick car outperforms Selena Gomez and Ethan Hawke in the regrettable “Getaway.”
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
09-07-2013 |
Movies
Beers and ‘Botsnew
“The World’s End” completes Edgar Wright’s trilogy of comedies.
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
09-03-2013 |
Movies
Michael Apted talks Appalachia, documentaries, and authenticitynew
Feature films, documentaries, television — you name it, director Michael Apted has done it. The British-born, critically-acclaimed director has accrued an extensive body of work that includes such disparate and impressive credits as Coal Miner's Daughter, Gorky Park, Bring on the Night, Gorillas in the Mist, episodes of the HBO series Rome, and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
Charleston City Paper |
Colleen Glenn |
08-21-2013 |
Movies
‘Lethal Weapon’ Wannabenew
Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg star in “2 Guns.
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
08-09-2013 |
Movies
Tags: 2 Guns, Baltasar Kormakur
Claws of Steelnew
A buff and hairy Hugh Jackman wields his razor-sharp claws in “The Wolverine.”
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
08-04-2013 |
Movies
Thelma and Louise (The Movie) Starring Thelma and Louise (The Two Headed Turtle)new
We went photoshop crazy inserting Thelma and Louise, the San Antonio Zoo's two headed Texas cooter, into stills from Thelma and Louise, the super badass feminist road flick.
San Antonio Current |
Isis Madrid |
08-01-2013 |
Movies
Shoot to Thrillnew
Forget winter, the revamped Cocteau Cinema is coming.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Enrique Limón |
07-31-2013 |
Movies
Tags: George RR Martin
Just Slightly Looneynew
Liam James nails the comedic scenes in “The Way Way Back.”
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
07-29-2013 |
Movies
The Power of Positive Drinking: Teen Alcoholism Has its Perks
“The Spectacular Now” is the work of inexperienced screenwriters. We know this because of their handling — or rather mishandling — of the film’s underlying theme of teen alcoholism.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
07-29-2013 |
Movies
Blue and Cold: Woody Allen’s Ghost Roams Empty Halls
Woody Allen has bottomed out. His latest attempt at interpreting yet another global mecca — this time San Francisco — through a prism of flailing romance, barely manages to elicit a couple of subdued chuckles.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
07-23-2013 |
Movies
New Doc Re-ignites Old Suspicions About TWA Flight 800 Disasternew
On 17th anniversary of Flight 800's explosion off the coast of Long Island, new documentary's director answers questions about the tragedy and re-ignites suspicions over its true cause.
Long Island Press |
Spencer Rumsey |
07-21-2013 |
Movies
A Poem of Violencenew
Rinko Kikuchi is rookie trainee Mako Mori in “Pacific Rim.”
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
07-18-2013 |
Movies
Savior in a Red Capenew
The handsome Henry Cavill fits the Superman suit perfectly in “Man of Steel.”
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
06-20-2013 |
Movies
Shakespearean House Partynew
Joss Whedon invites his favorite actors over for an Elizabethan romp.
Folio Weekly |
John Hoogesteger |
06-20-2013 |
Movies
Tags: Much Ado About Nothing
