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Idaho Horror Film Festival 2014new
People love a good a scare, and the Idaho Horror Film Festival is giving Boiseans what they crave with three days of classic, contemporary, feature-length and short horror films--plus a whole lot more.
Boise Weekly |
Amy Atkins |
10-16-2014 |
Movies
Canned Heat: A World War II Tank Story
Writer/director David Ayer’s World War II drama is a gritty European-styled coming-of-age picture that reminds us how much the nature of war has changed in the past 65 years, and yet how much it remains the same.
An Incomplete Investigation: Gary Webb’s Story Gets Short Shrift
Investigative journalism isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. It never was.
Tags: KILL THE MESSENGER, Michael Cuesta
Other Gems of Robin Williamsnew
When actor Robin Williams passed away at age 63, the entertainment world lost one of its sharpest wits and most diverse talents.
Jackson Free Press |
Micah Smith |
10-03-2014 |
Movies
Undone by Broad Strokes: Historic LGBT Battle in the UK Goes Soft
All attempts fail at forcing a by-the-numbers narrative template on a fact-based story about unlikely bedfellows uniting against Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's mid '80s reign of anti-union and anti-gay rhetoric and public policies.
Oh Canada: We Do Love Your Film Festivalnew
392 films, 28 screens and a lot of popcorn.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
09-04-2014 |
Movies
Mixing Menus: Overdo Foodie Movie Arrives With the Hallström Seal
The foodie-romance genre has been oddly absent from American cinema lately. It’s been seven long years since “Ratatouille” (2007) reminded audiences about their taste buds.
Life in Dark and Lightnew
Roger Ebert's life story, told in the format he loved so much, is one of the year's best films.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
07-29-2014 |
Movies
Prolific But Redundant — Woody’s Same Old Song and Dance
Woody Allen has mastered the art of making the same trivial film over and over again.
Summer Blockbusters: Part Twonew
“Get on Up” will highlight the life of James Brown, from his childhood to his rise to fame.
Jackson Free Press |
Jordan Sudduth |
07-17-2014 |
Movies
Crossed Thumbs: Steve James’s Flawed Roger Ebert Documentary
Documentarian Steve James — the filmmaker responsible for “Hoop Dreams,” one of the 20th century’s most significant additions to the genre — arrived at his lauded film-critic subject both too early and late to properly tell the story of a man whose prickly personality remains guarded.
Bromancing With Guns Out: Hollywood Gutter Spits Up Another Load of Debris
Everything about the concept of a “Jump Street” comedy franchise reeks of Hollywood’s perpetual endeavor to repackage a formula and call it a movie. 2014 has been an abysmal year for Hollywood movies — bottom-line grosses notwithstanding — and the near future looks just as bleak.
Time-Warped Nightmare Profusion: Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt Gets Stuck
All high-concept, but affording only minimal entertainment reward by way of its stale ghost-in-the-machine storyline, “Edge of Tomorrow” is the “Groundhog Day” of sci-fi movies.
Godzilla: The biggest cock-blocker on Earthnew
It has its frustrating moments, but the new Godzilla is the best Ed's seen since the first one.
The Three 'B's' of Summer Movies: Blockbusters, B-Grades and Bustsnew
10 movies you must see; 10 more that you can wait for to appear at the discount theater; and 10 movies that, if you do see, we'll never talk to you again.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
05-21-2014 |
Movies
