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'Charlie Wilson's War': Power Chicnew
Mike Nichols and Aaron Sorkin replace the solemnity of war with irreverent shtick.
New York Press |
Armond White |
12-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mike Nichols, Charlie Wilson's War
Bride and Prejudicenew
Dutiful and religious in a time when neither are in fashion, the two young women in Arranged -- one Muslim, the other Orthodox Jewish -- are drawn toward one another as they navigate traditional ways of finding partners in a nontraditional world.
New York Press |
Shahnaz Habib |
12-20-2007 |
Reviews
Growing Up in Extremist Timesnew
Marjane Satrapi's memories of Iran come to life in vivid black and white in Persepolis.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
12-20-2007 |
Reviews
Walk Softnew
The cast is the only reason that The Walker, Paul Schrader's elegant whodunit, never becomes entirely lethargic.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
12-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Schrader, The Walker
Second Life is for Sapsnew
P.S. I Love You is a sentimental love story offers little more than mopey moments.
New York Press |
Jennifer Merin |
12-20-2007 |
Reviews
Knocked Outnew
Walk Hard, a derivative mockumentary, may spell the end of Judd Apatow.
New York Press |
Armond White |
12-20-2007 |
Reviews
'Look': Stop Watchingnew
Miscalculated experiment critiques surveillance society.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
12-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam Rifkin, Look
'Juno': Pregnant With Feelingnew
Entertaining teen pregnancy comedy bears sharp wit.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
12-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Juno, Jason Reitman
'Youth Without Youth': Techno-Tryoutnew
Coppola's sci-fi love story is uselessly anti-Hollywood.
New York Press |
Armond White |
12-13-2007 |
Reviews
Will Smith, the Invincible Mannew
Strange pigmentation, ethnic marginalization and a cure for racism: parsing together Will Smith's transformation into a hero.
New York Press |
Armond White |
12-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Francis Lawrence, I Am Legend
Believing in Billynew
Billy the Kid, a disarmingly funny and genuinely poignant low-budget documentary, sports old-fashioned comedic charm and the psychological weight of a Freudian wet dream.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
12-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Billy the Kid, Jennifer Venditti
Original Impactnew
John Cusack transforms himself for this effective sob story that brings the war home.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
12-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Grace is Gone, James Strouse
Lee Harvey Oswald Continues to Capture the Imaginationnew
Rather than endorsing conspiracy theories, Oswald's Ghost studies them as anger-driven symptoms of cultural obsession.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
11-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Oswald's Ghost, Robert Stone
'The Savages': Dying With Laughternew
A black comedy that nearly qualifies as softcore grief porn.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
11-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
'Protagonist': Fast, Cheap and Euripidesnew
Intriguing documentary follows the parallel lives of four men.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
11-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jessica Yu, Protagonist
