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'The Longshots' Tosses an Incomplete Passnew
After a series of family vehicles, Ice Cube sticks to the all-too-familiar game plan of the underdog movie.
NOW Magazine |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
08-26-2008 |
Reviews
'Elegy' Deals with Issues That Actually Matternew
In a season dominated by comic book adaptations suitable for teenagers, along comes Elegy, the story of womanizing college prof David Kepesh, who gets more than he bargains for when he takes up with his ex-student, Consuela.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
08-26-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Elegy, Isabel Coixet
Brilliant 'Baghead' Mashes Genres with Unexpected Resultsnew
At first the film looks like the latest entry in the indie sub-genre that's come to be known as "mumblecore" -- but no sooner has the movie established its quartet of characters than it switches gears and goes somewhere creepier and far more intense than mumblecore pictures have previously ventured.
NOW Magazine |
Norman Wilner |
08-11-2008 |
Reviews
Robert Englund Fesses Upnew
Robert Englund, the man who donned the burn marks, tattered fedora and steel fingers of Freddy Krueger for the Nightmare On Elm Street series, crept into town last week to scare up some publicity for his latest blood-and-guts role in Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer.
NOW Magazine |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
07-28-2008 |
Reviews
'Made of Honor' Comes Made to Insultnew
It's the dude version of My Best Friend's Wedding, without the implied judgment that made Julia Roberts seem like kind of an awful person by the end of it.
NOW Magazine |
Norman Wilner |
05-02-2008 |
Reviews
'88 Minutes' Wastes Timenew
For a guy who's just been told he has less than an hour and a half to live, Al Pacino sure does seem relaxed.
NOW Magazine |
Norman Wilner |
04-18-2008 |
Reviews
'Ben X' Boresnew
First-time director Nic Balthazar has already worked this fact-based material as a novel and a play. At bottom, he seems to be making a plea for tolerance and understanding for the autistic; what he's put on the screen is a merely okay problem drama.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Dowler |
04-18-2008 |
Reviews
'The Forbidden Kingdom': A Thoroughly Enjoyable Action Flicknew
It's also a smart and loving tribute to the genre that unobtrusively enhances the fun for knowledgeable kung fu movie fans.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Dowler |
04-18-2008 |
Reviews
'10,000 B.C.' is 'Apocalypto' Made by Uwe Bollnew
Historical impossibilities aside, the film has enough plot holes to drive a herd of woolly mammoths through, which director Roland Emmerich does at every opportunity.
NOW Magazine |
Barrett Hooper |
03-10-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: 10,000 B.C., Roland Emmerich
Downey Does Drunkardnew
Robert Downey Jr.'s too-real drunk routine steals the Charlie Bartlett show.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
02-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Charlie Bartlett, Jon Poll
'Caramel' Sticksnew
Labaki's film teases with romantic possibilities that don't evolve predictably.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
02-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Caramel, Nadine Labaki
'Be Kind' and Make Some Sensenew
Michel Gondry's latest has a great set-up but eventually collapses under its inconsistencies.
NOW Magazine |
Norman Wilner |
02-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Michel Gondry, Be Kind Rewind
Dumb 'Waiter'new
Alex van Warmerdam serves up boredom.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Dowler |
01-28-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Alex van Warmerdam, waiter
Uwe Boll Bores Againnew
In the Name of the King is long on visually confused, thrill-free action and short on everything else that makes a movie pleasurable. Except CGI-enhanced scenery.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Dowler |
01-11-2008 |
Reviews
Actors Ace Itnew
Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman add class to travelogue Bucket List.
NOW Magazine |
John Harkness |
12-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Rob Reiner, The Bucket List
