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'Sex Drive': Road Tripenew
Clark Duke is no Jonah Hill. And he's certainly no Michael Cera, though he's best known for co-starring with Juno's baby daddy in Clark and Michael, a CBS-sponsored webisode series. Ergo, Sex Drive -- a raunchy, gross-out teen comedy that's actually based on a book -- is no Superbad.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
10-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Sean Anders, sex drive
'The Pool' and 'Mister Foe': Breaking Ladnew
The young men in these two films get a few harsh doses of reality.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
10-10-2008 |
Reviews
'A Thousand Years of Good Prayers': Bother Figurenew
A universe of regret, loneliness, and unease can exist between two family members sitting at a dinner table—especially when one of those people is visiting from a foreign country, experiencing his daughter’s adopted home for the first time.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
10-02-2008 |
Reviews
'Religulous' and 'Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist': He of Little Faithnew
Bill Maher vents some righteous anger at religion in his new documentary.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
10-02-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Larry Charles, Religulous
'Choke' and 'The Duchess': Private Artsnew
Sex, or lack of it, force the leads of two films to get clever.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
09-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Choke, Clark Gregg
'Battle in Seattle': Free-Trade Aggrievementnew
The riots begin early in Battle in Seattle, and not 20 minutes into Stuart Townsend's portrayal of the 1999 World Trade Organization protests, there's a doomsday exchange between the city’s police chief and its freaked-out mayor.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
09-18-2008 |
Reviews
'A Girl Cut in Two' and 'Towelhead': The Feminine Mistakenew
Two films portray women who turn into others' playthings.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
09-18-2008 |
Reviews
'I Served the King of England' and 'The Grocer's Son': Churl Interruptednew
The selfish leads in two films make for familiar and unsatisfying redemption tales.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
09-11-2008 |
Reviews
'A Jihad for Love' and 'Traitor': Holy Roilersnew
Two films spotlight the perils of challenging tradition.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
09-04-2008 |
Reviews
'In Search of a Midnight Kiss' and 'Frozen River': Once More With Failingnew
Two movies on the extremes we'll go to for love.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
08-29-2008 |
Reviews
Darby Crash Biopic Feels Like 'High School Musical' With Heroinnew
What We Do Is Secret, named after a Germs song, begins with one genuine moment--Shane West perfectly imitating Crash's baby-talkish onstage requests for a "beerwa"—but crumbles into cartoonish movie-of-the-week territory from there.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
08-29-2008 |
Reviews
'Baghead': The Sacknessnew
An ingenue, a diva, a chucklehead, and a seemingly regular guy who turns out to be a chucklehead go into the woods to write a movie for their struggling-actor selves. It sounds like the setup for a bad joke, but in fact it's the premise of Baghead.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
08-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Baghead, Jay and Mark Duplass
'The Rocker' and 'Hamlet 2': Stage Plightnew
The heroes of two new films struggle to find themselves—and an audience.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
08-25-2008 |
Reviews
'Tropic Thunder' and 'Henry Poole Is Here': Mock and Loadnew
Tropic Thunder is a comedic beast that's nearly impossible to dissect, while Henry Poole is Here is a heavy-handed flick about an atheist who has faith forced upon him.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
08-18-2008 |
Reviews
'American Teen' and 'Water Lilies': Inconvenient Youthnew
The Real World teens of America vs. the quiet yearning of French teens.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
08-07-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Celine Sciamma, Water Lilies
