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Horrible Bosses, but Decent Movienew
Despite a few clunkers, the jokes are generally tight, and the five actors, especially Spacey and Farrell, are perfect for their roles...
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
07-12-2011 |
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Zookeeper: Animal Harmnew
The animals prove to be even more dull than the humans, never doing anything remotely interesting or amusing.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
07-11-2011 |
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Larry Crowne Not Worth Knowingnew
Film's protagonist is "a dullard who hardly deserves having his own movie."
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
07-11-2011 |
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Super 8: Raiders of a Lost Artnew
Writer-director J.J. Abrams' adventure yarn Super 8 is set in 1979, a year that's nestled between the release dates of Steven Spielberg's first two blockbusters, 1975's Jaws and 1977's Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and his subsequent two blockbusters, 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark and 1982's E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
06-16-2011 |
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Midnight in Paris: Say Oui to Woodynew
Stating that Midnight in Paris is Woody Allen's best film in over a decade really doesn't mean anything at all, considering that most of his output since the previous century has consisted of such clunkers as Hollywood Ending and Cassandra's Dream.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
06-16-2011 |
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'Extraordinary Measures,' Ordinary Resultsnew
Harrison Ford turns up in a supporting role in Extraordinary Measures, and it's a good fit, probably the reason he also signed on as an executive producer.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
01-27-2010 |
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Hal Holbrook Shines in 'That Evening Sun'new
Like the Jeff Bridges vehicle Crazy Heart (scheduled to open locally this Friday), That Evening Sun is one of those films that generates nearly all of its goodwill from a smashing central performance by a long-established veteran.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
01-27-2010 |
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Tags: Scott Teems, The Evening Sun
'The Lovely Bones': Book's Adaptation Certain to Divide Viewersnew
Moviegoers who haven't read the book and accept director Peter Jackson's picture on its own terms (which, ultimately, is how any artistic interpretation should be judged) will be greeted with a powerful viewing experience.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
01-19-2010 |
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Tags: The Lovely Bones, Peter Jackson
'Slumdog Millionaire' is Worth the Pricenew
I'm not entirely sure how a film in which a small boy gets permanently blinded by someone deliberately pouring hot liquid onto his eyeballs while he's unconscious ends up being hyped (by critics and audiences alike) as the "feel-good" movie of the year, but that's the strange case with Slumdog Millionaire.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
12-10-2008 |
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'Milk': Great Film Does a Viewer Goodnew
Although Milk is set in the 1970s, it couldn't possibly be more relevant to today's events.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
12-10-2008 |
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Tags: Gus Van Sant, Milk
RSVP to 'Rachel Getting Married'new
Rarely has patience been such a virtue than when faced with Rachel Getting Married, which gets off to an extremely rough start before eventually finding its stride.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
11-19-2008 |
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Innocence is Lost in 'Boy in the Striped Pajamas'new
Movies about the brutality of the Holocaust seem to automatically earn R ratings, yet The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, perhaps because it's based on a novel (by John Boyne) that was originally targeted to teen readers, escapes with a PG-13.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
11-19-2008 |
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'Ashes of Time' Revisitednew
The motion picture as mood ring, Ashes of Time Redux is another Wong Kar Wei production that relies as much (if not more) on the sensations created by its aural and visual flourishes than on any narrative devices.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
11-19-2008 |
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Tags: Wong Kar Wei, Ashes of Time Redux
'Happy-Go-Lucky' Offers Good Cheernew
Thanks to Mike Leigh's lack of pretense and Sally Hawkins' perfectly modulated performance, Happy-Go-Lucky eventually compels rather than repels, with some sober encounters adding heft to what otherwise could have been dismissed out of hand as an airy confection.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
11-07-2008 |
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'What Just Happened?': Not Too Muchnew
What Just Happened? is only partly successful in its attempts to wallow in the wickedness of the motion picture industry, as a scattershot screenplay by veteran producer Art Linson (adapting his own memoir) perpetually keeps losing sight of the important targets.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
11-07-2008 |
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