AltWeeklies Wire
Children of the Revolutionnew
The latest movies from Michael Moore and Bruce Willis offer two very different views of our great nation.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
07-03-2007 |
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Selling Disaster: Michael Bay Fetishizes War for Youth
Transformers is a sickening force-feeding commercial frenzy to sell cars, toys and war in the same breath that it pawns itself off as "cinema."
Tags: Michael Bay, Transformers
'Transformers': Toy Story
Wrapping Gen-X nostalgia in a frantic package.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-29-2007 |
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Tags: Michael Bay, Transformers
'Live Free or Die Hard': Exercise in Super Action
For an action spectacle movie held together by five or six over-the-top sequences, Live Free or Die Hard pays off handsomely albeit with a surplus of downtime in between.
Tags: Len Wiseman, Live Free or Die Hard
'Live Free or Die Hard': Past Action Heronew
Even with the Mac kid at his side, John McClane is just ... old.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rob Nelson |
06-27-2007 |
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Tags: Len Wiseman, Live Free or Die Hard
'Sicko': Health in a Handbasket
Michael Moore hones his gift for getting us good and angry.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-22-2007 |
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Tags: Michael Moore, Sicko
A 'Mighty' Messnew
Instead of emotion, Jolie and Pitt go for propaganda.
New York Press |
Armond White |
06-21-2007 |
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Jolie Makes Yet Obscures 'A Mighty Heart'new
She's so famous that it's almost impossible to actually think of her as Mariane Pearl -- she gives quite a strong performance, but you never feel as though she is something other than the mega-celebrity that she actually is.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
06-20-2007 |
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'Helvetica': You Know the Typenew
But do you know the social history behind the ubiquitous Helvetica?
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
06-19-2007 |
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Tags: Gary Hustwit, Helvetica
John Cusack Brings Stephen King Story to a Boil
The Swedish director Mikael Hafstrom (Derailed) skillfully helms this twisting one-man showcase in terror.
Tags: 1408, Mikael Hafstrom
'Ocean's Thirteen': Triskaidekaphobia Rulesnew
When Steven Soderbergh feels bad, his movies get good.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
06-06-2007 |
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'Mr. Brooks': Dances With Demonsnew
As the titular Mr. Earl Brooks, Costner gives in to those lurking demons to portray a murderous psychopath -- and it's his most convincing role in years.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
05-31-2007 |
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Tags: Bruce A. Evans, Mr. Brooks
'Knocked Up': OB/GYNIUSnew
The uncertain feelings of Judd Apatow's babymakers.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
05-30-2007 |
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Tags: Judd Apatow, Knocked Up
Who's The Boss?new
Von Trier surprises with a new bag of gimmicks.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
05-24-2007 |
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Tags: Lars von Trier, The Boss of it All
Yo Ho Hum
The Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy sails to a bloated conclusion At World's End.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
05-21-2007 |
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