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Strop the Music
Sweeney Todd delivers grand spectacle, but the tunes could use some sharpening up.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
12-13-2007 |
Reviews
Solitary Man
I Am Legend captures the eerie loneliness of the last man on earth.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
12-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Francis Lawrence, I Am Legend
So Respectable
Atonement delivers compelling filmmaking better analyzed than felt.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
12-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Atonement, Joe Wright
Be-yawned Belief
The Golden Compass isn't interesting enough to threaten anyone's soul.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
12-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Weitz, The Golden Compass
Princess Charming
Amy Adams sweetly embodies a human cartoon in Enchanted.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
11-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Enchanted, Kevin Lima
Evil Ways
The Coen brothers combine pure thrills with grim philosophy in No Country for Old Men.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
11-15-2007 |
Reviews
'Bee Movie' Brings Plenty of Stingers, but Not Much Point
Jerry Seinfeld's film boasts a fair number of funny individual jokes -- what it lacks is any idea how to tie them all together.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
10-30-2007 |
Reviews
Got to Be Real
Dan in Real Life finds authenticity beyond its wacky movie ironies.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Dan in Real Life, Peter Hedges
Boston Lethal
The soul- (and body-) killing streets of a city come to life in Gone Baby Gone.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
10-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
Direction Finder
Michael Clayton misses a shot at greatness by having too much to say.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
10-09-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Clayton, Tony Gilroy
Family Plot
We Own the Night never gives its characters room to breathe.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
10-08-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: James Gray, We Own the Night
Pump Up the Volume
Feast of Love mutes a tale of irrational passions.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-25-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Feast of Love, Robert Benton
War Torn
Paul Haggis' subtlety deficiencies almost defuse the dramatic punch of In the Valley of Elah.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Haggis, In the Valley of Elah
Depth Wish
Vigilante justice gets a shallow, stupid spin in The Brave One.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Neil Jordan, The Brave One
Praising Arizona
3:10 to Yuma showcases two great actors making one another better.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-31-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: 3:10 to Yuma, James Mangold
