AltWeeklies Wire
Indiana Ford ... and the Kingdom of Lucas and Spielbergnew
A proudly analog artifact exhumed and dusted off for our digital age, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is no less of a search for lost time on the part of its primary creators, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, but likely for much of the audience too.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
05-27-2008 |
Reviews
'Fugitive Pieces' Adaptation Sucks the Poetry Out of a Holocaust Survival Talenew
Canadian filmmaker Jeremy Podeswa has given it the old college try, but in pursuit of tact and sensitivity, he has hollowed out the novel's urgency -- its unflinching confrontation with the horrors of 20th-century history -- in favor of a vaguely spiritual morbidity that slides into mere pathos.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
05-02-2008 |
Reviews
Jon Favreau's 'Iron Man' Has a Heartnew
Rather than cutting directly to the chase, it takes its time to involve us in the characters, who are relatively three-dimensional as comic book movies go, and who are played by the kinds of actors who know how to make a lot out of not very much.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
05-02-2008 |
Reviews
Al Pacino Plays Beat the Clock in '88 Minutes'new
Jon Avnet's cheesy new thriller is 105 minutes long, and going in, I feared that 100 of them would be eaten up by Al Pacino chewing the furniture. Alas, it's worse than that.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
04-18-2008 |
Reviews
Thomas McCarthy Revisits 'The Station'new
Like The Station Agent, The Visitor opens in a state of mourning, with 62-year-old economics professor Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins) staring longingly out the window of his Connecticut home, wine glass in hand, while a solemn piano sonata plays on the soundtrack.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
04-11-2008 |
Reviews
George Clooney Tackles Preglory Gridironnew
For the two hours it takes to watch it, Leatherheads is rarely less than very promising -- and also rarely more.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
04-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: George Clooney, Leatherheads
'Stop-Loss': History Imitates History Onscreennew
Stop-Loss may be a necessary link in the bridge from Michael Moore to the eventual Iraq II equivalent of Dr. Strangelove, MASH or Three Kings. And for that, I salute it.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
03-28-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss
Incredible Shrinking Womennew
As "English" as tea and toast, this mainstreamed movie has its eye on a global market.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
03-11-2008 |
Reviews
Far From Heavennew
Clearly inspired by Todd Haynes, Ira Sachs' film doesn't quite compare.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
03-11-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ira Sachs, Married Life
Feminin, Masculinnew
Jacques Rivette fights the battle of the sexes.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
02-29-2008 |
Reviews
Kids These Daysnew
Charlie Bartlett is the feature debut of Austin Powers' snappy film editor Jon Poll, so it is but a heartbeat cut till we meet our hero with his head down a toilet at the funky public school to which he has been dispatched by his desperate single mother.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
02-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Charlie Bartlett, Jon Poll
Blood Moneynew
The Counterfeiters is morally ambiguous Holocaust tale of survival and collusion.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
02-25-2008 |
Reviews
Pointlessnew
All-star cast can't save Rashomon wannabe Vantage Point.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
02-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Pete Travis, Vantage Point
'Cloverfield' is a Horrornew
It's taken just over six years for the idea of an escapist disaster movie set on the streets of New York City to go from pop-culture anathema to a hotly anticipated commercial commodity.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
01-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
Adrift in 'Cassandra's Dream'new
Woody Allen's latest casts him in uncertain waters.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
01-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Cassandra's Dream
