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Immigrant Issuesnew
'Machete' delivers the fun action that other summer blockbusters could not
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
09-08-2010 |
Reviews
Cue the Green Pukenew
This exorcism faux-documentary won't make your head spin.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
09-01-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Daniel Stamm, The Last Exorcism
Left Turn at the Equatornew
Oliver Stone's new documentary is eye-opening when it's not merely lazy.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
09-01-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Oliver Stone, South of the Border
Call Me Fishmealnew
'Piranha 3-D' satisfies an appetite for blood and circuses.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
08-31-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexandre Aja, Piranha 3-D
Wallet Weirdonew
'Wild Grass' is one of those artsy French films that many American audiences loathe.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
08-31-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Alain Resnais, Wild Grass
Rambo: Ancient Musclenew
'The Expendables' is just awful—but our resident Stallone addict is still looking forward to the sequel.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
08-30-2010 |
Reviews
Going-Out Partynew
Get Low is an interesting sort of mystery film, because, unlike the standard mystery movie, the question is not "who dunnit?" but "what done he did?" Robert Duvall stars as Felix Bush, an ornery old hermit who, like all the best ornery old hermits, lives on the outskirts of a small town in 1930s Tennessee...
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
08-25-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Get Low, Aaron Schneider
Swedish Suspensenew
Swedish writer Stieg Larsson's crime novels are now so popular that, to the surprise of snooty Europeans, actual Americans have been found reading them, in spite of the fact that the novels are written in words However, for the true American, only moving, talking pictures are a fit form of entertainment...
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
08-12-2010 |
Reviews
Kids These Daysnew
'Scott Pilgrim' features exciting action, superior music and enjoyable characters.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
08-12-2010 |
Reviews
Paris, With a Bulletnew
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's odd revenge-caper film is gorgeous, but overloaded with unnecessary elements.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
08-05-2010 |
Reviews
A Modern Familynew
There's one glaring problem with 'The Kids Are All Right': The fact that the film had to end.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
08-04-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The Kids Are All Right
Cruel and Unusualnew
Paul Rudd and Steve Carell deserve better material than they get in 'Dinner for Schmucks.'
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
07-29-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Steve Carell, Dinner for Schmucks
Eric Who?new
If you're a huge Eric Cantona fan, you're not going to want to miss Looking for Eric, which may be the best Eric Cantona-oriented movie of the last five years If, like the vast majority of the human race, you've never heard of Eric Cantona, and wouldn't care about him even if you did know what he was famous for, then Looking for Eric might be a harder sell...
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
07-28-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Looking for Eric
Family Mattersnew
The Ozarks come off as another universe altogether in Winter's Bone, a momentous achievement for director Debra Granik, and a showcase for the talents of relative newcomer Jennifer Lawrence and character actor John Hawkes Lawrence plays Ree Dolly, a 17-year-old living in a rundown cabin in the woods...
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
07-21-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Winter's Bone
Ahead of Its Timenew
There is something new to dissect and digest in almost every scene of Christopher Nolan's Inception, a film made with so much bravura that it's hard to dismiss any part of it A near-perfect heist movie, a near-perfect sci-fi movie and a near-perfect film noir, Inception is the work of an absolute clinician in total control...
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
07-21-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Inception
