AltWeeklies Wire
Immortal Purposes
An attempt at epic philosophy falls short in The Fountain.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
11-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Darren Aronofsky, The Fountain
License Renewed
Casino Royale breathes fresh life into James Bond.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
11-13-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Casino Royale, Martin Campbell
Meat and Greet
Fast Food Nation turns visceral journalism into theoretical conversation.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
11-09-2006 |
Reviews
Sour Grapes
A Good Year suggests that Ridley Scott should never ever attempt comedy again.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
11-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ridley Scott, A Good Year
The Shot Blurred Round the World
Is Babel's culture-spanning drama epic -- or merely unfocused?
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
11-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel
Fully Committed
Sacha Baron Cohen creates fearless satire for the ages in Borat.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
10-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Borat, Larry Charles
Tricked Out
The Prestige builds to the Big Reveal, but there's not enough up its sleeve.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
10-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, The Prestige
'Infernal' Repairs
The Departed takes a Hong Kong thriller and gives it a masterful polish.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
10-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Numbers Game
The Guardian hits its formulaic marks -- just not efficiently enough.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrew Davis, The Guardian
L. A. Inconsequential
The Black Dahlia turns a lurid tale into a film of glossy surfaces.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-11-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Brian De Palma, The Black Dahlia
A Little Respect
Hollywoodland combines true-life celebrity scandal with an effective morality tale.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Allen Coulter, Hollywoodland
Domesticated Animals
The PG-13-ization of Accepted ruins some of the rebellious fun.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Accepted, Steve Pink
Oliver's Twist
Surprise, surprise -- in World Trade Center, Oliver Stone shows that he can turn down the bombast.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Oliver Stone, World Trade Center
Facial Err
Robin Williams and his beard remain dramatically uninteresting in The Night Listener.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
07-28-2006 |
Reviews
Dead Wood
Breaking news: Scoop is another dud from the once-great Woody Allen.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
07-21-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Scoop, Woody Allen
