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Blue Notenew

1988 doc rediscovers the magic of Chet Baker.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Curt Holman | 02-01-2008 | Reviews

Hollywood Product: 'Cloverfield'new

The bottom line: Cloverfield lives up to six months of online hype. Once the bad stuff starts going down, no one in the theater takes a breath for an hour. It even offers a fairly touching story of callow New Yorkers who find love and meaning in the teeth of disaster, amid all the holy-crap monster spectacle.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Curt Holman | 01-23-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves

'War/Dance' Tells a Harrowing Story of Hope & Survivalnew

By turns harrowing and cathartic, this documentary is about children caught up in the brutalities meted out by northern Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army, whose soldiers have raped, killed and brutalized the populace for the past 20 years.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Felicia Feaster | 01-23-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Sean Fine and Andrea Nix, War/Dance

'Persepolis' Celebrates Power of Two Graphic Art Formsnew

It boggles my mind that a French and Persian filmmaking team beat Americans to the punch with such a definitive adaptation of a graphic novel.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Curt Holman | 01-23-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Persepolis, Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi

'Cassandra's Dream': Brother's Keepernew

Woody Allen's comeback hits the skids.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Curt Holman | 01-17-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Woody Allen, Cassandra's Dream

'Honeydripper': Case of the bluesnew

John Sayles continues his slow descent into dull filmmaking.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | David Lee Simmons | 01-17-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Honeydripper, John Sayles

'27 Dresses': Runner-Upnew

Katherine Heigl is always the bridesmaid.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Felicia Feaster | 01-17-2008 | Reviews

Tags: 27 Dresses, Anne Fletcher

Hollywood Product: 'The Bucket List'new

The bottom line: Director Rob Reiner significantly improves from disasters such as Rumor Has It for this predictable yet good-natured comedy that makes dialogue like "Find the joy in your life" go down surprisingly easy.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Curt Holman | 01-10-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Rob Reiner, The Bucket List