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A Biting Look at TV Sitcom Production
David Duchovny, Justine Bateman, Ioan Gruffudd and Sigourney Weaver star in the creatively draining world of TV.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jake Kasdan, The TV Set
Highly Original Without Getting Bogged Down in Quirk
Swedish Auto is a slowly unfolding romance about two issues-laden loners who each happen to have a penchant for voyeuristic stalking.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Derek Sieg, Swedish Auto
Something Completely Unexpected
Blair Witch director Daniel Myrick finally answers the "What's he gonna do next?" question.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Daniel Myrick, The Strand
A Novel Premise is Undercut
A young bajillionaire can't get a date and winds up obsessively attending speed-dating sessions.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: speed dating, Tony Herbert
It Takes Guts to Call a Movie About Your Mom 'Son of a Bitch'
While director Jon Ezrine is obviously in need of therapy beyond the cinematic sort, it's unfortunate that his portrait of his racist, nutty Miami Beach mom and his equally off-base siblings comes off as so ... normal.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jon Ezrine, Son of a Bitch
An Elegiac Story
Based on the story by Lebanese author Hanan al-Shaykh, A Season of Madness is only 17 minutes long, but it elegantly captures the crushing despair that's felt when trapped in a worthless marriage.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: A Season of Madness, Katja Esson
Alan Rickman Drives the Movie
Despite the ominous overhang of death, isolation and mental illness, Snow Cake never entertains too much pathos.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Evans, Snow Cake
'The Office' Meets 'Sleepaway Camp'
While perfectly accurate, such a description -- and it's the only apt one -- doesn't evoke the ringing of box-office cash registers.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Smith, Severance
This Film is a Triumph
Shot mostly by the racing crews, it is a testimony to the vast loneliness of the ocean and the mental fortitude it takes to cross it.
Orlando Weekly |
Bob Whitby |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Luke Wolbach, Row Hard, No Excuses
An Overcooked Story and Dull Cinematography
But Pretty in the Face should nonetheless be applauded for its brave concept.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Nate Meyer, Pretty in the Face
Poetic and Engaging
Operation Homecoming is notably emotional.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Wild West Existence Not for the Faint of Heart
The synopsis of Off the Grid sets up the documentary as a rare glimpse into a community of misfits who call home a waterless wasteland on 15 square miles in the middle of nowhere.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
The Plot is Small and Simple
Four middle-aged guys on a road trip take a bathroom break on the side of the road, find an unusual rock on the edge of a cliff and attempt to push it over.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mani Haghighi, Men at Work
Heartache is as Ageless as Hard-Ons
Spin a globe and pick any spot to find, as sure as the sun shines, a place where teen boys think about sex.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Extraordinarily Unintended Results
One would expect that the Catholic missionaries who once blanketed Latin America with their belief system returned to their European homes content that their converts would carry on the canonical traditions that define the Church.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Claudia Llosa, Madeinusa
