AltWeeklies Wire
No Kidding
Monster House deals delightfully with a scary subject -- the end of childhood.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
07-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Gil Kenan, Monster House
Depp Charge
Jack Sparrow returns for more giddy smiles in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-28-2006 |
Reviews
It’s a Plain
The inner life of an icon remains blank in Superman Returns.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bryan Singer, Superman Returns
Sum of a Pitch
This satirical "behind the scenes" look takes us to the origin of a [expletive] dumb comedy like Click.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
MaryAnn Johanson |
06-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Click, Frank Coraci
This Year’s Model
John Lasseter’s Cars finds humor and heart in a sense of history.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: cars, John Lasseter
The Perfect Sturm und Drang
Poseidon succeeds as movie-geeky high cheese on the high seas.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
MaryAnn Johanson |
05-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Poseidon, Wolfgang Petersen
Dread Air
United 93 re-opens the Sept. 11 wound with intense visceral impact.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
04-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Greengrass, united 93
The Lame King
There’s something very familiar -- and very unfunny -- about Disney's The Wild.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
MaryAnn Johanson |
04-11-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Steve Spaz Williams, The Wild
Let's Twist Again
Can't a movie like Lucky Number Slevin just be fun, without trying to impress us with its cleverness?
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
03-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Lucky Number Slevin, Paul McGuigan
Scrat Catch Fever
One brilliant supporting character is the only thing supporting Ice Age: The Meltdown.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
03-27-2006 |
Reviews
Anarchy in the U.K.
Comic-book cinema gets subversively political in V for Vendetta.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
03-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James McTeigue, V for Vendetta
Caught in the Acting
The action thriller 16 Blocks provides case studies in film performance.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
02-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard Donner, 16 Blocks
Grammar Wreck
The basic language of filmmaking eludes the director of Freedomland.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
02-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Freedomland, Joe Roth
Touch of Gray
Harrison Ford’s action heroism takes an AARP turn in Firewall.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
02-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Firewall, Richard Loncraine
It’s Only Natural
In The New World, Terrence Malick indulges his ardor for the arbor.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
01-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Terrence Malick, The New World
