Boise Weekly | Movies+TV | Reviews | AAN.org

Funny Hmm, Funny Ha and Funny LMFAOnew

I was honestly wondering if I had forgotten what it was like to laugh out loud in a theater and then along came that bundle of sass and sweetness.

Boise Weekly | George Prentice | 06-10-2015 | Reviews

The Talented Mr. Hoffmannew

John le Carre's thriller reminds us that America--the CIA in particular--has chosen to arrest and prosecute small-time terrorists instead of being patient enough to trap a big-time mastermind.

Boise Weekly | George Prentice | 07-23-2014 | Reviews

Blue is the Warmest Color: Banned in Boise?new

Blue is the Warmest Color is too good not to be seen. If only Idaho Code would allow it.

Boise Weekly | George Prentice | 10-09-2013 | Reviews

Tags: Blue is the Warmest Color

Capitalist? Terrorist? Don't Be Reluctant to See This Thrillernew

"In that moment [of 9/11], I felt the awe, audacity, the ruthlessness of the act, surpassed only by its genius."

Boise Weekly | George Prentice | 05-15-2013 | Reviews

Tags: Mira Nair, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Riz Amhed

Jingo Pornnew

Olympus Has Fallen is the worst kind of exploitation as it marginalizes North Korea’s real-life despotism

Boise Weekly | George Prentice | 04-18-2013 | Reviews

The Fitzgerald Family Christmasnew

Ed Burns writes, directs and stars in a holiday tale of forgiveness and grace.

Boise Weekly | George Prentice | 12-12-2012 | Reviews

Can I Have This Dance?new

Life requires a bit of choreography. Some of us just take a little longer to learn the moves.

Boise Weekly | George Prentice | 11-21-2012 | Reviews

Let's Get Meta-physicalnew

The film is touching, quite funny, very lovely to look at and intellectually mature.

Boise Weekly | George Prentice | 11-15-2012 | Reviews

Nobody Does It Betternew

Mission accomplished in Skyfall

Boise Weekly | George Prentice | 11-07-2012 | Reviews

Tags: Skyfall

Count 'Em, Seven Reasons To See Seven Psychopathsnew

As funny as it is violent, and it's very violent.

Boise Weekly | George Prentice | 10-10-2012 | Reviews

Tags: Martin McDonagh, Seven Psychopaths

Looper and Hotel Transylvania: One Huge Hit and One Small Chucklenew

Don't check into this cartoon hotel but definitely check out Looper.

Boise Weekly | George Prentice | 09-27-2012 | Reviews

Tags: Rian Johnson, Cartoon, Toronto International Film Festival, Time Travel

The Master Showcases The Two Best Performances of the Yearnew

The Master--which explores the lure and vagaries of power and free will--excises veins of American complexity rarely seen since the plays of Arthur Miller.

Boise Weekly | George Prentice | 09-19-2012 | Reviews

Tags: Paul Thomas Anderson, Joaquin Phoenix, Toronto International Film Festival, TIFF, Philip-Seymour Hoffman, The Master