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'Beautiful Creatures' embraces "classic stupidity"new
There is exactly one fascinating line of dialog in writer-director Richard LaGravenese's faux gothic Beautiful Creatures.
San Antonio Current |
Jeff Meyers |
02-13-2013 |
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Michael Haneke's 'Amour' holds a mirror to Death's harrowing facenew
In Michael Haneke's Amour, Georges (Jean-Louis Trintignant) and Anne (Emmanuelle Riva) are an affectionate elderly French couple enjoying their twilight years in comfort.
San Antonio Current |
Jeff Meyers |
02-13-2013 |
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'Pretty Vacant': the Sex Pistols and Esteban Jordan meet in a SA film classicnew
It's hard to hold a DVD of Pretty Vacant, the short film by Jim Mendiola — it burns your hands
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
01-30-2013 |
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'The Hobbit', a less unexpected journey than you might thinknew
If there's one word that describes The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey it's "more." More action. More digital effects. More characters. More background exposition.
San Antonio Current |
Jeff Meyers |
12-13-2012 |
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Hitchcock is less about birds, more about the man — and the woman behind himnew
Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock, based on the lauded 1990 book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, might've been somewhat better served if, while plumbing its source material for story arc and character beats, its crafters had just gone ahead and borrowed the title, as well.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
12-05-2012 |
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Life of Pi's success is visual, rather than dramaticnew
You will not see a better looking film this year. But you will undoubtedly see better films.
San Antonio Current |
Jeffrey Meyer |
11-28-2012 |
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Found footage gimmick has lost its luster in 'Paranormal Activity 4'new
There’s not much paranormal activity in Paranormal Activity 4. As a matter of fact, there’s not much of anything in this most recent installment that is as frightening or interesting as the three previous movies.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
10-26-2012 |
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The original (and best) 'Halloween' returnsnew
Thirty-four years after its release, John Carpenter's original Halloween remains the best in the Michael Myers series.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-26-2012 |
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'Blood Cousins' is entertaining, but needs a serious exorcismnew
It's not very difficult to see the impressive little independent comedy trying to fight its way out of the awkward mishmash of genres in the local film Blood Cousins.
San Antonio Current |
KikO MARTÍNEZ |
10-26-2012 |
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Director Ben Affleck delivers neatly packaged spy thriller 'Argo'new
Imagine what screenwriter Lionel Chetwynd must've been thinking when former CIA officer Tony Mendez released his book Master of Disguise in 1999.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
10-17-2012 |
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'V/H/S', the scariest film only a few have seennew
V/H/S opened on October 5 in only 16 theaters nationwide, earning a pale $36,402 so far. As of this writing, there’s no information on whether the movie will even open in San Antonio theaters.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-17-2012 |
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'Wild Horse, Wild Ride' misses chance to examine deeper Mustang storynew
Before the dust settles, debut filmmakers Alex Dawson and Greg Gricus need to pitch their documentary Wild Horse, Wild Ride as a reality TV series to CMT.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
09-16-2012 |
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Frank Langella delivers another Oscar-worthy performance in 'Robot & Frank'new
Idea for a movie: a former cat burglar showing early signs of Alzheimer's gets help in the form of a robot as a present from his son, so the man teaches the robot how to steal. A comedy, right? And probably a bad one. Unless, of course, the writing and the actors are first class.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-30-2012 |
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'Celeste and Jesse Forever' offers a sweet, witty change of pacenew
As someone who loathes the conventions and clichés of most modern-day romantic comedies as much as I do, actress/writer/producer Rashida Jones just might be the perfect woman — at least the perfect woman to spend a day with at the movie theater.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
08-30-2012 |
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Killer Joe Strikes Like an Unapologetic Texas Rattlesnakenew
If a film like 2011's sexually explicit British drama Shame taught us anything, it's that being slapped with a dreaded NC-17 rating these days doesn't always ensure a death sentence.
San Antonio Current |
KikO MARTÍNEZ |
08-23-2012 |
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