AltWeeklies Wire
'Moscow, Belgium' Succeeds by Revealing the Diversity of the Everydaynew
Moscow, Belgium won't be the best movie you'll see this year, and it doesn't aim to change the world or make a lot of money or destroy communism. What it does aim to do is demonstrate how watching ordinary people can be completely compelling, and also, how ordinary people don't have a standard form.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
02-20-2009 |
Reviews
Looking for 'Slow Cinema' at the Berlin International Film Festivalnew
If this year's Berlinale was dominated and ultimately defined by polyglot international coproductions that, as one British colleague joked, might have been rated "G" for globalization, the festival's most memorable offerings came from filmmakers who looked no farther than their own backyards for inspiration.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
02-20-2009 |
Movies
'Welcome' to a Quaint Comedynew
From an outsider's perspective, Welcome to the Sticks is a straightforward fish-out-of-water comedy, but something in this warm French comedy captured the national imagination. A third of the country went to see it in theaters, unseating Titanic as the top-grossing film ever released in France.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Peter Hemminger |
02-19-2009 |
Reviews
Animal Planet’s Blend of Documentary and Action Struggles for Balancenew
Whatever happened to good old-fashioned nature shows? You know, National Geographic specials with dry British narration and lots of scenes of lions chasing gazelles?
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
02-19-2009 |
TV
All Hail Cliff Clavin!new
It's banal, it's predictable, and it's basically excruciating.
The Portland Mercury |
Logan Sachon |
02-19-2009 |
Reviews
Re-Viewing 'Honey West'new
Produced on the cheap (by Aaron Spelling), and with some sets recycled from episode to episode, the short-lived series nonetheless retains some of its cocktail-shaker-and-hidden-transistors glamor on DVD.
Boston Phoenix |
Charles Taylor |
02-19-2009 |
TV
'Absurdistan' is Full of Village Peoplenew
Filmmaker Veit Helmer's dusty, imaginative yarn Absurdistan is a fable so curious even Benjamin Button might hesitate to tell it.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
02-18-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Absurdistan, Veit Helmer
Can 'Trouble the Water' Wrangle an Oscar from 'Man on Wire'?new
Regardless of who takes the gold on Sunday, Carl Deal feels his film's influence on the discussion about Katrina -- specifically, its first-person commentary on how governments prioritize and interact with the people they are supposed to serve -- is victory enough.
The 'Third Wave' of Theatrical 3-D is in Full Swing ... But it May Be The Last
Super Bowl Sunday was a glimpse of the future of 3-D: the studio made it as easy as possible for the theatrical 3-D experience to be duplicated on your TV screen.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
02-17-2009 |
Movies
Girls! Girls! Girls!: 'Fired Up' Offers Snacks on Snacks
A shameless celebration of female nubility, Fired Up! is a peppy teen sex comedy that draws on a perfectly pitched pop music score, a bevy of scantily clad cheerleaders, and the quick-fire camaraderie of its skirt-chasing buddies.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
02-16-2009 |
Reviews
We're Just Not That Into Drew Barrymore's Latestnew
Greg Behrendt’s know-it-all bossiness may work for a putative self-help handbook, but it doesn’t set quite the right tone for a chick flick aimed at a generation of females who, whether they know it or not, have been sufficiently empowered by the women’s movement to want to direct their own lives.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
02-13-2009 |
Reviews
Tom Tykwer Zings 'The International'new
What, might you ask, is the cause of all this cloak-and-dagger skullduggery? Well, I could tell you, but then I’d have to bore you.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
02-13-2009 |
Reviews
Steve Martin's Career Drops to Its All-Time Lownew
It's maddening to watch somebody as gifted and funny as Steve Martin stumbling about in trash like The Pink Panther 2.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
02-12-2009 |
Reviews
Fungi Doc Too Goofy to Alter Mindsnew
Ron Mann's Know Your Mushrooms struggles with its own identity. Too goofy and light-hearted to be genuinely interesting but too shallow and ham-handedly "stoner-friendly" to appeal to the incense and Animal Collective set, the end result is stuck in limbo.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Patrick Doyle |
02-12-2009 |
Reviews
Listening to Who: Isle of Wight Fest Hits Theatres Againnew
Some musicians go a long way for spectacle — lasers, makeup and inflatable pigs have all been par for the course. The Who didn’t need any of that. By 1970, they had already perfected and moved beyond mod rock, well on their way to becoming one of rock’s greatest act.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Peter Hemminger |
02-12-2009 |
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