AltWeeklies Wire
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
The Mechanics of Time Travel Sren't Really the Point of Loopernew
Pay attention to Rian Johnson, because he's trying to tell his audience how to watch his deliriously effective science-fiction thriller Looper. He does it when Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)—a hired killer in the year 2044 whose job it is to slay people sent back from 30 years in the futur—talks to his crime lord boss, Abe (Jeff Daniels).
Charleston City Paper |
Scott Renshaw |
09-26-2012 |
Reviews
Reality Show Fame and a Ride "So Pimpy, It's Disgusting"new
If you’ve ever wondered what happens to a guy who travels with his family in a Christian singing group as a child, grows up to host a local Saturday night horror program as a vampire Elvis (using an Eastern European accent learned from his immigrant grandparents), and turns his lifelong love of cars and motorcycles into a successful business, then you might tune into History Channel’s Counting Cars (Tuesdays, 10 p.m.), which starts filming its second season this fall.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Kristen Peterson |
09-25-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cars, History Channel
Back In Time: Sci-fi Thriller Can’t Solve its Own Loopholes
As time-travel suspense thrillers go “Looper” is only a pinch better than mediocre.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
09-24-2012 |
Reviews
Girl Power: Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson Save A Cappella Comedy
Essentially a glorified episode of the television show “Glee,” “Pitch Perfect” is a spotty coming-of-age comedy that only marginally pays off on its promise of delivering harmonized vocal virtuosity.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
09-24-2012 |
Reviews
Oh, Canadanew
The Toronto Film Festival forecasts a so-so film season.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
09-24-2012 |
Movies
No Rules for Moneynew
"Arbitrage" provides an excellent part for Richard Gere's low-key style.
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
09-21-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Arbitrage, Nicholas Jarecki
At age 80, multi-award winner Rita Moreno still vocal about challenges Latinas face in Hollywoodnew
Fifty years after actress Rita Moreno earned an Academy Award for her role as Anita del Carmen in West Side Story, the Puerto Rico-born performer is still the only Latina to ever win an Oscar in an acting category.
San Antonio Current |
KIKO MARTÍNEZ |
09-20-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
'The Master': P.T. Anderson's prowess once again confirmednew
Pornography as a cultural influence in Boogie Nights; the squeaky sound of an abandoned harmonium in Punch-Drunk Love; frogs falling from the sky in Magnolia.
San Antonio Current |
KikO MARTÍNEZ |
09-20-2012 |
Movies
Life: The Romantic Comedynew
Dr. Mindy Lahiri (Mindy Kaling) has spent a lifetime looking for the perfect man, but she can’t find him. In the pilot for this new series, we perceive her problem: She sees everything through the lens of romantic comedies like When Harry Met Sally.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
09-20-2012 |
TV
17 Girlsnew
She's having a baby. They all are.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
09-20-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: 17 Girls, Delphine & Muriel Coulin
End of Watchnew
Urban combat, no distractions.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
09-20-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: David Ayer
Just Terriblenew
Sloppy and nonsensical, the new Resident Evil flick is one of the year's worst movies.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
09-20-2012 |
Reviews
Art and Inspirationnew
Mark your calendars to go see 'Searching for Sugar Man' on Oct. 5
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
09-20-2012 |
Reviews
The Unchained Tour's Peter Aguero talks about life on the busnew
It took only three days for the 1972 Blue Bird school bus to break down on the Unchained Tour's last jaunt in February. The vehicle, which transports a cluster of kooky storytellers and musicians to venues around the South, still had a ways to go. While most of the performers went ahead in a van, the bus perpetually lagged behind the rest of the day.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
09-19-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
