AltWeeklies Wire
Who is Ruby Sparks?new
Dramedy is part mystery, part love story, all entertaining.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
08-14-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Ruby Sparks
The Bourne Legacy: Spy series keeps runningnew
No Matt Damon? No problem!
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
08-13-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: The Bourne Legacy
Fitting Togethernew
Quvenzhane Wallis stars as Hushpuppy in "Beasts of the Southern Wild," set in the fictional town of Bathtub in the Louisiana bayou.
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
08-13-2012 |
Movies
Stop-Motion Spooky: Laika Cuts Pixar Down to Size
Fans of Aardman’s handcrafted style of animation will find much to enjoy in this wonderfully stylized stop-motion comedy-horror-thriller about a little boy named Norman who sees dead people, or at least their ghosts.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
08-13-2012 |
Reviews
An extremely up-close encounter with Neil Youngnew
Neil Young Journeys completes director Jonathan Demme's trilogy of concert films centered on Neil Young. While 2006's Neil Young: Heart of Gold featured Young in Nashville returning from a bout with an aneurysm, and 2009's Neil Young Trunk Show featured concert footage in Pennsylvania during the Chrome Dreams II tour, Journeys, a solo performance by Young, is the most personal yet experimental of the three.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-10-2012 |
Reviews
In Theaters Now: Total Recallnew
Total Recall is filled with gritty CGI, bad acting, and beautiful people. This film contains the requisite witty black sidekick, explosions, and cars without wheels. What it doesn’t contain is a purpose.
Random Lengths News |
Danny Simon |
08-08-2012 |
Reviews
A writer with power in Ruby Sparksnew
The amusing but ultimately tepid comedy Ruby Sparks has a provocative and potentially harrowing premise.
What’s Right? Political Process Turns Red With Laughter
Here’s a new twist. Picture a Republican politician with humanitarian ethics. Now imagine said unicorn in the corporeal being of Zach Galifianakis, making the most of every effeminate gesture he can muster as small town family man Marty Huggins.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
08-06-2012 |
Reviews
Reviving Old Love: Kay and Arnold Dance Again
If it weren’t for its outdated music video segues, “Hope Springs” could just be the best romantic comedy about marriage ever made.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
08-06-2012 |
Reviews
The Ones They Haven't Made, Yetnew
Nigel Havers played Lord Andrew Lindsay in what many believe is the best film about Olympic athletes: 1981's "Chariots of Fire."
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
08-03-2012 |
Movies
'Wolf' gnaws over sexual predators in church, but fails to tackle the hardest questionsnew
The drama of a dutiful boy abused in church, Wolf was written and directed by a local kid who made good.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
08-02-2012 |
Reviews
Season 5 of 'Breaking Bad' delivers the monster insidenew
I hope you’re not letting the Olympics distract you from Breaking Bad’s final season.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
08-02-2012 |
TV
Safety Not Guaranteed raises low-key and worthwhile questionsnew
Can someone who is very serious about something laughably eccentric be treated with respect? How far can a movie dissociate itself from its plot's reason for existing and remain honest?
Take This Waltz: A Dangerous Dancenew
Uncommon patience and devastating rawness
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
08-02-2012 |
Reviews
Art Truth: China Entertains Dissent More Than America
Alison Klayman’s biopic documentary is deceptive. It’s not so much about what the filmmaker perceives as an iconoclastic artist’s ability and willingness to stand up against a fascist regime.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
07-30-2012 |
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