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Visions of the Southnew
From brimstone preachers to baby dolls, The Belcourt’s new series surveys life below the Mason-Dixon Line on film.
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
03-10-2011 |
Movies
Tags: Movies About The South
Cedar Rapids Finds Joy in the Midwestnew
Cedar Rapids is one of the most adorable movies featuring drugs, alcohol, infidelity, prostitution, bribery and a fleeting moment of sidelong racism that you'll ever see.
Get the Inside Scoop With Inside Jobnew
Want smart and shocking? Then rent this bad boy.
Boise Weekly |
Jordan Wilson |
03-09-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Charles Ferguson, Inside Job
Tracking Ghostbreakersnew
New York City’s trailblazing ABC affiliate picks up a Fort Worth filmmaking team’s ghostly spoof.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jimmy Fowler |
03-09-2011 |
TV
Charlie Sheen Is Man-and-a-Half On His Ownnew
Charlie Sheen thinks he can manage Warner Bros., but he's not even lucid enough to manage Charlie Sheen.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
03-09-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Uncanny Valley: Third World Mars in 3D Motion-Capture
Based on a children's book by cartoonist Berkeley Breathed (known for his "Bloom County" comic strip), "Mars Needs Moms" is a tone-deaf animated disaster.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
03-07-2011 |
Reviews
Hall Pass interviews: Peter Farrelly & J.B. Smoovenew
As one half of the filmmaking duo known as the Farrelly brothers, Peter Farrelly has been churning out slapstick comedies with his brother Bobby since Dumb and Dumber in 1994. Since then, both have introduced audiences to some unusual characters in films such as Kingpin, There’s Something About Mary, and Shallow Hal.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
03-04-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hall Pass, Peter Farrelly
Critic's Pick: Cedar Rapidsnew
In Cedar Rapids, small-town insurance salesman Tim Lippe (Ed Helms) is the kind of hopeless buffoon you wouldn’t mind getting to know. His rite of passage comes when he is sent to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to represent his company at an insurance convention, a sizeable step for Tim, who has never left his own backyard.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
03-04-2011 |
Reviews
A Halifax Academy Award-Winning Connectionnew
Inception sound team includes Brian Power and Graham Colwell.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Carsten Knox |
03-04-2011 |
Movies
Ancient Aliens: Soon to be Teleporting the Sharknew
History Channel show not so historical.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
03-04-2011 |
Reviews
Slasher Flick Bereavement is a "Poor Man's Eli Roth"new
No horror trope goes unexploited, from the emotionally scarred youngster to the derelict slaughterhouse to the comely damsel in distress.
The Adjustment Bureau is Charming but Flawednew
Instead of exploring the themes of destiny and choice, writer-director George Nolfi constructs a giant hamster maze designed to test the lengths two crazy kids will go to find true love.
Kevin Spacey as Casino Jack Abramoffnew
George Hickenlooper's film takes a novel, comic approach, but it isn't compelling enough to interest those who got their fill from Alex Gibney's documentary Casino Jack and the United States of Money.
Tags: Casino Jack, Kevin Spacey
Exploits of Jack Abramoff Are as Funny as Cancernew
A black comedy about corrupt, money-grubbing lobbyists fleecing Native Americans and batting on-the-take congressmen around like rag dolls may have been funny a few years ago.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
03-02-2011 |
Reviews
The Adjustment Bureau Too Long-Winded to be Effectivenew
The Adjustment Bureau is a conceptual thriller, a kind of meat-and-potatoes, clunky brain twister in Inception-mode.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
03-02-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: The Adjustment Bureau
