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One Sharp Machetenew
Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis made a real movie out of a fake movie trailer he created in 2007. The result is Machete, a satirical, over-the-top sendup of the immigration debate.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
09-01-2010 |
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The Lack of Wit is a Weeds Killernew
When most of the fun is in the subplots, maybe it's time for the writers to come up with some real breakthrough for Nancy Botwin.
Tags: Weeds
Quiet Desperation in Mademoiselle Chambonnew
The virtue, and limitation, of Mademoiselle Chambon is the ordinariness of the characters and their quotidian affair. It's one we can relate to, but it's not necessarily one that we go to the movies to watch.
Call Me Fishmealnew
'Piranha 3-D' satisfies an appetite for blood and circuses.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
08-31-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexandre Aja, Piranha 3-D
Get Low Doesn't Go Low Enoughnew
A film that looks to Horton Foote for inspiration is worth taking seriously, but this director and screenwriter don't have what it takes to give their synthetic concoction any authority.
Tags: Get Low, Aaron Schneider
Wallet Weirdonew
'Wild Grass' is one of those artsy French films that many American audiences loathe.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
08-31-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Alain Resnais, Wild Grass
Taste the Fury: Mexploitation Comes to Town
Robert Rodriguez's co-directed grindhouse fun-fest "Machete" is loaded with laughs, gore, and sly '70s-styled social commentary about America's current immigration crack-down.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
08-31-2010 |
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Rambo: Ancient Musclenew
'The Expendables' is just awful—but our resident Stallone addict is still looking forward to the sequel.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
08-30-2010 |
Reviews
Micmacs: Cute and political at the same timenew
Micmacs mixes cute characters with a political message.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
08-27-2010 |
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Going-Out Partynew
Get Low is an interesting sort of mystery film, because, unlike the standard mystery movie, the question is not "who dunnit?" but "what done he did?" Robert Duvall stars as Felix Bush, an ornery old hermit who, like all the best ornery old hermits, lives on the outskirts of a small town in 1930s Tennessee...
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
08-25-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Get Low, Aaron Schneider
Good News About "Bad Writing"new
OK, so maybe you only see Sedaris' hands and not his actual face, but you know it's him from the distinctive voice and the way he fidgets.
Boise Weekly |
Bill English |
08-25-2010 |
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Unfamiliar Facesnew
Todd Solondz revisits old characters in Life During Wartime.
Charleston City Paper |
Kevin Young |
08-25-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Todd Solondz, Life During Wartime
High Marks for Get Lownew
"I once sold 26 of the ugliest cars ever made one December in Chicago with the wind blowing so far up my ass I was farting snowflakes in July."
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
08-25-2010 |
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A crazy ole coot throws his own funeral in the kitschy Get Lownew
Felix Bush (Robert Duvall) is the kind of man children fear and men tell stories about. He's the most notorious hermit in 1938's East Tennessee. He even has a sign nailed on his property warning "No damn trespassing. Beware of mule." In case anyone misses the point, Bush fires off a shot after hanging the sign, a gunpowder punctuation mark that declares he means business.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
08-24-2010 |
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Spike Lee: The Gambit Interviewnew
Academy Award nominated director Spike Lee was in New Orleans for the premiere of his new documentary, If God Is Willing And Da Creek Don't Rise. Gambit caught up with Lee before the screening.
Gambit |
Matt Davis |
08-24-2010 |
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