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The Skin I Live In (La Piel que Habito)new
"At age 50," wrote George Orwell, "every man has the face he deserves." But what if a man — or woman — of any age is forced to undergo plastic surgery?
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
11-17-2011 |
Reviews
Paranoid Visions of the Apocalypsenew
Fresh rain oozing with yellow oil, dead birds plummeting from the sky, and the sudden apparition of a tornado funnel on a sunshiny day — Curtis LaForche (Michael Shannon) is haunted by visions that point either to imminent disaster or else to incipient mental illness. "Is anyone seeing this?"
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
11-10-2011 |
Reviews
Tower Heist Gives Eddie Murphy a Comedy Vehicle that Doesn't Crash and Burnnew
Can anyone remember the last time comedian Eddie Murphy was actually funny? No, voicing an animated donkey with a hankering for waffles doesn't count.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
11-10-2011 |
Reviews
Turner Classic Movies Presents West Side Story 50th Anniversary Eventnew
Three familiar piercing whistles and an abstract skyline herald the beginning of this modern Romeo and Juliet masterpiece.
San Antonio Current |
Anne Vanzant |
11-10-2011 |
Reviews
'Frasier' Gets Creepynew
I never thought I’d be scared of Kelsey Grammer. The genial sitcom comedian is cast against type in this well-written new series about hardball politics set in Chicago.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
11-10-2011 |
TV
A Short History of Pre-Blair Witch Handheld Mockumentariesnew
“Two years later, their footage was found.” That come-on, from the opening titles of The Blair Witch Project (1999), evokes as much anticipation among horror hounds as, “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…”
San Antonio Current |
Charles Cassady Jr. |
11-03-2011 |
Movies
George Romero Meets National Geographic in The Deadnew
The Dead, which opened October 28 at the Bijou and Santikos Mayan 14, is a unique film in many respects. For starters, it is set in Burkina Faso and Ghana, instead of the usual L.A., New York, or London.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
11-03-2011 |
Movies
Margin Call elevates financial crisis drama above the blusternew
The 2008 financial collapse was so large in scale, and so unfathomable to most, that it practically begged for Hollywood’s blustery mythmaking.
San Antonio Current |
Justin Strout |
11-03-2011 |
Reviews
Johnny Depp Delivers a Tame Origin Story for a Gonzo Legendnew
The Rum Diary, a freewheeling tropical cocktail based on Hunter S. Thompson’s long-unpublished novel of the same name, bears an infectious sense of liberation.
San Antonio Current |
Justin Strout |
11-03-2011 |
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The Director of Independence Day is a Natural Fit for Elizabethan Intriguenew
Director Roland Emmerich’s new film opens and closes at a modern theater. The curtain draws and, before a polite crowd dressed in their Sunday best, a narrator sets the scene.
San Antonio Current |
Justin Strout |
11-03-2011 |
Reviews
Reasons to Watch the Scariest Films You’ve Never Seennew
Halloween, outside of being the one time of the year you can show up to work dressed like a cat and take out your office aggression through competitive pumpkin carving, affords the opportunity to watch disturbing and/or outright revolting movies and not seem like a sociopath.
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
10-27-2011 |
TV
Pa Negre (Black Bread)new
This is the movie that nearly swept the Goya Awards (Spain’s Oscar), and the first film to represent Spain in the race for Best Foreign Film Oscar in 2012 that is not spoken in Spanish (the original is in Catalan, but San Antonians will see a version dubbed into Spanish with English subtitles).
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-27-2011 |
Reviews
Man vs. Beastnew
Truth be told, the title American Hoggers didn’t fill me with anticipation for this new reality series. But it turns out to be a fascinating look at boar hunters in Texas, where the feral beasts are terrorizing landowners.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
10-26-2011 |
TV
Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez travel El Camino de Santiago in The Waynew
My son is in a class by himself,” actor Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now, TV’s The West Wing) told the Current during a phone interview when asked how his son, Emilio Estevez, compares to some of the great directors he has worked with during his 50-year career
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
10-26-2011 |
Reviews
Prequel to John Carpenter’s 1982 Classic Gets Away with Murdernew
Is there a reason to remake good films beyond the obvious temptation to cash in on a great title? For artistry’s sake, it’s certainly better to remake good ideas marred by bad acting, writing, or directing, than trying to imitate what’s been done before, and better.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-20-2011 |
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