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Low Motive: Thomas Haden Church Goes Dark
More a black comedy than the intended "neo-noir" that newbie auteur Jake Goldberger aspires to, Don McKay is a droll little independent flick for audiences with dark tastes.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
03-29-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Don McKay, Jake Goldberger
Playing Our Culture’s Stupid Narcissism For Laughsnew
Pretty Wild, E!’s latest effort to document the strange and beautiful life forms that inhabit the least-charted latitudes of Fame, is as real as a fake boob — which is to say it’s the most accurate and illuminating depiction of how we live now currently airing on TV.
Hartford Advocate |
Greg Beato |
03-26-2010 |
TV
'Hot Tub Time Machine,' Reviewednew
The title of Hot Tub Time Machine tells you pretty much all you need to know about what you’re getting into. As Samuel L. Jackson famously said of Snakes on a Plane: “You either want to see it, or you don’t.”
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
03-26-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Hot Tub Time Machine, Steve Pink
A Kids's Book Becomes... an Iraq War Allegory?new
Fans of Cressida Cowell's book series about boys, Vikings and dragons won't recognize much in this visually superb but slick and unsatisfying animated movie.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
03-26-2010 |
Reviews
Catherine Breillat Returns With Another Powerful Sexual Narrativenew
That drop of menstrual blood at the beginning of The Runaways recurs in Bluebeard, Catherine Breillat’s adaptation of the 17th-century Charles Perrault fairytale.
New York Press |
Armond White |
03-25-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Bluebeard, Catherine Breillat
Slippery Slope: 'Hot Tub Time Machine'new
John Cusack returns to the '80s in the crass yet funny Hot Tub.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
03-25-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Hot Tub Time Machine, Steve Pink
Emotion Exposed! Noah Baumbach's 'Greenberg'new
Noah Baumbach twists a clichéd romance-movie trope to make it seem new again with Greenberg.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
03-25-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Greenberg, Noah Baumbach
Ben Stiller is a Bastard in This Excellent Drama About a Failurenew
Two things you should know off the bat about Greenberg. First, it’s a deeply unlikable movie. Second, I liked it. You see, most movies have main characters who are nice people, because moviegoers tend to prefer the company of such characters
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
03-25-2010 |
Reviews
Nerds Triumph: Adult Humor Gets Knocked Down a Pegnew
American movies appear to be regressing at an alarming rate. The cinema has long fixated on the cliques, bullies, social embarrassment and occasional good times of high school, but stories about middle schoolers generally have been limited to Nickelodeon and Disney Channel programs.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Felicia Feaster |
03-25-2010 |
Reviews
Polanski Takes on a Spy Mystery in 'The Ghost Writer'new
There've been quite a few movies made in the last few years about the war on terror and the excesses of the Bush administration, but Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer is the first to turn that backdrop into a spook story whodunit.
Arkansas Times |
Matthew Reed |
03-25-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The Ghost Writer, Roman Polanski
Depth Wish: Review of 'How to Train Your Dragon'
How to Train Your Dragon dazzles visually through its too-familiar plot.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
03-23-2010 |
Reviews
Jameel Saleem's Debut Feature Follows a Guy's Romantic Misadventuresnew
What makes Cream Soda work is how vulnerable his male characters are willing to be. When talking about his love life, he admits that some things were funny then, and some were only funny in hindsight.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
03-23-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Cream Soda, Jameel Saleem
Blackmail Kisses: Atom Egoyan Turns on the Red Light
You couldn't hope for a higher caliber sexploitation movie than "Chloe," even if the sex thriller falls flatter than a day-old quiche.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
03-22-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Atom Egoyan, Chloe
Off His Chest: Noah Baumbach Makes Room for the Loony
American 21st century post traumatic stress and economic desolation gets filtered through the mid-life crisis of Ben Stiller's troubled character Roger Greenberg in Noah Baumbach's edgy romantic comedy that puts a premium on how we treat one another.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
03-22-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Greenberg, Noah Baumbach
Kristen Stewart Rocks Out in 'The Runaways'new
An uneven music bio is made compulsively watchable by Stewart's performance as someone who is rapidly figuring herself out musically and sexually.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
03-19-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The Runaways, Floria Sigismondi
