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Scrat Catch Fever
One brilliant supporting character is the only thing supporting Ice Age: The Meltdown.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
03-27-2006 |
Reviews
Anarchy in the U.K.
Comic-book cinema gets subversively political in V for Vendetta.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
03-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James McTeigue, V for Vendetta
Caught in the Acting
The action thriller 16 Blocks provides case studies in film performance.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
02-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard Donner, 16 Blocks
Grammar Wreck
The basic language of filmmaking eludes the director of Freedomland.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
02-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Freedomland, Joe Roth
Touch of Gray
Harrison Ford’s action heroism takes an AARP turn in Firewall.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
02-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Firewall, Richard Loncraine
Super Soaker
NBC's addictively dumb sci-fi soaker Surface treads water.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
01-30-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
It’s Only Natural
In The New World, Terrence Malick indulges his ardor for the arbor.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
01-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Terrence Malick, The New World
Broken Hip
Hoodwinked may look low-tech, but the real problem is its attitude.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
01-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Cory Edwards, Hoodwinked
Spurning Japanese
Memoirs of a Geisha finds general beauty, but loses the cultural specifics.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
12-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Memoirs of a Geisha, Rob Marshall
Monkey Shines
The humanity of a great ape brings emotional power to King Kong.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
12-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: King Kong, Peter Jackson
Yule Logic
What do your favorite Christmas TV shows say about you? On Rudolph! On Psychobabble!
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
12-06-2005 |
TV
The Power of Belief
Narnia becomes real in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
MaryAnn Johanson |
12-05-2005 |
Reviews
Wonk This Way
Syriana gives policy-paper ideas dramatic urgency.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
12-05-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Stephen Gaghan, Syriana
Spells Like Teen Spirit
The magic comes from the character growth in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
11-15-2005 |
Reviews
Let’s Stay Together
Chicken Little feels like Disney’s attempt to make Pixar jealous.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
10-31-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Chicken Little, Mark Dindal
