AltWeeklies Wire
The Power of Positive Drinking: Teen Alcoholism Has its Perks
“The Spectacular Now” is the work of inexperienced screenwriters. We know this because of their handling — or rather mishandling — of the film’s underlying theme of teen alcoholism.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
07-29-2013 |
Movies
Time to Sue Your Real Estate Agentnew
The Conjuring is a somewhat frightening take on the standard family-stuck-in-a-haunted-house tale
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
07-26-2013 |
Reviews
Fruitvale Station speaks to post-Trayvon Martin Americanew
It's a sad state of affairs when movies like Fruitvale Station have to show everyone what they should know by now: Black people are people, too.
Blue and Cold: Woody Allen’s Ghost Roams Empty Halls
Woody Allen has bottomed out. His latest attempt at interpreting yet another global mecca — this time San Francisco — through a prism of flailing romance, barely manages to elicit a couple of subdued chuckles.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
07-23-2013 |
Movies
Unrepentant Cutthroats: Joshua Oppenheimer Leaks Indonesia’s Genocide
At once the most micro and meta combination of cinéma vérité, documentary, and docudrama filmmaking techniques ever assembled, Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The Act of Killing” is an earth-shattering cinematic experience.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
07-21-2013 |
Reviews
New Doc Re-ignites Old Suspicions About TWA Flight 800 Disasternew
On 17th anniversary of Flight 800's explosion off the coast of Long Island, new documentary's director answers questions about the tragedy and re-ignites suspicions over its true cause.
Long Island Press |
Spencer Rumsey |
07-21-2013 |
Movies
A Poem of Violencenew
Rinko Kikuchi is rookie trainee Mako Mori in “Pacific Rim.”
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
07-18-2013 |
Movies
Ghost Story: James Wan Abandons Gore for Suspense
Since carving his name as a modern-horror director to be reckoned with, James Wan (“Saw” - 2006) has been moving steadily toward a less literal, more haunting, approach to the genre.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
07-15-2013 |
Reviews
Western Allegory Pop: How the West Was One
Perhaps more important than what Gore Verbinski’s gleefully postmodern Western isn’t, is what it is.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
07-08-2013 |
Reviews
Tonto on Topnew
Johnny Depp reboot proves character is sidekick no more.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Enrique Limón |
07-03-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Johnny Depp
The DC Crime Ring Eats Its Own — Hollywood Can’t Help Taking Notice
Copycat redundancies to the recent “Olympus Has Fallen” aside, “White House Down” is an unintentionally laughable action movie that wallows in involuntary cynicism about how America — or screenwriter James Vanderbilt at least — views the White House as the world’s biggest crime ring.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
06-24-2013 |
Reviews
Savior in a Red Capenew
The handsome Henry Cavill fits the Superman suit perfectly in “Man of Steel.”
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
06-20-2013 |
Movies
Shakespearean House Partynew
Joss Whedon invites his favorite actors over for an Elizabethan romp.
Folio Weekly |
John Hoogesteger |
06-20-2013 |
Movies
Tags: Much Ado About Nothing
Primer for Serial Killers — Slasher Pic Crosses the Red Line
An irredeemable exploitation horror movie that overplays its subjective point-of-view conceit, “Maniac” will leave viewers cold.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
06-17-2013 |
Reviews
Techland Teamworknew
Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn reprise their “Wedding Crashers” banter for “The Internship,” this time as two out-of-work friends who become Google interns.
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
06-13-2013 |
Movies
