AltWeeklies Wire
Jodie Foster Discusses 'The Brave One'new
Jodie Foster isn't one of those people who stumbles through life unconscious of who she is and where she's going, nor is she one of those actors who have no idea how or why they work their magic, and who can sound endearingly insecure in interviews.
L.A. Weekly |
Judith Lewis |
09-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Neil Jordan, The Brave One
The Nanny Diaries: Child-care Crisisnew
Like the book, the movie never finds a dramatic center, hopscotching between Nanny-Grayer bonding sessions, Nanny's flirtations with the upstairs neighbor known as Harvard Hottie, and the Xes' gradual progression toward becoming the Exes.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
08-24-2007 |
Reviews
Greg Mottola's Geek Lovenew
The Superbad director puts his own spin on the Judd Apatow school of emo-raunch filmmaking.
L.A. Weekly |
Joshuah Bearman |
08-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Greg Mottola, Superbad
'Superbad': It Happened One Nightnew
What earns the film a place alongside American Graffiti, Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Dazed and Confused in the pantheon of evergreen high school movies is its sweet, soulful vulnerability.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
08-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Greg Mottola, Superbad
'The 11th Hour': Countdown to Extinctionnew
Despite its shortcomings, the film is ultimately a triumph of redemptive ideas that Leonardo DiCaprio -- God bless his celebrity -- may finally succeed in transporting from the environmental fringe to the mainstream moviegoing audience.
L.A. Weekly |
Judith Lewis |
08-17-2007 |
Reviews
'The Invasion': Live Pod Castingnew
Is there a Razzie Award for worst casting? If so, it's one of several that can be reserved early for this fourth, spectacularly lousy screen version of Jack Finney's 1954 novella The Body Snatchers.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
08-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: The Invasion, Oliver Hirschbieger
Edward Yang, 1947-2007new
Like most great filmmakers, Yang was timeless, and transcendent of linguistic or geographic barriers.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
07-27-2007 |
Movies
'The Simpsons Movie': Longer, Wider, Deepernew
What the film does -- and does well -- is revisit the series' most enduring situations and themes while upping the ante just enough to lend everything a new level of suspense.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
07-27-2007 |
Reviews
'Chuck & Larry' Pretend to be Gay & Turn Out to be Humanistsnew
I wanted to hate I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, truly I did.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
07-20-2007 |
Reviews
'Hairspray': Tame Watersnew
Did John Waters sell out, mellow with age, or did this increasingly laissez-faire, metrosexual era merely render him irrelevant?
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
07-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam Shankman, Hairspray
Steve Buscemi on 'Second Glances'new
Looking back at the landmark gay film that launched Buscemi's career.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
07-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bill Sherwood, Second Glances
'Sicko': A Bitter Pillnew
Michael Moore's new movie delivers a harsh diagnosis to the American health care system.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
06-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Moore, Sicko
'Ratatouille': Rat Can Cooknew
A delish dish.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
06-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Brad Bird, Ratatouille
'Evan Almighty': Zoo Storynew
Steve Carell squawks with the animals.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
06-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Evan Almighty, Tom Shadyac
Almost 'Entourage'new
A dispatch from Adrian Grenier's $100-a-head "fund-rager."
L.A. Weekly |
Linda Immediato |
06-08-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
