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Tail-Chasing MacGuffins Hobble Owen and Roberts in 'Duplicity'
Writer/director Tony Gilroy -- the director of Michael Clayton and The Bourne Ultimatum -- runs his ship aground with a smarty-pants crime romance set amid the world of corporate espionage.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
03-16-2009 |
Reviews
Bruce McDonald on His Small-Town Ontario Zombie Filmnew
Here's the bit of brilliance that lies at the gut of McDonald's latest movie: Pontypool is truly horrifying for what it doesn't show us.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
03-13-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The 'Unfilmable' Graphic Novel Can, In Fact, Be Enjoyably Filmednew
Alan Moore is a big baby, because Watchmen is a worthy adaptation of his work. It captures a significant amount of the novel's paranoiac essence while making changes to keep things filmable. It's a nice homage to his fine work.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
03-12-2009 |
Reviews
'The Class' Is a Well-Done and Extremely Uncomfortable Piece of Artnew
You're trapped in teen hell, much more real than what you get on Gossip Girl or 90210. No one is shiny and perfect, and they don't have trust funds or romantic theme music that plays when they look longingly into each other's eyes. Instead, everything feels like a fight about to happen.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
03-12-2009 |
Reviews
'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'new
The comedic, nonviolent machine/human interactions are the real value of the Terminator series because, unfortunately, the action sequences are terrible.
The Inlander |
Ben Kromer |
03-12-2009 |
TV
Proposed Bill Would Lure Moviemakers to Kentucky With the Promise of Tax Breaksnew
Kentucky House Bill 31, sponsored by state Rep. Mary Lou Marzian, D-Louisville, would provide tax incentives to movie studios that set up shop and film their movies, commercials, TV pilots, intra-organizational training videos, documentaries and cartoons right here in the commonwealth.
LEO Weekly |
Jonathan Meador |
03-11-2009 |
Movies
Tags: Kentucky, film industry
A Damning Look at Watts Goin' Onnew
Hand wringing about the rise of gang activity traditionally combines equal parts racial panic and blame deflection. What marks director Stacy Peralta’s turf is his dedication to undermining these reflexes.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
03-11-2009 |
Reviews
Kiyoshi Kurosawa Shines a Light
Winner of the 2008 Jury Prize at Cannes, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Tokyo Sonata is a lyrical family drama about a father emerging from a fog of denial after losing his administrative job when his department is outsourced to China.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
03-09-2009 |
Reviews
'Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience'new
If you want your soul sucked out of your eye sockets, then the Jonas Brothers' 3-D film is for you!
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
03-05-2009 |
Reviews
Girl Loses Dognew
Wendy and Lucy is a small, intimate movie that deserves far more attention than it's received.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
03-05-2009 |
Reviews
Framed Like a Rembrandt, 'Everlasting Moments' Looks Great, But Misses the Big Picturenew
Lovely to look at but too slow and deliberate to get lost in, Jan Troell's Everlasting Moments is a tribute to still photography filtered through a portrait of working-class life wracked by war and want in early-20th-century Sweden.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
03-05-2009 |
Reviews
Three People Vie to Be a Couple in the Freefalling 'Two Lovers'new
From its first frames to its downbeat denouement, this is the most fatalistic film I've ever seen that offers its protagonist two beautiful women to choose between.
'Watchmen' Is Both a Test of Zack Snyder's Movie Sense and Pop Culture's Maturitynew
With Hollywood's adaptation of Alan Moore's 1986 graphic novel, the future of pop culture hangs in the balance: Post-literary hipster culture meets post-cinematic movie culture to see who will dominate.
New York Press |
Armond White |
03-05-2009 |
Reviews
Jan Troell's 'Everlasting Moments'new
Jan Troell’s film about 1907 Sweden is the height of filmmaking technology and emotional sophistication.
New York Press |
Armond White |
03-05-2009 |
Reviews
The Directors of 'Tokyo!' Explain What They Were Thinkingnew
One of the strangest anthology films of recent memory, Tokyo! unites the distinctive visions of three individualistic filmmakers: Michel Gondry, Leos Carax and Bong Joon-Ho. Needless to say, it's not your average tourist video.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
03-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
