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'Sex and the City' Movie Strictly for the Fansnew
Sex and the City in movie form comes with all the delights, pitfalls and plot twists of a full season of the HBO series.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Harrington |
06-06-2008 |
Reviews
The Dark Days of Lloyd T. Binfordnew
Binford was known from coast to coast as the toughest censor in America.
The Memphis Flyer |
Michael Finger |
05-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Morgan Spurlock Heads East and Comes Up Emptynew
In Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?, Spurlock isn't an overbearing ringmaster like fellow gonzo documentarian Michael Moore, Spurlock cannot and will not let his interview subjects' words stand alone.
The Memphis Flyer |
Addison Engelking |
05-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jet Li and Jackie Chan Team Up for Fun Action Flicknew
Director Rob Minkoff has crafted the first great action flick of the year, the kind of film you want to roll up and stick in your back pocket so you can whip it out and whap action-movie naysayers on the nose.
The Memphis Flyer |
Addison Engelking |
04-25-2008 |
Reviews
'Under the Same Moon' Humanizes the Immigration Issuenew
The feature film debut of director Patricia Riggen follows the long-distance parent-child relationship between Rosario, a woman who has crossed the border from Mexico to seek work in Los Angeles, and Carlitos, the 9-year-old son she left behind with her mother.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
04-18-2008 |
Reviews
Director Ira Sachs Gets Back to His Memphis Rootsnew
Sachs, who was raised in East Memphis, where his mother still lives, celebrates the local debut of Married Life, which pairs the indie-identified filmmaker with a heavyweight Hollywood cast
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
04-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The First Iraq War Movie for the Soldiersnew
Stop-Loss doesn't have much speechifying against the war or the politicians who launched it.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
04-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss
'Stop-Loss': Well-Meaning, but Battles Itselfnew
Lord knows, even at its worst, Stop-Loss remains light years more accomplished than the hand-wringing speeches we've been subjected to recently.
The Memphis Flyer |
Sean Burns |
03-31-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss
Soledad O'Brien Talks About 'Black in America'new
The six-hour documentary begins airing Thursday, April 3rd, with its first installment revisiting the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Davis |
03-14-2008 |
TV
'10,000 B.C.' Shows Anachronistic Spectacle Has Its Usesnew
If you look close, you'll find racist overtones and blanket stupidity. And yet -- those are the most important words in this review -- despite everything, 10,000 B.C. is also a big ole slop-bucket of dumb fun.
The Memphis Flyer |
Greg Akers |
03-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: 10,000 B.C., Roland Emmerich
The Not-So-Great Heistnew
If The Bank Job were equal to the sum of its parts, it would be spectacular.
The Memphis Flyer |
Greg Akers |
03-07-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Roger Donaldson, The Bank Job
Mumblecore: A New New-Wave Showcasenew
Two of the genre's more prominent works -- Joe Swanberg's Hannah Takes the Stairs and Aaron Katz' Quiet City -- screen this weekend at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
03-07-2008 |
Movies
Documentary Warns of an Educational Dividenew
A visit to India and China inspired venture capitalist Bob Compton to explore what he saw as a worrisome divide between the quality and intensity of the education American students are receiving relative to students in those countries.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
02-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Two Million Minutes
Six Shotsnew
There are several ways to approach Sylvester Stallone's new Rambo, and while none of them make this bad movie much better, they do make it more interesting.
The Memphis Flyer |
Addison Engelking |
02-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Rambo, Sylvester Stallone
The Best Best Picture Nominees in Decadesnew
This is supposedly a bad time for movies, but scanning through the Academy Awards' back pages, I don't think there's been a stronger slate of Best Picture nominees since the mid-'70s.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
02-01-2008 |
Movies
