AltWeeklies Wire
'Enchanted' is the Blandest of Them Allnew
It would be a sight quicker -- and doubtless more gracious as well -- to discuss what generally works in Disney's Enchanted than to dwell on all that doesn't.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
11-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Enchanted, Kevin Lima
Uncle Brian's Turkey-Day Bashnew
A guide to nine of the biggest "turkeys" American cinema has to offer, and an answer to the awake-at-night question, "Is Ishtar really all that terrible?"
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
11-21-2007 |
Reviews
Dud 'in the Time of Cholera'new
Someone do us a favor and stop assigning director Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) to beloved book adaptations.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
11-14-2007 |
Reviews
Terry George on Oscar Nods and Irish Prisonnew
The filmmaker behind Reservation Road gets chatty at the Austin Film Festival.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
11-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Reservation Road, Terry George
'Fred Claus': Like 'The Santa Clause,' Only Less Clevernew
I'm watching Fred Claus wondering about the cast of Paul Giamatti, Rachel Weisz, Kathy Bates, Kevin Spacey: Did they actually read this script before accepting?
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
11-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: David Dobkin, Fred Claus
Robert Redford's Well-Meaning Movienew
This earnest film poses the questions that ought to be posed in this, the sixth year of the American occupation of Afghanistan -- about the responsibilities of leaders, educators, journalists, soldiers, and citizens. But this is canned theater of ideas, and the tin has made the mind grow rusty.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
11-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Lions for Lambs, Robert Redford
The Great Actor Mix-up of 2007new
Ryan Gosling is David Arquette in Lars and the Real Girl, director Craig Gillespie's follow-up to his acclaimed (cough) debut, Mr. Woodcock.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
10-31-2007 |
Reviews
The Worst of the Fall Seasonnew
Early fall is an exciting, disappointing time to be a TV fan. The best new shows won't show their true luster for weeks, but the worst are already totally obvious in their horribleness.
San Antonio Current |
Luke Baumgarten |
10-31-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Martian Child' Offers Lloyd Dobbler as a Widowernew
Frankly, it's the only way many of us will take our John Cusack, served up a la quirk, and his turn in Martian Child doesn't disappoint.
San Antonio Current |
Cynthia Hawkins |
10-31-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Martian Child, Menno Meyjes
'Lust, Caution' Offers Arty Escapismnew
When your choices are limited to the Dane Cook comedy, the depressing 9-11/Afghanistan/Iraq War film, the ubiquitous cops-mafia-drugs drama, and Sawstel, I say by all means bring on the World War II-era, foreign-language erotic espionage thriller by Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
10-31-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ang Lee, Lust, Caution
Remember When Bobby Brown Mattered?new
Brown is so desperate for TV exposure he'll giddily air his nasty laundry (Being Bobby Brown), or compete to make it as a country singer, as he's doing on CMT's upcoming series, Gone Country.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
10-24-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Halle Berry Discusses 'Things We Lost in the Fire'new
Berry can say she is back on track to earn her second Oscar nomination for her intimate role in her new film.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
10-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Using Mitt Romney's Presidential Run as History Lessonnew
The tremendous political and military power that Joseph Smith built during his lifetime fueled a rabid anti-Mormonism that many observers believe is Romney's greatest political obstacle, a topic that Christing explores in his documentary.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Brothers Affleck on 'Gone Baby Gone'new
First-time director Ben and lil' bro Casey dish on fame and family.
San Antonio Current |
Cole Haddon |
10-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
'Dexter' Killsnew
The show isn't perfect, but it's damn good, and the paradox of the citizen serial killer is executed with enough zest to keep me happy for another season or two.
San Antonio Current |
Luke Baumgarten |
10-10-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
