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'Sixty Six' is More Than Just a Coming-of-age Movienew
It'd be easy to look at it as a coming-of-age film, or a Jewish film, or even a foreign film (since it's British, and they talk funny). But to do so would be to disregard a treat of a movie that features some sharp performances.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
09-10-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Weiland, Sixty Six
Darby Crash and Burnnew
It's to Rodger Grossman's credit that he tries to make the characters in What We Do is Secret real people. But he doesn't succeed.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
09-03-2008 |
Reviews
So Long, Summer Movies -- Hello, Fall Filmsnew
Fall is the best time of year for film critics, because the award-oriented prestige films finally get trotted out for judgment. Here's a handy clip 'n' save list of movies I'm personally looking forward to.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
08-27-2008 |
Movies
'The Rocker' is Stupid But Enjoyablenew
There's something Novery sweet about it, even if much of the humor is found in physical comedy involving Rainn Wilson getting hit in the head or the nuts.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
08-20-2008 |
Reviews
Steve Coogan Continues Hot Season with 'Hamlet 2'new
Coogan, who was introduced to American audiences by playing legendary record exec Tony Wilson in 24 Hour Party People, here plays Dana Marschz, an actor whose failed career has led him to try to teach and direct theater at a Tucson high school.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
08-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Andrew Fleming, Hamlet 2
More Star Wars?new
Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the franchise’s new animated feature, doesn't come within light years of the original entry's glory, but it's a welcome relief from the last three.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
08-13-2008 |
Reviews
'Lost Boys' Sequel Goes Straight to DVDnew
Though Corey Haim has a small part in Lost Boys: The Tribe, it's the Frog brothers (Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander) who reprise their roles in this installment.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
07-30-2008 |
Reviews
Is Mumblecore Going Mainstream?new
The Duplass brothers are considered two of mumblecore's founding fathers, having made the strange, awkward and sweet film The Puffy Chair a couple of years ago. With their latest, Baghead, they've created something very different: the first mumblecore horror film.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
07-30-2008 |
Reviews
'Step Brothers' is a Good Joke with No Place to Gonew
This feels less like a story than just an amusing idea, having Reilly and Ferrell, two very funny guys, acting like pubescent 15-year-olds.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
07-23-2008 |
Reviews
Heath Ledger's Joker is No Jokenew
Aside from Ledger, The Dark Knight's other huge star is the IMAX screen on which it should be seen.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
07-16-2008 |
Reviews
'The Wackness' is More Than Just Another Pot Movienew
No, Jonathan Levine's movie, set on the sticky streets of New York in the summer of 1994, works well because each of its characters is going through his or her own coming-of-age experience, illustrating the fact that none of us ever truly has that moment when we transition to adulthood.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
07-09-2008 |
Reviews
A New HBO Series Puts the War into Perspectivenew
After HBO snatched up the rights to Evan Wright's best-selling 2004 book about his experiences embedded with a squad of First Recon Marines during the early weeks of the Iraq War, he met with The Wire's David Simon and Ed Burns. The resulting seven-part miniseries, says Wright, is very similar to his own experiences.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
07-09-2008 |
TV
It's the End of the World and Werner Herzog Knows Itnew
With his latest film, Encounters at the End of the World, he has become the only professional director to have made films on all seven continents. He accomplished the feat by going somewhere entirely unlike, well, everywhere else: Antarctica.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
07-02-2008 |
Reviews
'Wanted' is Pure Popcorn Entertainmentnew
What is surprising is that it's also one of the most appealing movies of its kind since The Matrix, a blend of kinetic style, incredible special effects and mild social commentary that succeeds as pure popcorn entertainment.
San Diego CityBeat |
Todd Kroviak |
06-25-2008 |
Reviews
'War, Inc.' has Flashes of Brilliancenew
It features parodies that are dead on, but all told it's scattered, tackling too many subjects and ideas -- including the Iraq War, the Bush administration, Dick Cheney, Halliburton, Blackwater, the CIA, the media and celebrity worship, to name just a few.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
06-25-2008 |
Reviews
