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Woody Allen’s Italian midsummer night's sex comedy finishes firstnew
Woody Allen, who once declared, “I am at two with nature,” is smitten with great cities. New York is his first and enduring love, but in recent years he has also flirted with London (Match Point), Barcelona (Vicki Cristina Barcelona), and Paris (Midnight in Paris).
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
07-16-2012 |
Reviews
Gross Wealth Takes a Hit: Lauren Greenfield Tracks the Demise of a One Percenter
There’s quiet satisfaction in watching the financial collapse of the Florida billionaire self-professedly “personally” responsible for George W. Bush’s “illegal” takeover of the White House in 2000.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
07-16-2012 |
Reviews
There are no heroes in The Dark Knight Risesnew
The Dark Knight Rises may be the darkest, the grimmest, the most depressing summer popcorn movie ever. It is not summery. It is not popcorny. There is no adventure here. There is no escapism. There is only grinding reality to be endured in the harsh mirror it holds up to the audience.
Charleston City Paper |
MaryAnn Johanson |
07-15-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: christian bale
The New Peter Principlesnew
A mix of zeal, swagger and thrills, just enough to spill your popcorn.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
07-13-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Spiderman
Deliverance Turns 40new
Will the South ever live down 'Squeal like a pig'?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-12-2012 |
Movies
Baha'i Five!new
The Office's Rainn Wilson talks adobe, oppression and Oprah.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Enrique Limon |
07-12-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rainn Wilson
Woody Allen's To Rome with Love explores that whole sad clown thingnew
Ruggero Leoncavallo's famous opera Pagliacci (or Clowns) is a perfect fit for Allen's themes, if not for his lifelong identity: This is the opera where that whole sad clown thing comes from.
Hyper-violent, soul-suckingly awful Savagesnew
Savages was clearly assembled by a committee charged with synthesizing the hippest films about crime and Mexico of the last generation.
To Rome with Lovenew
There's too little Rome and too much love in Woody Allen's mediocre follow-up to Midnight in Paris
Orlando Weekly |
William Goss |
07-06-2012 |
Reviews
The Amazing Spider-Mannew
Marvel reboot fails to improve on much of anything.
Orlando Weekly |
William Goss |
07-06-2012 |
Reviews
Woody Allen’s Italian midsummer night's sex comedynew
Woody Allen, who once declared, “I am at two with nature,” is smitten with great cities.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
07-03-2012 |
TV
The Same Web Twice: Sony Reboots Spidey and Company
How quickly generations come and go. If you’re old enough to remember seeing Sam Raimi’s 2002 Spider-Man, and thought Tobey Maguire would carry Spider-Man’s mantle far into the 21st century, Hollywood is here to tell you your time has passed.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
07-02-2012 |
Reviews
Your Sister's Sister worth knowingnew
The dialogue in Your Sister's Sister is so natural, flowing and unforced that it's a wonder audience members don't frequently call out the makers of other movies for penning lines that sound as if they could only have come from a screenwriter's keyboard.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
06-29-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Lynn Shelton, Mark Duplass
The Amazing Spider-Man: Tangled webnew
Perhaps it's best to think of Sam Raimi's 2002 Spider-Man and Marc Webb's 2012 The Amazing Spider-Man as the cinematic equivalents of Coke Classic and New Coke.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
06-29-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: The Amazing Spider-Man
Moonrise Kingdom takes the crownnew
Equal measures sweet and bittersweet, Moonrise Kingdom is nothing less than Wes Anderson's best film to date.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
06-29-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom
