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Stimulus Package: 'The Girlfriend Experience'new
Steven Soderbergh screens his latest film, The Girlfriend Experience, as a fundraiser for the New Orleans Film Festival. The cast includes porn star Sasha Grey, the only professional, and acting virgins who mostly hold the jobs they have in the film.
Gambit |
Will Coviello |
05-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Iron Man: Armored Adventures' on Nicktoonsnew
Iron Man: Armored Adventures is a blatant attempt to make the runaway success of the Iron Man live-action movie appeal to the tween crowd. How do you do that? By stripping away almost everything that made the film such a success, apparently.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
05-05-2009 |
TV
Energetic 'Star Trek' Embraces Some of Its History and Throws Some Away
J.J. Abrams has shown that he knows how to deliver brainy action, and how to leave his distinctive thumbprint on an existing franchise.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
05-04-2009 |
Reviews
'Revanche': Crime and Self-Punishment in Austrianew
This deliberate, meticulous heist-gone-wrong flick eschews all the usual excitement of crime. Instead, Austrian writer-director Gotz Spielmann concentrates on the slow buildup to a bank job and its simmering moral aftermath.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
05-04-2009 |
Reviews
Sci-Fi Classic Spins Off Better Than Ever
Fusing a carefully chosen cast with stunning sci-fi spectacle, and a storyline that retains the workmanlike elements of Gene Roddenberry's original television series, director J.J. Abrams successfully forms a new beginning for the Star Trek franchise.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
05-04-2009 |
Reviews
For the Nashville Film Festival, There's Clearly Life After 40new
Now 40, the Nashville Film Festival seems to have found a formula for its future: something local, something national, something international, something retro, something musical—and very little of it likely to show up again in town on the big screen.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
05-01-2009 |
Movies
Tags: Nashville Film Festival
Freaks and Freaks: 'Frownland'new
Like a signal flare rising above the streets of L.A.'s Fairfax District, Frownland announces that underground cinema is alive and well.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
05-01-2009 |
Reviews
Boxing, Sex and Madness: 'Tyson'new
In a new Tyson documentary, the boxer tells it in his own words.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
05-01-2009 |
Reviews
You'll Like the Avett Brothers Live and in Concert—Guaranteed!new
The sheer energy and exuberance of the Avett Brothers' live shows resembles nothing so much as an all-inclusive tent revival, and that's been key to winning over new fans.
Tucson Weekly |
Stephen Seigel |
04-29-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Fanboys': A Geek Journeynew
Fanboys is a brain-dead teen comedy that substitutes Star Wars references for humor.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
04-29-2009 |
Reviews
'The Informers': Slightly Greater Than Zeronew
With The Informers, director Gregor Jordan seems to take Bret Easton Ellis' vapid observations at face value and delivers a glitzy study in obviousness.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
04-29-2009 |
Reviews
The Year's Most Inspiring Movie Is About Two Aging Canadian Metal-Headsnew
It doesn't matter if you're not a metal fan. You feel immediate affection for Anvil, and you desperately wish for them to succeed.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
04-29-2009 |
Reviews
'Terra' is a Thematically Tone-Deaf Sci-Fi Travesty
Too thematically dim to hold the interest of adults, and too alienating and violent for young children, Battle for Terra is an off-putting animated sci-fi flick for no one.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
04-27-2009 |
Reviews
Shocking: 'Crank' 2 Goes Electric
The sequel to a 2006 meta-parody charges up the action, vulgarity, and fun.
'Crank: High Voltage' Is Rather Joltingnew
Crank is not a good film, in the moral sense of "good," but it might be an entertaining film, and is in many ways an innovative film.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
04-23-2009 |
Reviews
