AltWeeklies Wire
Guts, Gore and Survivalnew
Shia LeBeouf, who plays moonshiner Jack Bondurant, is part of an all-star cast in "Lawless," a film with a loose Mississippi connection.
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
09-07-2012 |
Reviews
Road Trippin'new
"Hit and Run," featuring fast cars and cool dudes, exudes so much fun from its main characters that the audience can't help but enjoy it.
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
08-31-2012 |
Reviews
Laugh 'Til You Crynew
Anita Modak-Truran reviews "The Campaign."
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
08-16-2012 |
Reviews
Seven Minutes, Two Daysnew
The 48 Hour Film Project is no walk in the park. On the weekend of Aug. 17-19 when filmmakers gather in the capital city to participate in this exhaustive competition, they will have no idea what's ahead for them.
Jackson Free Press |
Sara Sacks |
08-16-2012 |
Movies
Fitting Togethernew
Quvenzhane Wallis stars as Hushpuppy in "Beasts of the Southern Wild," set in the fictional town of Bathtub in the Louisiana bayou.
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
08-13-2012 |
Movies
The Ones They Haven't Made, Yetnew
Nigel Havers played Lord Andrew Lindsay in what many believe is the best film about Olympic athletes: 1981's "Chariots of Fire."
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
08-03-2012 |
Movies
Not So Young Gunsnew
I'm staring into the face of Marshal Wyatt Earp. It's not exactly as I remember him back when I was a 10-year-old would-be cowboy and Wyatt was on television every Tuesday night.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
06-19-2012 |
TV
Tags: The Virginian, Cowboys and Aliens
A Darker Oznew
Maybe it's the freakishly dyed and poofed hair of the TV personalities hosting the games, but there's a bit of dystopian Oz going on the film adaptation of "The Hunger Games." But then, when you really think about it, Oz may have been in Technicolor, but it was definitely a creepy place.
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
04-06-2012 |
Reviews
Shopocalypse Now!new
In the film, What Would Jesus Buy? Reverend Billy is preaching against what he mirthlessly calls the "Shopocalypse," the slow death of the planet through humanity's incessant desire to buy more stuff.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
04-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: What Would Jesus Buy?
Romantic Devastationnew
Ballast is a single family's story. It's a story that, for its scant, struggling ray of hope (bond together as family, and things won't be OK, but they may get better), depicts Mississippi as a romantically devastated place.
Jackson Free Press |
Cheree Franco |
02-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ballast, Lance Hammer
'It's a Lotta White Folks'new
Alex LeMay's documentary Desert Bayou tells a Hurricane Katrina story that you almost certainly haven't heard, as 600 black New Orleans evacuees are transported to Salt Lake City.
Jackson Free Press |
Darren Schwindaman |
11-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alex LeMay, Desert Bayou
Just Like a (Super)mannew
Can we read Superman as the Passion?
Jackson Free Press |
Beau York |
07-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bryan Singer, Superman Returns
Decrypting Da Vincinew
The Da Vinci Code uses God as a cartoonish prop in a forgettable thriller -- one can hardly blame Christians for objecting.
Jackson Free Press |
Stephen McDill |
05-25-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ron Howard, The Da Vinci Code
Terror in the Airnew
Greengrass' insistence on a largely improvised script, mostly unknown actors and the use of handheld cameras brings a docudrama feel to this film.
Jackson Free Press |
Stephen McDill |
05-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Greengrass, united 93
Gold Minersnew
A fictionalized account of the 1984 court case that revolutionized sexual harassment law and exposed the misogyny of Minnesota’s mining industry, this must-see drama is marked by understated, focused direction and assured performances.
Jackson Free Press |
Paul Dearing |
10-27-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Niki Caro, North Country
